The idea grew out of seeing how much needs can differ within a family or a group, and how badly better tools are needed, especially where visual support is recommended but the existing solutions fall short. The project is at an early stage, focused on testing ideas, gathering feedback and understanding real needs.
The team behind Áigi Labs is the co-founders Lukas Nilsson and Simon Ullerstam, with backgrounds in psychology and software development. Together they combine their skills to build AI products with a focus on accessibility.
“I have ADHD myself, and when I was younger I tried different tools for creating structure, but none of them stuck. They felt outdated and weren’t made for me. Today I’m training to become a psychologist, and I’ve worked both at a summer camp for autistic children and in child and adolescent psychiatry, where I see more or less the same tools as back then. At the same time, I see how many people don’t get the adjustments they deserve, and how teachers and parents lack both the time and the right tools to give them that,” says Lukas Nilsson, co-founder and CEO.
Áigi Plan has been developed as a digital tool that runs directly in the browser, where users can create schedules and routines both for printing and for use on a screen. With AI, you can also create and adapt routines, and in the future it will be possible to generate personalised symbols based on your own everyday life, such as your home, your school or personal belongings.
The team is also working on a future app that will bring planning, daily schedules and family communication together, with visual support at its core. The goal is a whole where planning and everyday use fit together.
“Today, parents and teachers spend a lot of time making visual supports, but they rarely turn out perfect because good tools and pictures are missing. We want to do two things at once: let AI take over the work, and make the support personal in a way it hasn’t been before. You should be able to take a photo of what’s actually in your day, like your favourite hoodie or the schoolyard, and get a visual support of exactly that. Faster, easier and clearer,” says Simon, co-founder and CTO.
The Áigi Plan story shows how ideas can grow into digital tools where technology meets everyday problems. The team is now refining both features and user experience, aiming for a tool that can become a natural part of everyday planning. There is currently an open beta where users can try the tool and share feedback, for example on features and symbols, so that it is shaped by real needs.
The team is supported in developing the project by Christopher Frisk, business developer at Innovation Office.
Translated from an article by Innovation Office, Umeå University (in Swedish)
Update, Friday 25 September 2026: The article describes where things stood in April 2026. Since then, your own photos can become symbols in Áigi Plan with Photo to symbol. The app mentioned above is still a plan for the future. You can try Áigi Plan for free.
