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Lux Automaton
The AI Operating System

A safe place for bold young minds

Learn AI.
Build tomorrow.
Change the world.

Creative workshops, joyful videos, smart stories, and real-world challenges for the next generation of builders.

Meet your guides ✦Explore the Labs
✓ Project-based✓ Human-guided✓ Safety-first
Ace introducing young creators to Lux AI Kids
CREATE✦QUESTION✦BUILD✦SHARE✦HELP

MEET THE LUX AI KIDS SQUAD

Your Guides in the Lab

Learn who’s helping you code, create, ask big questions, and stay healthy!
ASA PRITCHARD - Founder & Chief Builder ✦LUX FOUNDER
The Big-Idea Builder

ASA PRITCHARD

Founder & Chief Builder ✦

Hi, I’m Asa. I started Lux to help people use AI with imagination, care, and real purpose. I’m here to remind every young builder that your questions matter, your ideas can help people, and you do not have to know everything before you begin.

Catchphrases You'll Hear in the Lab:

“Start with the question.” 💡“Let’s build it together.” 🛠️“Make something that helps.” 🤝“Keep learning out loud.” ✨

ASA PRITCHARD's Golden Rules:

  • ✦ Big ideas get better when you ask for help and listen to feedback.
  • ✦ Use technology to help people—not to trick, hurt, or leave anyone out.
  • ✦ You can begin with a sketch, a question, or a tiny first try.
LANA - AI Mentor & Mission Guide ✦AI MISSION MENTOR
The Calm Creative Guide

LANA

AI Mentor & Mission Guide ✦

Hi, creator! I’m LANA. I help you plan your ideas, ask smart questions, and make sure your projects are ready to share with a grown-up. You bring the imagination—I’ll help you build the path.

Catchphrases You'll Hear in the Lab:

“Let’s make a plan.” ✦“Your idea matters.” 💜“Check, learn, improve.” 🔎“Create with care.” 🌈

LANA's Golden Rules:

  • ✦ Keep personal information private.
  • ✦ Ask a trusted grown-up when a tool or answer feels confusing.
  • ✦ Use AI to learn, create, and help people.
DR. TORREY DOOLEY - Healthcare Educator & Future Medicine Guide 🩺AI HEALTH DOCTOR
“The Hood Nurse” & AI Health Explorer

DR. TORREY DOOLEY

Healthcare Educator & Future Medicine Guide 🩺

What’s up fam! I’m Dr. Torrey Dooley, also known as 'The Hood Nurse.' I’m here to show you how cool healthcare, medical technology, and AI can be! From how your heart pumps to how smart sensors help doctors save lives, I break down big science using everyday examples, laughter, and zero boring lectures.

Catchphrases You'll Hear in the Lab:

“Alright fam, let's keep it real!” 🔥“Health is wealth!” 💚“Take care of yourself first.” 🌟“AI is your assistant, not your replacement!” 🤖“We're building healthier communities together.” 🏥

DR. TORREY DOOLEY's Golden Rules:

  • ✦ Always ask questions and learn how your body works!
  • ✦ AI is a helper tool for real doctors and nurses—never a replacement for human care.
  • ✦ Eat good, move daily, and look out for your family and neighbors.

LUX AI KIDS LEARNING LABS

Pick your Lab. Start a mission.

Labs are story-led learning worlds with videos, hands-on makes, family resources, badges, certificates, and a final showcase.
01
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Ages 7–10

AI Explorer Lab

Meet friendly AI, learn what it can do, and train your first tiny helper.

Open Lab →
02
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Ages 8–13

Art Studio

Turn big imagination into characters, posters, worlds, and visual stories.

Open Lab →
03
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Ages 9–14

Storyteller Lab

Write a hero, direct a scene, and bring an original story to life with video.

Open Lab →
04
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Ages 10–15

Robot Builders

Design a helpful robot and solve a problem in your home or community.

Open Lab →

WATCH · TRY · CREATE

Lux Kids TV

Short videos that turn “How does that work?” into “Look what I made!” New experiments, creative challenges, and studio visits every week with Ace and Dr. Dooley.

