TeddyMozart is a music streaming app and a Bluetooth plush toy speaker.

Family members, for example a grandparent, a loved one in the military or even a parent traveling for business, are often in different locations or country. Imagine being a narrator of a story or sing a lullaby to your child or grandchild while being thousands of miles away. Imagine playing your voice through a plush toy to keep your kids busy while you take care of errands. Imagine preserving these voice memories so that your children or grandchildren can always listen to them at any point in time or pass them down through generations.  A Brooklyn-based startup, TeddyMozart, Inc.  is making all of this possible.

TeddyMozart, Inc. was founded by Carlton Bennett, a Founder Institute graduate.  The TeddyMozart smart toy is a music mobile app and a bluetooth plush toy speaker that allow family members to record and store their family traditional songs, lullabies and stories, from anywhere, and share them with young children, from generation to generation, forever. And if your kid outgrows it, at least you have a speaker.

The idea is a testament to the personal experiences of the founder, Carlton Bennett and his wife, Soham Sen. Carlton grew up in Jamaica and remembers the songs and melodies his grandmother used to sing but missed the opportunity to record her because there was no easy way of capturing those memories so that he could store it safely and later share it easily with his kids. Solutions in the market today are fragmented and limited. When Soham’s grandmother passed away, Soham had some of her voicemails stored on her phone from her grandmother but Soham and Carlton had to quickly and manually save them in the cloud before their wireless provider deleted them. This was not a great experience either.

TeddyMozart aims to give families the opportunity to easily store their family voice memories forever and simultaneously create a better musical listening experience for kids. The vision is to share love and inspire growth in young children and the team believes that this can be achieved through music that is uniquely special to each family.

How TeddyMozart Works:

Using the uniquely built TeddyMozart app, a parent or family member, located anywhere in the world, simply records his or her voice, sings a song, melody or tells a story then creates a title, lists author, and saves. It is automatically stored in the cloud. The content creator then shares the recording with another parent or family member, who may be in a different location, who then receives the notification, connects to the TeddyMozart plush toy speaker via Bluetooth and plays the recording for his or her kids. Parents or family members can store content with longer duration forever, and as a result preserve the memories that are important to them in an organized way. The sharing of these memories through a plush toy will result in less screen time for kids as well.

With TeddyMozart, your child can also fall asleep at the sound of your voice through a plush toy when you are not there or smile listening to grandma sing a song long after she is gone. – Carlton

TeddyMozart also aims to add a public library of children’s songs, stories and educational content so that parents have complete music freedom to play their own created music memories and play from a public library of children’s content. Actionable playlists are also curated to enhance kids’ listening experiences. A parent can play songs for bedtime, nap-time, bath time and more. This is great for busy parents who can take advantage of this feature to get errands or work done. With the combined features and smart playlist user experience, TeddyMozart hopes to produce a more personalized and curated musical listening experience for young children.

With today’s technology, there is so much we can do. With our TeddyMozart smart toy (app and plush toy speakers) we are bridging the gap between the digital and physical, with a focus on what user research has validated will resonate the most – family memories transcending borders and time. They are stored forever and when combined with other public children’s content, they create a better, engaging listening experience for kids. – Carlton

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