Rendever was co-founded by Kyle Rand, a native of Pittsford, New York, who grew up volunteering in a local senior community and went on to study cognitive decline in the aging population at Duke University. After he and his family had a personal experience moving his grandmother into a senior living community, he realized the severe impact of social isolation on seniors, and co-founded Rendever to use new virtual reality technology to build communities and increase resident engagement through positive shared experience.