Why Echo exists

Waffles' story

Waffles, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, in the dunes of the Danish coast
Waffles — the reason Echo exists.

Denmark. Summer. A beach house we'd rented for the week.

I tied Waffles up in the garden while I drove to get groceries. She hates being left behind.

The rented beach house in the Danish dunes at dusk
The beach house in the dunes.

When Nadja called, I was still in the car. Waffles had gotten loose. She'd gone looking for me. But she didn't know the roads.

She had an AirTag. But we weren't getting a location — we were in the middle of nowhere.

Strangers found her on a busy coastal road. They had no way to reach us.

Cars passing on the busy coastal road where Waffles was found
The coastal road where strangers found her.

We waited. We didn't know if she was alive.

Eventually, the AirTag told us where Waffles was. But it told the people who found her nothing.

We were lucky someone found her. Lucky isn't good enough.

So we solved our own problem.

Echo — a smart tag that gives your pet a voice.

We built Echo in Hamburg, starting with the one thing that failed us that day: making sure whoever finds your pet can reach you — instantly, with any smartphone, no app required.

Then we kept going. Health records a vet can open with a 4-digit code. A personality finders actually get to meet. Paperwork that reads itself. Everything your pet can't say, one tap away.

Give your pet a voice.