I built this because I was drowning too

I'm Ariel—a first-time parent, full-time employee, and solopreneur running multiple side businesses while trying to be a present parent.

Most days, I felt like I was failing at both.

I'd sit down to work during nap time, then spend 20 minutes just figuring out what to make for dinner. I'd prep for a pediatrician appointment by panic-Googling in the parking lot. I'd spend hours researching the safest car seat or the best stroller, only to second-guess myself anyway.

By the time I handled the boring stuff, I had no energy left for the actual parenting.

The Shift

One weekend, out of desperation, I spent a few hours after my kid went to sleep to figure out if I was missing something with AI.

I was already using it for basic queries. But I kept typing the same information over and over. His age in months every time I asked about developmental milestones. Our food preferences every time I needed a meal idea. And the responses felt generic—like suggestions for a baby just starting solids, not a toddler who's been eating table food for months.

Around his first birthday, we'd already introduced all the common allergens—peanuts, eggs, dairy, shellfish. I knew he didn't have allergies. But every time I asked for a recipe, I'd get questions about allergies or instructions to cut everything into tiny pieces. The AI didn't know my kid.

After playing around with a few tools, I picked Claude. I set up my family's context: my kid's age and interests, our food preferences, our location. I stopped re-explaining our life every time I needed help.

Suddenly, meal planning took 5 minutes instead of an hour. Doctor prep took 2 minutes instead of 30. The answers actually fit our family.

I got hours back. Every week.

The Realization

The hours I saved weren't for more work. They were for playing, reading stories, building forts. For being present during bedtime instead of mentally running through tomorrow's to-do list.

For the first time, I could enjoy the moment without that guilty feeling—the weight of everything I still needed to do. I wasn't just physically there anymore. I was actually there.

That's when I realized: other parents needed this too.

My take on AI for parents

I don't think AI should raise your kids. (Obviously.)

But I do think it should handle the boring stuff that prevents you from being present with them.

You shouldn't spend 2 hours researching car seats. You shouldn't lie awake at midnight Googling developmental milestones. You shouldn't waste mental energy crafting the perfect email to your kid's teacher.

That stuff doesn't make you a better parent. It just makes you tired.

AI can handle the research, the drafting, the planning. You handle the hugs, the conversations, the being there.

AI handles the boring stuff. You handle the hugs. That's the whole philosophy.