05 — The Platform
Everything connected.
Agency dashboard, AI engine, check-in system, mobile app and smart alerts — one product, one source of truth.
Cases
Participants
Check-ins
Reports
247 active
+ New Case
Flagged today
Active
09:02
● 88
Case #PW-1880
Au pair: declining mood for 3 weeks
Review
Snooze
Active
09:02
● 74
Case #PW-1740
Host family: missed 2 check-ins
Review
Snooze
+ Live Monitoring
247 Active Placements
14 flagged · 5 critical
All
US
EU
JP
All
Case queue
High Risk
New
Awaiting Reply
Resolved
All
Search participants...
Active
09:02
● 71
Case #PW-1710
Conflict reported · host kitchen routine
Review
Snooze
Active
09:02
● 65
Case #PW-1650
Stress score rising · 4 weeks in
Review
Snooze
Active
09:02
● 58
Case #PW-1580
Missed check-in · follow up today
Review
Snooze
Active
09:02
● 22
Case #PW-1220
Resolved · positive sentiment
Review
Snooze
03 — The Solution
One platform for
complete visibility.
Every exchange student/au pair, every host family — one source of truth that surfaces risk before it becomes rematch.
visibility
AI-Assisted
Weekly Risk
Au pair · Sofia M.
Trend: rising · escalate
High-Risk Case
The Hartmann
Family · Berlin
Flagged 2d ago
·
Score 88
+ Coordinator alert
2 min check-in
Weekly check-ins
sent automatically
Cases this week
14
3 flagged · 11 resolved
Risk Index
●
88
/100
↑ from 64 · 7 days
Search · all participants · last 30 days
Active Cases
14
Auditable
{ How it works }
Signal-based scoring surfaces risk patterns early, no black boxes, no surprise escalations.
AI Risk Scoring
Weekly Check-Ins
High-Risk Alerts
Case Management
Role-Based Access
Smart Notifications
CULVAY
2026 · v1.0 Pitch
AI-Powered HR
Infrastructure for
exchange programs.
Risk Detection • Compliance Monitoring • Case Management • Automated Interventions
Book a Demo
Learn More
Culvay.com · 2026
11 — Why Now
CULVAY
Regulation forced the change
timing
Time waits
for no one.
J-1 lawsuits ended set-and-forget. Legacy HR tools were never built for this. The window to define this category is open — briefly.
01 · Regulatory catalyst
J-1 lawsuits
Agencies are now legally exposed if they can't audit every check-in.
Industry-wide settlements and FLSA litigations made hours, stipends, conditions, and coordinator check-ins auditable by mandate.
$65.5M
industry settlement
FLSA
ongoing litigations
100%
audit trail required
02 · Software void
HR stack misses
NO HR SOFTWARE EXISTS IN THIS NICHE
Status quo
General HR tools fit
0%
Agencies on spreadsheets
Majority
Specialized incumbent
None
08 — Market Opportunity
$5 / participant / month
Category-defining · no incumbent
opportunity
A market
wide open.
Agency-led au pair and student exchange without HR software
TAM
$154M
Global agency-led au pair and student exchange ecosystem.
SAM
$48M
Western-corridor agency networks (US, EU, UK, AU) requiring monthly compliance.
SOM · Y1–3
Target
$5.6M
Onboarding 60 mid-to-large partner agencies in years 1–3.
Business model
$5
/ participant / mo
Predictable, per-seat SaaS. Scales with each agency's active roster.
09 — Research Validation
Au Pair · 88
Host Family · 18
6 months · 4 countries
field study
The problem
is real.
65.9%
say problems are noticed too late
77.8%
of host families had a placement feel off
Au pair survey
30%
reached out to their LCC — most suffer in silence.
Conflict trajectory
Gets worse
55.6%
Improves
38.9%
Stays the same
27.8%
Agency involvement
After trying myself
66.7%
Only when serious
16.7%
Immediately
16.7%
Top 3 fixes
Earlier comms · clearer expectations · regular check-ins.
02 — The Problem
CULVAY
Field signal · live
Issue
#001
Wellbeing falls
through the cracks.
By the time agencies see a problem, the placement is already breaking. The signals were there, nobody was watching.
01 — Reactive
Agencies find out only after something breaks.
↗
02 — Doesn't scale
20-50
manual check-ins per coordinator / month
03 — No signal
Declining mood goes unnoticed until rematch.
Wellbeing curve
Rematch threshold
Day 0
Day 30
04 — How It Works
CULVAY
Six steps · auditable end-to-end
06 / 06
From check-in
to resolved case.
01
Onboard
Agencies add participants and send invites from one dashboard.
02
Check-in
A 2-min weekly form captures wellbeing, stress, and safety — sent automatically.
03
✦ AI
Detect
AI scoring surfaces risk patterns early — auditable, no black box.
04
✦ AI
✦ AI
Review
Coordinators get a prioritized case queue with AI summaries.
05
Intervene
06
✦ AI
Document
Notes, status, and a full activity timeline per case.
10 — Vision
CULVAY · roadmap
CULVAY
future
Every agency
will have an AI
for its operations.
AI-powered operations are already here. We are
inventing it for an overlooked market
Automated Reminders
Check-in prompts sent on schedule, automatically.
Rematch Prediction
AI spots at-risk trajectories weeks in advance.
Intervention Protocols
Structured responses triggered when thresholds cross.
Auto-Generated Docs
Rematch documentation, compliance-ready, instantly.
Exit Call Transcription
Every exit interview transcribed and summarized.
07 — Benefits
CULVAY
Outcomes for agencies, families, and participants
impact
Save time, reduce costs,
and support every placement.
66%
of rematches are preventable
Reduce your most expensive problem
Early detection means fewer emergency rematches — saving agencies time, reputation, and revenue.
AI Risk Monitoring
Automated Check-Ins
7–14
day detection window
Never find out too late
Weekly check-ins mean no issue can go undetected for more than two weeks.
Weekly Check-Ins
Instant Alerts
91.9%
of au pairs want this
Support hundreds — without burning out
Automated check-ins and smart alerts mean every participant feels heard — at scale.
Case Management
Smart Notifications
08 — The Impact
field outcomes
Survey-validated · two cohorts
before / after
What early action
actually changes.
Preventable
66.6%
of rematches were preventable — host families say earlier detection would have changed the outcome.
Host Family Survey · 18
Detection
7–14
day window — no issue stays invisible for more than a week with automated check-ins.
Both surveys
Prevention window
host families
After a few issues
44.4%
Very early (first signs)
22.2%
When serious
16.7%
Can't be prevented
16.7%
Intervention gap
Without system
Weeks pass
With PlacementWatch
Days
Days
10 — The Founder
Celina Sawizki
Founder · CULVAY
culvay.com
Built by a former
au pair, introducing
AI systems for
exchange programs.
Psychology, Entrepreneurship & Computer Science - Temple University
WHYUS Ambassador
Incoming European Innovation Academy Fellow
Former Au Pair
13 — Get in Touch
● Book a Call
Ready to innovate
exchange programs?
Raising 500k
pre-seed
CULVAY Demo
with Celina Sawizki
25 min
Cal Video
America/New York
Live walkthrough of how CULVAY helps agencies reduce rematches, improve participant support, and streamline operations.
Book a call
celina@culvay.com
Website
culvay.com
Pitch
investors.culvay.com
06 — Weekly Check-In
two minutes · every monday
The form
Automated forms capture wellbeing, stress, and placement safety, sent to every participant, parsed by AI, queued for the coordinator before a coffee gets cold.
Twenty
seconds.
That's it.
Sent automatically
AI-parsed within minutes
Escalates if unsafe
