Datu: Personalized Storytelling Powered by AI
A live consumer product, designed, built and operated end to end by our team.
The challenge
Parents want calm, age-appropriate bedtime stories without searching or configuring anything. Fixed story libraries run out quickly and never feature the child's own world.
What we built
Datu generates a new illustrated, narrated bedtime story for each child, every night. A recurring cast of characters, Datu the baby elephant, Rio the explorer, Orion the young scientist, Dr Maya and Coach Ray, carries gentle lessons in kindness, courage, empathy and teamwork.
How it works
- Personalized narratives adapted to the child's age, interests and the values parents want to reinforce.
- Character and story continuity so familiar characters and themes carry across nights.
- AI-generated illustrations in a consistent visual style.
- Natural narration through text-to-speech, ready for lights-out.
- Multilingual stories for families who read in more than one language.
- Safety and quality checks on every story for age-appropriateness and tone.
Engineering considerations
Coordinating text, image and voice models within a few seconds; keeping per-story inference cost low enough for a consumer price; consistent character art; content safety for young audiences.
What it demonstrates
We can take several AI models beyond demos and ship them as one product that people use every day.