My mum thinks I've finally got my life together. I haven't. I just have an AI.

My mum messages me on WhatsApp like she always has. The difference now is that an AI agent sits on my own number, and it only steps in when she prefixes a message with a dot. Everything it sends back is labelled — ai, so she always knows when it's the assistant and when it's me.

This is the wedge: an AI assistant for someone you love, riding the thread you already share. No new app for her to learn, no API key for anyone to wire up, no chance of her getting stranded mid-conversation.