ciao — the panel that greets your guests

Three moments of a stay

The panel does very little, deliberately. It shows up when it is useful and goes quiet when it isn't.

A guest's hand reaching for the panel as the halo brightens

The panel showing a local guide with dining and trails

The panel's checkout screen with a short checklist

Built to be lived with

Not a tablet in a frame. A piece of the wall.

Close-up of the panel's matte edge and the recessed light channel on the wall

A halo, not a notification lightWarm white, hidden in a channel on the back, washing the wall. It breathes while listening and never blinks.
One cableA single flat lead through the wall or along a paintable channel to the nearest outlet. No visible wires, no screws on the front.
Snaps onto a steel plateLevel it once with the slotted plate, then the panel seats on magnets. Twenty minutes, one person, no electrician.
Matte, slightly textured, quietA vapour-smoothed nylon shell with the wordmark pressed into the bezel and nothing else on the front but glass.

Nothing in the house watches your guests.

The panel has no camera. The lens on the tablet inside is covered by solid material and the driver is removed from the software, so even a compromised device sees black.

The microphone is off unless a guest turns it on for their stay, and the halo changes colour while it listens.
Everything runs on the panel itself. It works without the internet except for weather and the concierge's answers.
Nothing is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere.

For the people who own the house

Guests ask the panel first. You hear about it only when the panel can't answer.

Reads your booking calendarNames and dates come from your Airbnb or VRBO calendar and confirmation emails. You never type a guest in.
Sells what you already offerLate checkout, firewood, a spa heat-up, local wine. The panel takes the order and the payment; you keep the margin.
Partners on the wallThe wine tour, the chef, the massage therapist, clearly labelled as partner offers, with your guests already two miles away.
A mode for your cleanerA hidden code opens the turnover checklist and a way to report a broken thing with a photo.
Evidence when you need itCheck-in, checkout and the guest's own ticks on the checklist, timestamped.

Early access

The first panels go into a handful of houses in the Sierra foothills and wine country in spring 2027. Leave an address and we'll write when yours can be one of them.

We reply by email, nothing else. hello@ciaopanel.com works too.

It says hello.
And, when it's time, goodbye.

Three moments of a stay

Arrival

The days between

Leaving

Built to be lived with

For the people who own the house

Early access