Angel AI, a parent-designed AI platform offering an age-appropriate internet experience for children aged 5 to 12 years old, announced it has raised a $4.75 million seed funding round led by Cortical Ventures with significant participation from Village Global and several other renowned angel investors.
Angel AI utilizes powerful and advanced AI technology today, like large language models, natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition and synthesis, and agent-based systems with memory. This technology allows Angel to generate age-appropriate answers to children’s questions, delivering compelling but safe content and entertainment. Plus, Angel’s platform can learn, personalize, and understand the child over time.
The AI supports children’s curiosity and encourages them to find answers by providing multi-modal content, including video and audio, at their comprehension level to enhance the learning experience.
Angel’s content is also free from distracting advertisements or predatory monetization tactics, which have become commonplace in children’s digital experiences–often to their detriment. In contrast to the status quo, Angel is also free of data collection for reselling and always will be.
The Angel AI platform will also include a parent insight portal, providing unique insights about children’s interests online and offline. Along with the platform’s current services, Angel will continue to roll out new capabilities in the coming months with the goal of creating a multi-faceted ecosystem that will redefine how children experience the internet.
The funding round will accelerate Angel AI’s investments in hiring, product development, and marketing initiatives. And over 100 parents are actively testing Angel’s platform, demonstrating significant interest and anticipation for the app.
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“We have already seen how social media platforms and children’s content sources are too akin to ‘digital narcotics,’ designed to be addictive and feed children age-inappropriate content, leading to higher rates of depression and loneliness. As a father of two young boys, I wanted something better for my kids. So did the many parents that make up the Angel team. Instead of fully disconnecting children from the internet, we’re advocating for an innovative and more effective approach. By using the Angel platform, parents can carefully integrate technology, letting their children explore safely while building healthy online and offline habits and promoting digital fluency.”
– Tim Estes, CEO and founder of Angel AI
“Angel AI is solving a problem that every parent in the world encounters and yet remains unsolved: allowing their kids to use the internet without exposing them to inappropriate and unsafe content. Changing this paradigm is a massive opportunity and one Cortical is excited to support as we continue to focus on the theme of AI-powered human engagement for good.”
– Jeremy Achin, general partner at Cortical Ventures, founder and CEO of NeoCybernetica and hOS and former CEO of DataRobot
“Village Global prides itself on carefully selecting partners who are both leaders and responsible stewards in their areas of expertise. Angel is changing the world by using AI for good. We are proud to partner with an organization that helps protect children and educates and empowers families while modeling behaviors of responsible digital citizens.”
– Anne Dwane, co-founder & partner at Village Global
