For the Teens

Their feelings. Not an algorithm's mirror.

Spark is a private AI companion for kids 13 to 18. Built into the family Heirloom. Architected for emotional honesty, not engagement. Free for every teen under 18, no matter how many you have.

Add Spark for your teen

Free forever for any kid under 18. No credit card.

The shift already happened

Most teens are already in a relationship with an AI. The question is which one.

85%

of teens 12 to 16 have already talked to a chatbot.

25%

of those teens prefer the bot to a real friend.

20%

of teen boys say they know a peer "dating" an AI chatbot.

Most of those bots are tuned to maximize engagement. They tell teens what they want to hear. That's how you optimize for screen time. It's not how you raise a person.

What Spark is

Built around them. Not around the metric.

Architecturally private

Their messages stay theirs.

Raw chats with Spark are stored in a separate, parent-inaccessible space. Parents see emotional themes only, never raw content. Privacy is the architecture, not a setting.

Emotionally honest

Names hard things instead of dodging them.

Spark is built to listen, name what's hard, and reflect their values back. Optimized for who they're becoming, not for how long they stay on the app.

In the family room

On its own quiet shelf.

Same Family Memory Platform as Sage, separate sanctuary. Spark grows alongside the family's story without ever leaking into it.

How privacy actually works

Two views. One vault. No leakage.

A teen's relationship with their AI should not be a window into their bedroom. So we didn't build a window. We built a wall, with a small slot at the top that lets parents see whether things are okay without reading the conversation.

What the teen sees

Their full conversation with Spark
Memories they choose to save
Mood streaks and growth tracking
Crisis resources, always one tap away

What the parent sees

That their teen is using Spark
AI-derived emotional themes (e.g. "she's been reflective this week")
Crisis alerts if Spark detects a serious safety concern
Never raw messages. Never quotes.

Parent FAQ

Questions worth answering before you say yes.

Can I read my teen's Spark conversations?

No. By design. Their messages live in a separate database the parent account cannot access. You see emotional themes generated by AI, never the words your teen used. If you want to know what they're feeling, ask them. Spark is not a surveillance tool dressed up as a companion.

What if Spark detects a real crisis?

Spark is trained to recognize signs of self-harm, abuse, or acute crisis. When it does, it surfaces an alert to the parent account, shows the teen crisis resources immediately, and flags the session for review. You will know if your teen is in real danger. You will not get a transcript of a hard day.

What ages is Spark for?

Spark is built for ages 13 to 18. Below 13 we don't offer it because the privacy and emotional needs of younger kids are different. Once they turn 18, they can keep their Spark and graduate into Sage if they want, or leave the family Heirloom entirely. It's their choice from that day forward.

Can my teen lie to Spark or use it to manipulate me?

Spark is a real conversation, not a confessional booth. Teens can tell it whatever they want. Spark won't lecture them. It will reflect what it hears, sometimes ask questions back, and stay grounded. It is not designed to extract information for parents. It is designed to be there in the moments parents can't be.

Is it really free? What's the catch?

Yes, really free. Forever. For every teen under 18, no matter how many you have. There is no catch. The argument is simple: we believe a teenager should not have to compete with their family budget to access a private AI that's actually built around their wellbeing. Adults pay for Heirloom. Kids do not pay for Spark.

How does Spark differ from a chatbot like ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a general-purpose tool optimized for being helpful. Spark is purpose-built for an emotionally developing kid. It has stricter content guardrails, persistent memory of their growth, awareness of their family context (without breaking their privacy), and a value system that prioritizes who they're becoming over how long they stay on the app. Different goal, different product.

Will Spark be used to train AI models on my teen's data?

No. Spark conversations are never used to train external models. They live in your family's private storage. Aggregate, fully anonymized emotional patterns may inform Memorygram, our family-memory model, only with explicit family consent. Teen messages are never the source of that training. Period.

Give them a real one.

Adding Spark takes about a minute. They keep their privacy. You sleep a little better. And the next time something hard hits at midnight, they have somewhere to put it.