"It's inspiring to see how Easymeeting uses technology not only to facilitate smooth communication, but also how they have drawn on their extensive experience to develop a new product. Here they use artificial intelligence to help vulnerable individuals get help when they need it. We are very happy to have them as partners in the Cluster for Applied AI!"

Marianne Bjerkman, Cluster Leader in the Cluster for Applied AI

Last fall, Easymeeting became a cluster partner in the Cluster for Applied AI.

Easymeeting has been developing video conferencing platforms for more than 10 years, especially for distance learning. In 2019, they decided to focus on the healthcare sector.

We spoke to the founder, Hans Johan Tofteng, who can tell us more about the company.

What do you do in Easymeeting and what is your role?

We design and develop video-based services for the healthcare sector, based on video communication and artificial intelligence. My role as an entrepreneur and technologist is to drive the development forward and sell our products to the market.

Our current focus is on Night Owl, a digital visit camera for elderly people living at home and patients in institutions. The camera uses artificial intelligence to trigger smart alarms for health workers. Nattugla is already used by Norwegian municipalities and we are in the start-up phase in Sweden and some other countries. Night Owl provides major savings for the health sector, and creates security and undisturbed sleep for service recipients. At the turn of 2021/22, we signed a global distribution agreement with Hepro AS, which is a Norwegian welfare technology company, owned by Adlife, which has companies and operations globally. Hepro AS will bring Nattugla out into the world and help develop the technology to the next level.

We need to learn more about artificial intelligence and we strongly believe that we can develop great things together.

Hans Johan Tofteng

What are your objectives for the future?

We will make the Night Owl the best friend of home care workers, helping them to deliver better quality and safety. Service recipients will also love Night Owl because it creates security and peace of mind. We have several products in our portfolio, but we see that we need to focus on Night Owl now, and we have ambitions for it to become a global product.

Do you have a success story or an exciting project you would like to highlight?

Harstad Municipality has been instrumental and given us a lot of input in the development of the Night Owl. They have more than 30 Night Owls in operation and conduct 300 visits a week, which was previously reserved for a night owl drive for the caregivers.