Meet Hope: Your AI Partner for the Moments Between Cancer Appointments

Because cancer doesn't pause when you leave the doctor’s office.

There's a moment almost every cancer patient knows.

It's 2 a.m. A new symptom showed up. Or a question is circling in your head that you forgot to ask at your last appointment. Or you just need to understand what happens next – and your care team won't be available until Thursday.

You open your phone. You type something into a search bar. And within seconds, you're swimming in information that may or may not apply to you, your cancer type, your treatment, your life. 

We built Manta Cares because you deserve the right support at the right time. And today, we're introducing Hope – a purpose-built AI Partner within the Manta Cares app, designed to support patients through the practical and emotional work of cancer.

What Hope Is (and What It Isn't)

Hope is not a search engine. It's not a generic AI chatbot. And it is not a replacement for your care team.

Hope is your AI partner for the in-between – the hours, days, and weeks between appointments when questions pile up, symptoms shift, and the weight of it all can feel isolating.

Hope can help you:

  • Track symptoms in plain language — no rigid forms, no confusing drop-downs, just a conversation
  • Organize your questions so you walk into your next appointment prepared, not scrambling
  • Get answers grounded in physician-reviewed content, tailored to your cancer type and where you are in your experience
  • Prepare for appointments with structure and clarity
  • Make sense of what's next – specific to your cancer, not someone else's
  • What makes Hope different is context. When you interact with Hope, it already knows your cancer type, your treatment stage, and where you are in your cancer experience. That means the support you get isn't one-size-fits-all – it's personal.

Built by People Who've Been There

Manta Cares was founded by Samira Daswani, a cancer survivor. That origin shapes everything about how we build. We put patients first, full stop.

We know that a cancer diagnosis doesn't come with a manual. We know that the system can feel overwhelming, fragmented, and deeply impersonal. And we know that patients deserve more than a stack of printouts and a follow-up appointment six weeks out.

Manta Cares was built in collaboration with more than 100 medical professionals and thousands of patients and care partners. Hope is powered by large language models and grounded in physician-reviewed content. And it's built to speak with deep empathy – because that matters just as much as accuracy.

"Patients don't stop needing support when they leave the clinic," says Samira Daswani, CEO and founder of Manta Cares. "Hope is designed to meet patients in those moments: late at night, before appointments, or when new symptoms arise, with responses that reflect their personal values, concerns, and lived experience."

Private, Secure, and No Insurance Needed

We know trust is everything when it comes to your health. Hope is private, secure, and available to you, no insurance needed.

Patient data is handled through secure authentication and encrypted storage. And Hope is always transpare

nt about when and how personalization is being used. If Hope doesn't have an answer, it will tell you that too.

This Is Just the Beginning

Hope is live today, and we're already seeing it show up for patients across six critical decision moments in the cancer care experience.

We're continuing to build — deeper memory so Hope gets to know you better over time, appointment-preparation workflows, and enhanced summaries that help you reflect on symptoms and conversations between visits.

Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Douglas Blayney, former President of ASCO, puts it simply: "Patients are already turning to the internet or general-purpose AI tools when questions come up at 2 a.m. Hope offers a private, supportive alternative – one that understands cancer from a patient's perspective and is designed specifically for this moment in a patient's life."

You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone

That's the whole point of Hope. Not to replace the people caring for you. Not to have all the answers. But to be there – informed, empathetic, and ready, hen you need support most.

Try Hope today. Sign up here or try iOS App — it's private, secure, and built by people who've been there.

The content provided by Manta Cares Inc., including Hope, is intended for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.