Lost and found
that actually works.

Most organizations are still running lost and found on a cardboard box and a shared spreadsheet. Staff log items in seconds, people find their things online, and every pickup is verified.

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In use at the University of Utah.
30s
Average time for staff
to log a found item
Person returning a lost item
The problem
1 in 3 lost items are never returned.
A general pattern wherever there is no real system in place.
Tracked on a cardboard box and a spreadsheet
Phone calls, email threads, handwritten logs. No central record. Staff lose hours every week chasing items by hand.
No one ever built a system for it
Universities run billion-dollar research programs and process thousands of students a day. Lost property still gets a Post-it note. It is not a resources problem.
Every organization loses things. Most have no real system for getting them back. Laika is built for how you actually work.
How it works
three steps
01
Staff log found items
in 30 seconds
Take a photo. Laika generates the name, description, and category. Staff confirm, add a location, and save. Under 30 seconds. No training needed.
Claim and pickup verification screen
02
Students search and
describe their item
Students describe what they lost and browse the live inventory. High-value items stay blurred until they prove ownership. Nothing is revealed before it is confirmed.
Student portal for searching lost items
03
Ownership verified
before pickup
Staff check the claim and hand over the item with ID verification. Every handover has a full audit trail.
Staff dashboard showing logged lost items
What Laika does
Five tools.
One system.

For staff, for students, for the front desk.

AI photo intake
Photograph a found item and Laika instantly generates a name, description, and category. Staff confirm and save in under 30 seconds. No manual data entry.
Plain-language search
Students describe what they lost in their own words. Laika matches it against the live inventory with no exact match required. High-value items stay blurred until ownership is confirmed.
Automatic SMS alerts
Students register a lost item once. The moment a matching item is logged by staff, they get a text automatically. No checking back, no polling a website.
PIN-verified pickup
Every handover requires student ID and a PIN. Full audit trail from log to pickup.
Portal integration
Laika works standalone or integrates into your existing systems. Built to fit what you already have, not replace it. Setup takes minutes, not months.
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