A learning device that lives in the room
The dodi Companion is a dedicated device for the shelf. No tablet to hand over, no app to get lost in, just a warm voice and a friendly face your child can turn to any time. It's an optional addition, and dodi is already complete on the app.
Same brain. New body.
The Companion is an optional add-on, and dodi already works beautifully on the app alone. The device simply gives everything a home in the room, and because it lives in your house, it can do a few things the cloud never can.
Some things a tablet just can't do
Not another screen-time trap
Its small display is simply dodi's face: no apps, no feeds, no rabbit holes to fall into.
Only listens when needed
No unlocking, no handing over your phone, and no open microphone. A quick double tap wakes dodi; the rest of the time it's simply quiet.
A companion, not an app
A character that lives on the shelf and your child bonds with, not one more icon on a screen.
Calm and ambient
Designed to sit quietly in the room and join in when invited, never to grab for attention.
Built for little hands
A soft fabric shell, no fragile glass and no fiddly ports, made to be dropped, hugged and loved.
One for the whole family
A single friendly device the household can talk to, with a separate profile for each child.
A platform you can actually trust
Both, the dodi learning app, as well as the device, are built so all sensible data is fully end-to-end encrypted. Privacy and openness are core principles.
End-to-end encrypted
Every conversation is encrypted end-to-end, so not even our servers can read it. Your family's data belongs to your family alone.
It shows when it's listening
The face and light make it obvious the moment dodi is awake. There's no hidden recording: what you see is what's happening.
Wakes on a double tap
The Companion only starts listening when your child double-taps the screen. Until then, nothing is heard and nothing is streamed.
Your AI, your data
Just like the app: conversations go to the AI provider you connect, every memory is yours to read or delete, and nothing is ever sold.
Scheduled night mode
On the schedule you set, voice interactions switch off for the night, and dodi quietly moonlights as your child's alarm clock until morning.
Open source by principle
We build dodi in the open. Read the code, audit exactly how it handles your data, contribute improvements, or run your own private instance. Trust shouldn't require taking our word for it.
Automations that run in your home, not our cloud
Because every conversation is end-to-end encrypted, not even our servers can read your child's data, which means they can't quietly work on it in the background either. The Companion can. Sitting safely in your home, it doubles as a private server that runs dodi's automations locally, right where the keys already live.
- Fresh games & challenges, automatically: overnight, the Companion can dream up new games and challenges tuned to your child, ready and waiting in the morning.
- Local by design: automations run on the device in your home, so your data never has to leave it to work its magic.
- A bonus, never a requirement: the app stays fully featured on its own; the Companion simply adds these automatic touches.
Soft on the outside, smart on the inside
A first look at what we're building. Details will firm up as we get closer to 2027.
Kid-tough shell
A soft, knitted fabric sphere that's made to be dropped, carried and hugged.
A face that reacts
A round display where dodi smiles, listens and plays along, with no menus to read.
Hears the room (when awake)
Far-field microphones for natural talk, listening only once dodi is awake.
A warm, clear voice
A room-filling speaker tuned for gentle, easy-to-understand speech.