Madrid · 02/05/2026
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Let''s Shine is a contemplative AI platform in Spanish that helps people grow and communicate better with the people around them — partner, parents, kids, siblings, friends. It also walks with people through hard moments: anxiety, grief, personal crises.
The difference with other AI assistants is deliberate: Let''s Shine does NOT seek to hook, does NOT sell attention, does NOT fake humanity. It uses Google Gemini 3.1 Pro and ElevenLabs human voice for caring conversations, remembers the user''s family history, and helps them reach the conversation they don''t dare to have.
In 2026 it launches its first hardware: a smart speaker with human voice. 100 limited founder units (€99 Lite / €229 Pro), shipping estimated late July 2026. Open-source fork of FutureProofHomes Satellite1.1 (USA) with custom Let''s Shine firmware.
Let''s Shine is founded by Pablo Belmonte (Madrid). Pablo has spent a decade building platforms to connect vulnerable people: in 2016 he founded Diseasemaps.org, a platform for people with rare and uncommon diseases, today with 200,000 users in 16 languages and still active.
The product philosophy draws from contemporary authors on human relationships, contemplation and communication: Gottman, Sue Johnson, Brené Brown, Thich Nhat Hanh.
Key numbers
0/100
Founder reservations
200,000
Diseasemaps users
The product
- Spanish AI companion with human voice (ElevenLabs).
- 30 space types: couple, family, friends, grief, anxiety, parenting…
- Hardware speaker: 100 founder units (Lite €99 / Pro €229). Arrives July 2026.
- Private by design. No ads. At-rest encryption. GDPR.
The founder
Pablo Belmonte · Founder and sole developer of Let's Shine
- Madrid. 10+ years building platforms for vulnerable people.
- Founder of Diseasemaps.org (2016): 200k users in 16 languages.
- Previously: local architecture and engineering firm.
- Reader of contemplative philosophy, Gottman, Sue Johnson, Brené Brown.
Attributable quote
"Diseasemaps walks with people in hard moments since 2016. Let's Shine widens the field: those struggling and those who simply want to grow even when nothing is broken. Same mission, different tool."
Suggested story angles
- AI with purpose. How a Spanish-speaking AI is built solo, that does NOT seek to hook but to walk with people through hard things.
- Indie hardware. Let's Shine speaker is a fork of FutureProofHomes Satellite1.1 (USA) with custom firmware. Open-source, partnership in negotiation.
- Senior loneliness. A human-voice device that keeps elderly people company in their homes: talks to them, reminds them, helps them build their life story.
- From Diseasemaps to Let's Shine. Pablo has spent 10 years building platforms for vulnerable people. Let's Shine is the natural evolution — broader scope, same human engine.
Stack and technologies
- AI: Google Gemini 3.1 Pro (reasoning) + Gemini 3 Flash (fast) + Nano Banana 2 (images).
- Voice: ElevenLabs (human TTS) + Groq Whisper (STT). Hardware: ESP32-S3 + XMOS XVF3800 DSP.
- Backend: Symfony 7.4 + PHP 8.4 + MariaDB. At-rest encryption with XChaCha20-Poly1305.
- European servers (DigitalOcean). GDPR compliant. No public model training with user conversations.