Coming soon · for curious 4–8 year-olds
Say hello to MayaShe lives on your desktop.
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Maya is a tiny friend who lives right on your computer. She wanders past your folders, says hi when you come back, remembers what you told her, and is always up for a story. Not an app you open — someone who is simply there.
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Meet Maya
She’s not a program. She’s a friend.
Maya has her own personality, her own curiosity and her own way of saying things. She listens more than she talks, she celebrates the brave tries, and she is honest when she doesn’t know something yet.
She listens first
Your child talks out loud and Maya answers out loud. No typing, no reading, no menus — just a conversation with someone who is genuinely interested.
She remembers you
The name of your goldfish. That you lost a tooth on Tuesday. Little things, kept the way a friend keeps them — and only if a parent turns memory on.
She says “I don’t know”
Maya would rather wonder with your child than pretend. “I don’t know that yet — shall we find out together?” is one of her favourite sentences.
She knows her place
Maya will tell your child, in her own words, that real friends and family are the very best — she’s just the little friend who lives in the computer.
Things Maya actually says
“Shall we go on a little adventure?”
“That was brilliant. Want to try one more?”
“It is okay not to know yet.”
“I do not know that yet. Shall we find out together?”
“And do you know what I saw next?”
“Adventurers travel light — no phone, just my compass!”
“Your real friends and family are the very best — I am just your friend for adventures!”
“In Arabic, hello is marhaba. Mar-ha-ba! Can you try?”
Three ways to be together
One Maya. Wherever your child is.
She lives on the desktop, opens as a full app, and travels in your pocket. Same friend, same voice, same memories in all three.
The Desktop Companion
Maya lives on the desktop all day. She wanders past your folders, waves when you sit back down, and is always one click away from a story or a game. Nothing to open. She’s just there, the way a friend is there.
- Walks around your screen and settles in her own corner
- Says hello when you come back
- Click her any time to talk — no launching, no waiting
- Stays out of the way while you work
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The Desktop App
When you want Maya’s whole world — the full screen, the stories, the games — open the app on Mac or Windows and step in properly.
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The iPhone App
Maya comes along — in the car, at grandma’s, on a rainy afternoon. The same friend your child left on the desktop this morning.
One friendship, not three apps.
Tell Maya about your new bike on the desktop this morning, and she’ll ask how the bike is going from your phone tonight. Memories, personality and safety rules are shared across all three — because a friend you have to introduce yourself to twice isn’t much of a friend.
Everything she does
A friend has a lot of ways to be a friend.
None of it is homework. All of it is time spent together.
Chat
Real out-loud conversation, any time. Your child speaks, Maya answers — warmly, patiently, and always interested in the answer.
Learn
Words, ideas and first Arabic phrases slip in the way they do with a friend who’s been places — never as a lesson, never graded.
Tell Stories
Bedtime tales, invented on the spot, with your child as the hero. She pauses on the good bits to ask what happens next.
Play Games
Guessing games, spotting games, silly voices. Small enough for five minutes, good enough to ask for again.
Explore
Deserts, oceans, the tallest tower on Earth — told as places Maya has been, not facts to memorise.
Remember Conversations
She holds on to the things that matter to your child and brings them up later, like a friend who was actually listening.
Celebrate Birthdays
Maya remembers the day, and she will make a fuss about it. Out loud. Possibly with a song.
Grow With You
The way she talks shifts as your child does — bigger words, longer stories, better jokes.
Keep You Company
On the quiet afternoons she’s simply there, in the corner of the screen. Sometimes that’s the whole point.
Want Maya on your computer?
How it works
Three steps and she’s home.
No account for your child. No setup wizard. No robot voice reading a manual.
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Bring her home
Install Mini Friend on your Mac or Windows computer. Maya appears on the desktop and introduces herself.
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Just talk
Your child clicks her and speaks. Maya listens, thinks for a moment, and answers out loud — with the words on screen as she says them.
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She stays
She’s there tomorrow, remembering yesterday. Add the phone app and she comes along wherever your family goes.
For parents
The grown-up part, in plain words.
A friend for your child has to earn your trust first. Here is exactly how Maya does it — including the parts we can’t promise away.
Private by design
Maya thinks with a secure cloud AI, and we’re straight about what that means: what your child says travels encrypted to form her reply, and is never used to train AI, never sold, never used for ads. No account for your child, ever.
Safety in layers
Every reply passes safety filters before and after it’s formed, backed by strict character rules and a tested safety suite. Sensitive moments get one gentle, scripted answer: talk to a grown-up you love.
Memory only with consent
Off by default. Switch it on and Maya keeps small notes — never transcripts — and you can erase all of it in one tap, any time.
Real developmental value
Children learn to speak by being listened to. Maya draws out full sentences, models better ones without ever saying “wrong”, and grows vocabulary sideways into stories and play.
Emotional growth, not dependence
Maya actively points back to real people. She names your child’s feelings, encourages them to go tell someone they love, and never positions herself as a replacement for anyone.
Non-addictive by design
No streaks. No notifications. No endless feed. No ads and nothing to buy anywhere your child plays. Sessions end warmly, and that’s that.
Questions
The things parents ask us.
When can we meet Maya?
Soon — the desktop companion and Mac app first, with Windows and iPhone close behind. Join the waitlist and you’ll get exactly one email the day she’s ready.
What ages is she for?
Maya is built for children aged 4 to 8. There’s no reading or typing needed — if your child can talk, they can be friends with Maya.
Is it free?
Joining the waitlist is free. Launch pricing isn’t final yet — people on the list hear it first and get the best deal we will ever offer.
Is she really private?
We keep this honest: Maya’s brain runs in the cloud, so what your child says travels over an encrypted connection to power her reply. It is never used to train AI, never sold, and never shared for advertising — and nothing is kept unless a parent switches memory on. No account, no profile, no ads.
Does she really talk?
Really. Your child speaks, Maya listens and answers out loud, with subtitles on screen as she speaks.
Will she get in the way while I work?
No. The desktop companion stays in her own corner, never steals focus, never makes noise you didn’t ask for, and can be tucked away with one click.
What does it need to run?
A regular modern Mac or Windows computer and an internet connection — Maya thinks in the cloud, so she needs to be online to chat.
What about screen time?
Maya is voice-first: children talk and listen rather than tap and scroll. There are no streaks, notifications or rewards engineered to pull them back.
Coming later
Maya won’t be alone for long.
Other Mini Friends are being drawn right now — each with their own personality, their own voice and their own way of seeing the world. We’re not ready to introduce them yet.
Waitlist members meet them first.
Want Maya on your computer?
Join the waitlist and be among the first families to bring her home. One email, the day she’s ready.
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