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.

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.

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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