Local activities
Associations, studios, clubs and small organisers could become reachable micro-actions, found at the moment someone is ready to act.
Lugano · Switzerland
A privacy-first wellbeing companion, born in Lugano. Twelve dimensions, conversational check-ins, and one concrete local step — rooted in your neighbourhood.
Un compagno digitale privacy-first, nato a Lugano. Dodici dimensioni, check-in conversazionali e un passo locale concreto — radicato nel tuo quartiere.
The app is just the way in. Yu! is designed as a wellbeing system you own and control.
L’app è solo la porta d’accesso. Yu! nasce come un sistema di benessere che possiedi e controlli.
How it works
A short, conversational check-in — no forms, no scores, no streaks. A few simple questions across twelve dimensions, inspired by wellbeing research. They’re designed to build a picture of you that you own and control.
Our next build is the engine: it will read the pattern underneath, which dimension is asking for attention, and why, in plain words. The decisions stay yours.
One concrete, doable micro-action you can take nearby — a walk, a call, a place to go. Sustainable, not a prescription.
When the moment calls for people, Yu! is designed to show local activities near you, matched to the dimension you’re working on: when, where, what to know. This part will come with our first pilot, together with local associations and places.
Yu! doesn’t diagnose or treat — it points you to one small, doable step. No diagnosis, no labels. And if you need real help, Yu! is designed to point you to it.
From a moment to an action
Pick a focus and a moment, and Yu! offers you one concrete local action. In the app, a short check-in will propose the focus; here, you pick it. Yu! only proposes — it doesn’t diagnose you, doesn’t score you, doesn’t prescribe anything. Whether you take the step is up to you.
The easy part is a list of actions. The hard part is reading where you are and choosing the one that fits. That’s the engine, our next build. This demo uses sample content.
Sample actions, for illustration only.
The twelve dimensions
Wellbeing isn't one number. Yu! holds twelve dimensions of a life and reflects the balance between them — a reflection, not a grade. Hover or tap any dimension to bring it into focus.
Real life — your own balance, naturally uneven across dimensions.
Why Yu!
Connection helps. So do small steps you can actually do — that’s what the research keeps showing. Yu! is designed to put it to work, around five principles.
Every check-in is designed to end in one concrete step — not another feed to scroll.
No streak to keep, no guilt, no manufactured urgency, nothing nagging you to come back. We’re building it to stay quiet, on purpose.
A picture of you that takes shape from your check-ins, designed to stay under your control.
Actions rooted where you are — your street, your lake, your quartiere.
No adtech, no labels, no toxic positivity. It says what it is.
Small steps. Real places. A life that feels like yours. Piccoli passi. Luoghi veri. Una vita che senti tua.
Built on evidence
Yu! is built to turn decades of wellbeing research into small, doable steps, where you live. We cite the field, not ourselves.
Yu! is a wellbeing companion. We don’t diagnose and we don’t treat: we signpost. The studies below are about the field of social prescription — they show that connection and activity do people good, but they’re not proof that Yu! works. That proof will come later, from our own results, measured openly.
Regular activity is one of the most studied protectors of body and mind.
Pedersen & Saltin 2015 · WHOTime outdoors is linked to lower stress and better mood.
Ulrich 1984 (Science) · Nguyen 2023 (Lancet Planet. Health)Engaging with the arts is linked to better wellbeing — and, over years, to living longer.
Fancourt & Steptoe 2019 (BMJ) · Jensen 2024Helping others is good for the helper’s health, too.
Post 2005 · Sneed & Cohen 2013Strong social relationships go with a 50% greater likelihood of survival.
Holt-Lunstad 2010 (PLoS Med)Wellbeing isn’t just the absence of illness — it can be built, and measured. It’s the foundation of our twelve dimensions.
Seligman — PERMA · Peterson & Seligman — VIAPromising, not magic: good reviews note the evidence is still growing. That’s why we’ll measure Yu! with recognised tools like the WHO-5 — and share what we learn. Social prescription is moving from research to practice, including here in Switzerland.
For partners
Yu! is designed to notice where someone’s wellbeing is asking for attention, across the twelve dimensions, and to point to a relevant local activity. Inspired by social prescription: partners will list what they offer, and Yu! will suggest the right small step. Activation, not attention. No leaderboards, no one ranked against anyone else.
Associations, studios, clubs and small organisers could become reachable micro-actions, found at the moment someone is ready to act.
Designed as a practical channel for social prescription: connecting people to community activities. Grounded in evidence, not slogans.
Wellbeing support for your staff, without individual scores or surveillance. Ever.
Lugano — we start here because it’s where we can really see what works, not for show. What holds up here, we’ll take to the next place. Any value from data will come from many people together, never from one person’s data.
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Privacy
You decide what you share. No adtech, no dark patterns, no social scoring — none of it. Yu! is privacy-first, and we’re building it so that respecting you is part of how it works, not something bolted on later.
Rooted in Lugano
Yu! began with a simple belief: wellbeing isn’t an abstract idea — it’s something within reach, here, where you are. The tree grows from the Y in Yu! — a path that starts with you and keeps branching outward. Many shades, one organism.
From the Y in Yu! — it starts with you, and keeps branching.
LUGANO
46.0038° N · 8.9512° E · EST. 2026
Early access
Activate what makes you feel good.
Attiva ciò che ti fa bene.
Want early access to Yu!? One invite when it’s ready.
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