Meet Paia
The AI General Counsel for childcare providers
Available 24/7 to answer licensing, legal, and operational questions. Powered by top AI models and based on a knowledge base built by Howard Wu, an attorney and preschool owner. All answers reviewed and approved or revised by Howard.
A real attorney-client relationship, so approved responses are legal advice, and all communications are confidential and attorney-client privileged.
Genuinely affordable, with unlimited advice each month, for one-tenth what an average attorney charges per hour.

reliable
Attorney reviewed
Better than generic AI responses, Paia draws from Howard's digital knowledge base of real licensing and legal matters. Howard reviews every chat and either approves or revises Paia's responses for you.
affordable
No hourly fee
The average business attorney charges around $450 per hour. So a 12 minute phone call for general advice costs $90. Your staff can ask Paia unlimited questions with one subscription.
general counsel
Real legal advice
The subscription creates a real attorney client relationship for your facility. Communications are confidential and attorney-client privileged. Ask about anything. If a subject-matter is outside of Howard's expertise, he will let you know.
No separate app
Text & Email Paia
No preschool needs more apps. Email Paia just like you would email your attorney (attach licensing reports, draft changes to your handbook, or other documents and ask for analysis). Paia writes back. Get a follow-up email in the same thread from Howard, where he approves or revises Paia's response.Chat with Paia via text message on your phone. Approve staff phone numbers so they can text Paia too.

Meet Howard
Attorney & preschool owner
With over 14 years experience as both a lawyer and preschool owner, Howard knows licensing and all the issues preschools and childcare providers deal with day-to-day. Howard has been advising and representing providers in California for several years.
AI now lets him help more providers, faster, and at less cost to the provider.

pricing
In beta ($49/mo)
This is Howard. Right now Paia is in beta, at test pricing of $49/mo. It's "test pricing" because I am working to see what pricing will be feasible. Paia's pricing will depend entirely on two things:
The behind-the-scenes AI token cost (how much each school uses Paia each month, and how much processing it takes to generate good responses)
How much time it takes me (Howard) to review each chat, and how much I have to manually revise Paia's responses
Paia is in beta testing right now. A limited number of preschools and family childcare homes are using Paia day-to-day, so Howard can figure out the answers to those two questions to figure out pricing.
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