Synapse is an AI-powered learning companion for New Zealand primary school children (NZ Curriculum, Years 1–8). It pairs an AI tutor, Aria, with tools that let a parent see what their child is actually working on.
What Synapse is, the two products that share its engine, and an honest account of where it actually stands today.
Why Synapse exists, the convictions behind its design, and the principles that govern how it is talked about.
Aria, the AI tutor: the persona, how each answer is grounded in the NZ Curriculum, and what keeps her answers accurate and safe.
How New Zealand Curriculum grounding works — what is injected into each turn, and what alignment does and does not guarantee.
What a parent gets: per-child pseudonym profiles, progress visibility, observations, and the controls over what a child can use.
What using Synapse is actually like for a child.
The social-confidence practice space, and the deliberate rule that a parent cannot read what a child says inside it.
The AI-literacy feature: teaching children to recognise, direct and understand AI rather than simply consume it.
Direct answers to the questions parents, teachers and reviewers ask most.
What Family Synapse costs: the free trial, the pay-what-it-is-worth subscription, how to cancel, and what happens when the trial ends.
Direct answers to the worries parents raise most: safety, privacy, screen time, whether an AI should be teaching their child at all.
The Privacy Policy: what Synapse collects about families and children, who it is shared with, how it is protected including the honest limits, and how long it is kept.
The Terms of Service: who can use Synapse, what it is and is not, subscription, cancellation and refunds, and our responsibilities.
How to read and query this site programmatically, including the endpoint that checks a claim against the source documents.