About Elayne
Human compassion, enhanced by AI-driven automation
Ancient Greek: “Helenē (‘Ελενη) / Helénē (Ἑλένη),” means “a ray of sunlight breaking through a cloudy sky,” offering strength and hope to illuminate the path ahead.
Our Mission
We are addressing the only universal human experience: death. By breaking taboos, we help the modern workforce honor their parents' legacies while securing their children's futures.
Our mission is to offer a single, unified platform for both legacy planning and bereavement care. This ensures better outcomes, reduced stress, and improved well-being, all while leveraging the latest technology to lower the cost of loss.
From navigating personal estate planning to settling affairs, we manage complex financial, legal, and administrative tasks, allowing families the space to focus on healing.
This not only helps employees navigate their grief with resilience but also strengthens organizational health, ensuring team members feel supported, seen, and valued even during their most challenging times.
Why we created Elayne
My mother’s life & legacy
My journey to create Elayne began during a profoundly personal experience: losing my mom, Ildiko, to cancer.
My mom’s courage and grace in the face of death reshaped my understanding of love, grief, and the deep impact of loss.
The immediate aftermath
In her final years, my mom worried most about her family and wanted to ease our burden. So she documented her final wishes and wrote a will.
Yet, standing alone in my kitchen after her funeral, all I could think was: “What do I do now?”
A 400 hour, 18 month task-list
The next year was a blur of endless paperwork and phone calls to banks, insurers, lawyers, and dozens of companies.
I was shocked to learn it takes an average of 400 hours over 18 months to settle an estate and most people did it while grieving and working full time.
The invisible weight of grief
Grieving is never linear, and our modern workplace culture complicates it further.
Three days of bereavement leave is not enough to settle your loved one’s affairs, leaving 90% of workers feeling like they have two full-time jobs, with no space to breathe and simply heal.
The workplace cost of loss
US companies lose $100bn each year due to death-related absenteeism and productivity loss. About 75% of bereaved employees report career setbacks and burnout, causing a 44% increase in attrition.
I eventually left a company I loved due to stress of managing my career, the after-death admin, and my grief.
A universal human experience
Many people report feeling isolated on their Journey of Loss; I know I did. But I realized death is a universal experience, with 25% of the workforce facing a grief event each year
So we built Elayne, to reimagine loss for the modern workforce and their families.
Meet the Founders
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Our Values
Empowerment
Inclusivity
Resilience
