Built by SLPs who saw a gap no one else would fill.
GuLP started in therapy rooms, not boardrooms. Three speech-language pathologists who were tired of working around tools that were never built for the kids sitting in front of them.
How It Started
Where it began.
"AAC devices are built for analytic processors. We kept adapting tools that were never designed for how our students actually communicate."
Haley, Clarissa, and Ashley each came to the same realization independently, sitting with kids who were gestalt language processors, kids who communicated in whole phrases, scripts, and songs, and watching them get squeezed into systems designed for a completely different kind of learner.
Gestalt Language Processing is not a disorder. It is a natural, valid language acquisition path. But the AAC tools available treated it like an afterthought at best, and an obstacle at worst. SLPs were spending hours jerry-rigging devices, adding video clips one by one, and guessing at what vocabulary would actually feel meaningful to each child.
GuLP started as a conversation between three colleagues who were exhausted by the same workarounds. It became a mission to build something that treated GLP as the starting point, not the exception.
What We Believe
The principles behind every decision we make.
Every voice is valid
GuLP is built to support and honor all forms of communication.
Grounded in real practice
Every feature comes directly from what SLPs, parents, and caregivers actually need in the room, at the table, and at home.
Built together
We are building GuLP alongside the SLP community. The 50+ clinicians in our early access group shape every decision we make.
Privacy by design
Children's data stays on the device. Our local AI never phones home. Families trust us with something precious, and we take that seriously.
Accessible by default
Accessibility is not a feature to be added later. It is the foundation. Every design choice starts with the question: will this work for everyone?
Stability matters
Consistent motor plans and vocabulary placement are core to how AAC users build fluency. GuLP is designed to keep things where they are, so muscle memory can do its work.
Meet the Founders
Three SLPs. One shared frustration. A product born from real practice.
As practicing SLPs, we saw the same gap over and over: current AAC devices do not match everyone’s communication style or preferences. We're creating a new language tool intentionally designed for gestalt language processors, while simultaneously supporting all of the people in the AAC user’s community.
I was spending hours configuring devices just to add simple video clips. That's time not spent with my students. We knew there had to be a more intuitive way to build and sync a user's profile.
Theories of language development are just that - theories - and we built an app that follows a theory of natural language acquisition that reflects not only research and clinical expertise but also the lived experience of neurodivergent people.
Want to be part of what comes next?
Join the 50+ SLPs helping us build GuLP from the ground up. Your voice shapes every decision we make.