Ixiplay
Ixiplay is a YC Summer 2013 (S13) company. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About Ixiplay
Summary
Ixiplay builds a smart, Android-based robot toy for young children. The robot sees, hears, speaks, and moves, letting kids play games and interact using physical cards that trigger emotional responses on the robot's face. It replaces passive toys with an interactive, programmable companion that parents and developers can extend through an app store, accessories, and swappable character skins.
Business model
$299 retail unit plus an app store and accessories
Go-to-market
Sold direct to consumers, primarily parents of young children, with a hardware platform designed to attract third-party developers and toy IP licensors.
From the Y Combinator listing
Engaging, expressive & Android hackable robot buddy for playful…
IXI-Play is building a smart, Android-based robot for young children. They can play games with it; they’ll show the robot cards and it will mimic emotions on them. It sees, hears, speaks and moves. The toy itself retails for $299 but it will also come with an app store and other accessories. It’s a hardware platform that can have customizable skins for different characters so it can either build its own IP or license out IP from other toy companies.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Consumer Electronics
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- 2
- Inactive
- Early
Founders (2)
- Bart Dirkx
- Ruud van der Aalst
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