Some sentences take years to say.

We’re Karteve Labs. We make Brinky. The job interview. The talk your girlfriend asked for. Say it to an AI first, so when it’s real, you're ready as you’ve said it before.

Brinky on a phone, choosing a situation: End a relationship, A job interview, Talk to your girlfriend or boyfriend, Tell a friend they hurt you. The list goes on above, from Ask for a raise to Call a parent back.

Four hard conversations, as they look on Brinky.

Asking for a raise. Saying sorry to Mum. Telling a friend they hurt you. Asking someone for coffee. Real Brinky screens, and each person pushes back their way.

“I’d like a raise of 8 percent.”

Dana, your manager. The direct one. Wanted a number and a reason, got both.“You’ll have it from next month.”

The conversation with Dana: how much, why that number, and your answers.

“I’m sorry for what I said on Sunday.”

Mum. The hurt one. Brought up everything she does for you. You said sorry and didn’t go over all of it.“Come for lunch on Sunday. I’ll make the one you like.”

The conversation with Mum: she says it hurt, you say you're sorry and that you don't want to go over all of it.

“It wasn’t funny to me. I felt small.”

Jo, your friend. Pick the joker, who laughs everything off, the defensive one, or the over-apologiser, who makes you comfort them.

Setting up Tell a friend they hurt you: who you're talking to, and three kinds of friend to choose from.

“Coffee with me on Saturday?”

Alex, someone you know. The one who will say no. You asked clearly, took the answer, and stayed friends.“Still friends? I owe you a coffee, as a friend.”

The end of the conversation with Alex: a kind no, and Alex has left the conversation.

Who’s on the other side.

The direct one
The distracted one
The canny nice one
The hurt one
The one who pretends nothing happened
The one who is still angry
The friendly one
The flirty one
The cold one
The one who hasn’t read your CV
The joker
The defensive one
The over-apologiser
The guilt-tripper
The steamroller
The shy one
The one who will say no

Three for every situation, from your manager to your sister. An AI plays each one, and says so if you ask.

Hear them answer back.

Use your own voice, or tap what you’d say. Live interactions, like on phone calls, will make you ready for the real thing.

A Brinky call with Mum, the hurt one, 15 seconds in, with the words of the call written out, and buttons to tap an answer or hang up.

How it ends, every time.

How it ended: You cleared the air. Mum says come for lunch on Sunday. Then what you did, one thing to try, and buttons to close Brinky or have one more try.

What happened and why, one thing to try, and the door. The biggest button on the last screen says Close Brinky.

AI is being used to replace human relationships. We use it to restore them.

Close the app. Go and say it the way you just practised.

Say it here first.

Karteve Labs is Oren Yonash and Noam Barnea, with OMG Studios as co-founders and investors.