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ABOUT US

An AI Platform for Earlier Cognitive Change Detection

Transforming unstructured biographical memory conversations into objective, actionable cognitive metrics to help clinicians intercept neurodegeneration sooner.

Our Mission

Systemic Interception

Current neurodegenerative diagnostic pathways are failing.

 

With a global dementia case emerging every 3 seconds, clinicians face severe waiting-list backlogs and an average 3.5-year delay between a patient's initial symptom onset and a formal diagnosis. Legacy, point-in-time paper assessments fail to capture continuous, real-world baseline trends and induce intense patient test anxiety.

 

At VBuddies Cognitive, our mission is to eliminate the diagnostic blind spot between clinical appointments. By engineering a scalable, zero-overhead AI infrastructure, we empower individuals to build a continuous cognitive baseline from natural, regular conversations at home while sharing their biographical memories. We translate unstructured audio data into highly structured logs of memory recall, providing public healthcare systems, private care operators, and insurance networks with the objective trend data needed to flag subtle pre-clinical changes sooner—shifting the care paradigm from late-stage reaction to proactive early intervention.

The Team

Founded in Cambridge.
Built with purpose. 

VBuddies AI is led by a team with deep roots in entrepreneurship, healthcare AI, compliance, and cognitive health.

Lijia Zhang

Co-Founder

CEO

Lijia is a serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience taking ventures from concept to market. She is the inventor of VBuddies patent application.

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Dr Jon Fearon-Jones

Co-Founder

Regulatory & Partnership Director

Jon has 30+ years in quality assurance and compliance affairs. He leads VBuddies' regulatory and strategic partnerships for research and validations.

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Our Execution Capability & Scaling Strategy

VBuddies Cognitive is currently utilizing a lean, expert architecture to execute Phase 1 operations. Following the close of our Pre-Seed funding round, our operational runway includes the immediate activation of our core talent pipeline.

VBuddies Cognitive is currently designed for cognitive tracking and support. Full clinical detection capabilities are subject to clinical validation trials and Class IIa regulatory clearance.

© 2026 VBuddies Ltd, Cambridge, UK. Registered in England and Wales.

Confidential and Proprietary. Not to be copied or distributed without authorisation. All Rights Reserved by VBuddies Ltd.

Patent pending – UK Patent Application No. 2609962.2

Address: The Bradfield Centre, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0GA, UK

Company #: 12707364 

VAT #: 406529305

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