Parents Who Build: Raising Kids in the Age of AI
A Community Conversation for AI Week
We’re the first generation of parents raising kids in an AI-native world. And many of us are taking an unexpected path: Instead of opting out of technology, we’re building new kinds of tools for our own children.
From apps that gamify chores, to AI-powered co-play games, to personalized storybooks and learning companions, parents are proving that building with AI can be a way to create more intentional, family-first experiences.
This is the beginning of a new wave of “Parent Tech,” led not by Big Tech, but by parents who know their kids best.
Why Join
Discover the new wave of parent-led innovation. See how families are already creating AI-powered games, stories, and tools at home.
Explore what’s possible. What should an ideal child–tech relationship look like? Where do we want to lead, and where do we let Big Tech decide?
Connect with peers. Meet other parents, technologists, and builders who are navigating the same questions.
Who’s in the Room
This session gathers product leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyday parents who have worked through the waves of web1 and web2, and are now turning their creativity toward the most important audience: Our kids.
Join us to meet fellow parents, stories about what we're build, how we're build, and we dream about raising our own kids in the AI age.
What Parents Are Building
Hyper-personalized games built around kids’ passions
Digital co-play apps connecting parents, kids, and even grandparents
AI-powered helpers designed to make parenting easier
Agenda
12:00–12:20 PM: Arrival, check-in with security, pizza lunch
12:20–12:40 PM: Welcome & framing
Opening remarks (Trevor Day School)
Bethany Crystal (Build First): Why we’re here + quick intros
12:40–1:00 PM: Parent Builders, lightning shares (5–7 min each)
Tarun Sachdeva: How he builds games & AI apps with his kids on weekends
Ece Kaner: How she makes AI images with her 3-year-old to teach about safe AI use
Matt Hamilton: Demo of Scribblins, a new co-play experience turning kids’ art into digital art and stickers
1:00–1:45 PM: Small-group conversations
Megan Kiefer: What AI literacy can learn from media literacy (kickoff)
Breakouts: What does “good” AI use for kids look like? What have you built already? What would you build next?
1:45–2:00 PM: Debrief & closing
(Optional): Tour of the Trevor Day School Kids' Makerspace
We built the internet once. Now we’re building again...this time, for our kids.
This event is part of #AIWeekNY by Pulse NYC — a community-led festival celebrating innovation across the AI ecosystem. More at https://pulse.nyc/ai-week/