Built for classrooms in every corner of the world.
The problem
Every AI tool, every coding platform, every edtech startup — built for San Francisco, London, Singapore. The next generation of problem-solvers in Ghana, Indonesia, Bolivia, and Bangladesh are growing up without any of it. Not because they lack ambition. Because nobody built it for them.
of AI tools are built for the US, UK, and Western Europe
children live in countries where AI education simply doesn't exist yet
of the world's founders come from the countries where 80% of kids live
The journey
Spark isn't a lesson — it's a quest. Every milestone is a new level unlocked, and by the end of the year every child has built something real they can show the world.
What problem bugs you most? Sparky helps turn any idea — however wild — into something real and buildable.
Just describe it and watch it appear on screen. Your first real app, built by talking. No code. No fuss. Pure magic.
Share with parents and friends. Collect Cheers — kind messages from people who tried your app and loved it.
Take the feedback and make it even better. Add features, fix what's not working, and keep pushing.
Your app goes live with a real link. You stand up and pitch it. Everyone claps. You built that.
Who it's for
Spark works because every person around the child gets exactly what they need — and nothing they don't.
For kids
Ages 5–11
For teachers
Built for classrooms
For parents
Engaged with one tap
Meet Sparky
Sparky is the AI companion at the heart of Spark. It listens. It asks gentle questions. It builds what the child describes, right there on screen — and helps them shape ideas that feel too big into something they can actually finish.
Sparky
Online
Time to take your pill!
I love you granny ❤️
The Gallery
At the end of the year, every app a class has built lives in a public Gallery. Parents, friends, and the wider school community can try them and leave Cheers.
“Reminds my granny to take her pills every morning at 8.”
Amara, age 8
Asante Primary, Kumasi
“If you lose a goat, type the colour and we tell you who saw it.”
Bayu, age 9
SD Negeri 12, Bandung
“Every morning a new word and what it means. In Chichewa too!”
Hope, age 7
Riverside Primary, Lilongwe
“Helps me remember when to feed my baby brother.”
Lucia, age 10
Escola São José, São Paulo
Our mission
“Millions of children will grow up never having touched an AI tool.”
Not because they lack imagination — but because they lack access. Young Founders Foundation exists to change that. Spark puts the power to build in the hands of every child, in every classroom, in every corner of the world.
Read our storyChild safety
Putting AI in front of children requires more than good intentions. Every part of Spark is engineered so that harmful content cannot reach a child — by architecture, not just policy.
Sparky runs exclusively on child-safe prompt templates. There are no open prompts. Every response passes through age-appropriate filters before it reaches a child — the model cannot go off-script.
Every app a child builds is a structured JSON schema rendered in an isolated iFrame. No arbitrary code ever runs. There is no way for a child's project to access the wider web or execute anything unexpected.
No message from a parent or outside the classroom reaches a child without a teacher reviewing and approving it first. Cheers, feedback, and encouragement are all gated behind moderation.
Children log in with a class code, a chosen avatar, and a 4-digit PIN. No email address. No real name stored. No profile to leak. Spark is designed from the ground up for shared school devices.
Sparky only discusses the child's project. It cannot browse the web, retrieve outside content, discuss unrelated topics, or be jailbroken into acting outside its role. The conversation stays on task, always.
Every Sparky interaction is logged and reviewable by teachers and school administrators at any time. Nothing happens in Spark that a teacher cannot see, export, or act on.
COPPA & GDPR-K aligned. Spark collects no personal data on children under 13 and is designed to meet the requirements of both US and EU child-data regulations from day one.
We're partnering with a small number of primary schools for our pilot year. It's free. It's supported. And the kids you teach will have built something real by the end of it.