Built by two people who saw the problem from both sides.
One of us spent almost a decade working with vulnerable children. The other builds compliance systems for a living. Halo Aware is what we made when AI started talking to kids faster than parents could keep up.
Why we built Halo Aware
AI chatbots took off fast. ChatGPT launched, and suddenly millions of kids were having daily conversations with AI about homework, crushes, anxieties, body image, and things they'd never say out loud.
But parents had no way to see any of it. A child could spend hours talking to an AI about the things weighing on them most, and the people raising them would never know it was happening: not what was asked, not what was answered, not whether any of it was okay.
Traditional parental control tools didn't help. They were built for blocking websites and tracking locations. None of them understood AI conversations. And the surveillance tools that did exist felt wrong. Reading every message your child types isn't parenting. It's spying.
We wanted something different: a way to stay informed without breaking trust. To know when something concerning happens without monitoring every innocent question about homework.
That's why we built Halo Aware.
The two of us
Halo Aware is two people, a brother and sister. No investors, no growth team, nobody between you and the humans responsible. This page is signed because we stand behind it.
James North
Co-founder · Product & engineering
James builds Halo Aware end to end: the parent dashboard, the browser extension, and the AI pipeline that turns conversations into summaries and alerts.
Compliance engineering is his profession: building the systems that keep regulated software provably honest. Halo Aware runs on the same discipline. Collect the minimum, explain everything, delete on schedule.
Amy North
Co-founder · Marketing
Amy has spent nearly a decade in safeguarding, building safer spaces for vulnerable children and young people. That work led her to co-found Halo Aware, where she leads marketing and supports the families who use it.
James and Amy NorthDirectors, Halo Aware Ltd
Summaries over surveillance
Why we built it this way
Most monitoring tools give parents too much access. Full conversation logs. Every message. Every word.
We think that's wrong.
Children deserve privacy. You don't need to read every conversation. You just need to know enough to have real conversations with your kids when it matters.
We analyze, then discard
Your child's AI conversations are processed for topics and safety signals, then the raw text is deleted. We don't build a permanent record of everything they type.
Summaries, not transcripts
You see what topics they discussed this week: "45% homework, 30% creative writing" tells you enough. There is no running log of everything they type.
The exact words when it matters
For genuine safety concerns, you get your child's exact messages from that moment, word for word, plus an AI-written note on why it was flagged. That moment, and no more.
The result: You stay informed. Your child keeps their privacy. And family trust stays intact.
What we believe
Transparency over secrecy
Your child knows Halo Aware is there. The extension shows its status clearly, and alerts are written to help you open the conversation calmly. If you want to spy in secret, this isn't the tool for you.
Conversation over control
We're not trying to control what kids say to AI. We're trying to help you stay involved. Every alert includes a suggested way to start the conversation with your child, because the goal is staying close.
Privacy by design
We collect as little as possible. We keep it for as short as possible. You can delete anything, anytime. Your family's information belongs to your family.
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