About Us
Our Story
We started Protectkin with one simple question: how can adults protect children online without spying on every message they send?
As parents, educators and technologists, we saw kids being hurt by bullying, predators and social pressure in chats long before adults even knew something was wrong. We wanted a tool that acts like a digital smoke detector – quietly watching in the background and only making noise when there’s real danger.
Our mission is to use AI responsibly to detect early warning signs of harm in children’s digital lives, while still respecting their need for privacy and independence. Every feature we build is measured against one standard: does it genuinely make kids safer and strengthen trust between them and the adults who care for them?
We are driven by values
At Protectkin we believe in:
- Safety first: Child safety is always more important than vanity metrics or growth.
- Privacy by design: We analyze conversations for risk signals, but avoid storing full chat histories whenever possible.
- Transparency and trust: Kids and adults deserve to know, in clear language, what is monitored and why.
- Collaboration with the real world: We listen to parents, teachers, principals and youth workers to make sure the product fits real‑life situations.
Every line of code we ship is our promise to families and institutions that we will treat their data – and their children – with respect.
Real‑world safety impact
We measure success not in clicks, but in crises prevented: bullying stopped early, a child in distress noticed in time, a dangerous contact blocked.
Human collaboration, not just AI
Our AI surfaces the right moments, but adults make the decisions. We design Protectkin to support conversations between children, parents, teachers and leaders – not to replace them.
Evidence‑based technology
Our detection models are inspired by current research on cyberbullying, grooming and self‑harm signals, and are continuously improved using real feedback from the field.
The team behind our success
Meet the people building Protectkin. Our team combines experience in child protection, education, cybersecurity and AI, with one shared goal: creating technology that genuinely keeps young people safer online.