Our story

Making bedtime the best part of the day

We're a small team of parents, engineers, and educators who got tired of handing screens to our kids at bedtime. So we built something better — a place where AI and imagination meet to create stories children actually remember.

"Every child deserves a story that is truly theirs — one that knows their name, their favourite dragon, and the colour of their bedroom door."

What we believe in

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Stories first

Every decision we make starts with the question: does this make the story better for the child?

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Safe by default

We build safety in at every layer — content, data, and design — without asking parents to configure it themselves.

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Every language

A child should be able to hear a story in their mother tongue. We're expanding our language support every month.

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Magical, not addictive

We deliberately avoid engagement loops. A great bedtime story ends so the child can sleep, not scroll.

Our journey

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2023

The idea

Andrii couldn't find a bedtime story app that felt magical — so he started building one.

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Early 2024

First prototype

First AI-generated story created. A dragon named Zara, a child named Sofia, and a very happy parent.

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Mid 2024

First families

Real families joined beta. Their feedback shaped everything — voices, universes, the hero system.

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Late 2024

Going multilingual

Stories in Ukrainian, Polish, Spanish. Because every child deserves a story in their own language.

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2025

Public launch

Shally opens to the world. Thousands of unique stories generated in the first month.

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Today

Still growing

New universes, new voices, new languages. The adventure continues.

Meet the team

Small but mighty — and we're growing.

AN
Andrii N.
Founder & CEO
MK
Maria K.
Head of Content
DV
Dmytro V.
Lead Engineer
OS
Olena S.
Child Safety

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