Our Story

Somerva AI was born from a much longer journey that began with an earlier vision called UrChi, inspired by the idea of inner energy and the belief that healing often begins by reconnecting the mind and body.

The original concept emerged in 2021 during a time when emotional strain, uncertainty, and social isolation were deeply affecting people across the world. It became increasingly clear that while many individuals were physically safe, they were silently struggling with overwhelming stress, emotional fatigue, and a growing sense of disconnection from themselves.

UrChi was imagined as an intelligent wellness companion designed to support mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing through natural and spiritually grounded interventions. By combining artificial intelligence with personalized guidance, the system was designed to understand a person's concerns and suggest restorative practices such as meditation, yoga, and other forms of self regulation to help them regain balance and purpose.

In 2022, the prototype was formally developed, became Intel certified through a Certificate of Accomplishment, and was submitted as part of the Health and Pandemics Challenge to MIT Solve.

Over the following years, deeper research, surveys, and continued observation revealed an important and often overlooked reality. Many individuals, especially women, were living with chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia while navigating stress that was continuously sensitizing the nervous system and amplifying pain throughout the body.

While awareness of somatic healing approaches was growing, many people were still left to follow generic videos without understanding whether their movements were helping, whether they were performing them correctly, or what measurable impact they were creating within their bodies.

This gap between guidance and meaningful feedback became impossible to ignore.

Between 2023 and 2026, extensive needfinding and multiple prototype iterations led to a new realization. People needed not only access to somatic practices, but also a way to receive gentle real time guidance and insight into how their bodies were responding.

Somerva AI was established to meet that need.

Built upon the original foundation of UrChi, Somerva AI combines intelligent exercise recommendations, movement analysis, and therapeutic feedback to help users engage with somatic exercises more intentionally and with greater confidence.

Its purpose is to make supportive nervous system regulation more accessible while encouraging awareness of how stress, emotional health, and physical pain are deeply connected.

Somerva AI is designed to assist and empower. It is not a replacement for medical professionals or trained somatic specialists, but a supportive tool created to help individuals better understand and work with their own bodies.