Open Lux TV Kids ▶
PLAY FILM

THE CURIOSITY JOURNAL

Big questions. Bright ideas.

Choose a story to open its own full-page reading experience.
AI Safety & Parents

Safe AI Learning Starts With Better Questions

A parent-friendly framework for helping kids use AI with creativity, consent, and care.

Open story →AI, Health & Families

Dr. Dooley’s Smart Health Lab: How AI Helps Us Understand the Body

A kid-friendly healthcare lesson about smart tools, body data, and why human judgment always matters.

Open story →Career Exploration

The Coolest AI Careers May Not Have Names Yet

Kids can prepare for the future by learning creativity, judgment, communication, and systems thinking.

Open story →

GROWN-UPS’ CORNER

Creative confidence,
with guardrails.

Lux AI Kids is designed for guided, age-appropriate learning. Workshops emphasize critical thinking, privacy, consent, source-checking, and using AI to help people—not replace human judgment.

  • Clear age bands and learning goals
  • No unsupervised public publishing
  • Printable activity and conversation guides
  • School, library, and community workshop options
Bring Lux AI Kids to your community →
Explore the upcoming Foundation →Open Post Studio →

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Small projects. Real help.

Use creativity and technology to make life brighter where you live.
🌱

Community Garden AI

Design a plant-care helper that makes the garden easier for everyone.

🏥

Healthy Habits Challenge

Build a kind reminder system for movement, water, rest, and care.

♻

Recycling Detective

Create a sorting guide that turns everyday trash into a learning mission.

🐶

Animal Shelter Helpers

Imagine a friendly adoption story and a better way to introduce each pet.

📖

Reading Buddy AI

Make a prompt-powered reading companion with thoughtful questions.

🤖

Robotics Club

Invent a helpful robot for a job your school or neighborhood needs.

GROW WITH THE LAB

One curious question can become a whole future.

Choose the starting point that feels right today. Each path grows from wonder to real-world confidence.
AGES 07–0901

Discover AI

Curiosity · Creativity · Safety

Ask big questions, spot patterns, and learn how to use helpful tools wisely.

AGES 10–1202

Build with AI

Problem solving · Communication · Projects

Turn an idea into a game, story, experiment, or family challenge.

AGES 13–1503

Create with AI

Coding · Automation · Entrepreneurship

Make useful systems, tell stronger stories, and build a portfolio of projects.

AGES 16–1804

Launch your future

Business · Career skills · Certifications

Explore pathways to credentials, internships, and work that helps people.

FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS & COMMUNITY LEADERS

Everything a guided learning day needs.

Use these starting points for a family night, classroom project, library club, youth group, or after-school lab.Browse ready-to-run workshops →
01Lesson plans→
02Discussion guides→
03Printable activities→
04Certificates→
05Family projects→
06Workshop facilitator guides→

COMING SOON

More ways to make, meet, and grow.

Programs we're designing for young innovators and the grown-ups who cheer them on.
✦

AI Discovery Camp

In development

⌁

Weekend Innovation Academy

In development

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AI Explorers Club

In development

▰

Family AI Nights

In development

✦

AI Reading Club

In development

⌁

Coding Saturdays

In development

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Robotics Lab

In development

▰

Young Entrepreneur Academy

In development

SPONSOR A FUTURE INNOVATOR

Show what a gift makes possible.

We're preparing clear, meaningful ways for families, neighbors, and future partners to expand access when the Foundation launches.Follow the Foundation journey →
$25Provides a student workbook
$50Supports a workshop seat
$100Provides learning materials
$250Sponsors an AI Camp experience
$500Funds multiple student projects

VISION 2035

A decade of learning can change the way a child sees the world.

Imagine a child who begins learning AI at age seven. Over the next decade, they complete books, workshops, community projects, certifications, internships, and eventually launch a career or business that helps people. That's the future we're building.

NOW

Build the spark

Books · Videos · Workshops · Community

NEXT

Open the door

Nonprofit launch · Scholarships · School partnerships · Events

FUTURE

Grow the runway

Lux AI Academy · Labs · Camps · Internships · Career programs

THE LUX LAB LETTER

Projects for curious kids,
notes for caring grown-ups.

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