Minikai acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, in particular the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nation, where our office is located.
We recognise them as the original innovators, whose knowledge systems and ways of caring for people and Country have endured for thousands of generations. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including those we support and work alongside across the disability and aged care communities we serve.
Case studies, product thinking, and industry context, written for therapists, managers, and everyone closing the gap between clinical expertise and frontline care.
On 25 September, Keoki Alexander-Chang joined the United Nations session on Artificial Intelligence and Ageing at UN Headquarters in New York, part of the Digital@UNGA 2026 Affiliate Programme, to speak on inclusive data and AI development.
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MediaOn paper, AI is supposed to change everything. Sit down with Keoki Alexander-Chang and he wants to talk about paperwork: the forms, reports and compliance documentation that consume hours of a care worker’s day.

Forbes lists Minikai on its 2026 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare and Science list, naming co-founders Keoki Alexander-Chang and Freddie Hedegaard for building AI that streamlines paperwork for people working in disability and aged care.

Nina Hendy talks to Keoki Alexander-Chang and Ky Shera-Jones about leaving corporate tech careers, sitting with nurses in residential aged care to learn the work, and why they expect most Australians to have a digital advocate within five years.

Over 80 per cent of this year’s Most Innovative Companies entries use AI, up from 30 per cent in 2024. Minikai is cited as a new business using AI to manage compliance in aged and disability care so carers can spend more time with the people they support.

The Australian’s fifth annual Top 100 Innovators list profiles Keoki Alexander-Chang’s path from Deloitte’s forensic AI team to founding Minikai, and the person-centred model behind it.

Australian care providers spend up to 50 per cent of their working hours on administration and compliance. Minikai’s founders tell Australian Ageing Agenda how AI agents can hand that time back to direct care.

A Melbourne startup building AI agents for the disability and aged care sectors has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, led by Tidal Ventures with participation from Antler.

Minikai’s seed round, led by Tidal Ventures with participation from Antler and Mangosteen Venture Studio, appears in SmartCompany’s round-up of the week’s Australian startup raises.

Melbourne startup Minikai has secured $2.5 million after gaining traction among some of the country’s largest care providers. The round was led by Tidal Ventures and supported by Antler.
