64%
of teens have used AI chatbots
Solutions
AI that earns trust with the people who need it most
When AI interacts with young users, students, or people in vulnerable moments, the safety bar isn't higher - it's different. We build systems with anti-sycophancy, emotional awareness, and human escalation at their core.
The AI industry's worst failures have happened where vulnerable people met systems optimized for engagement.
The AI industry's worst failures have happened where vulnerable people met systems optimized for engagement. Teens forming emotional dependencies on sycophantic chatbots. Students getting validated instead of educated. People in crisis talking to AI that keeps the conversation going instead of escalating to a human.
We built Amyy because we saw this problem and nobody was shipping the fix. The same research and architecture that powers Amyy - anti-sycophancy detection, emotional escalation, honest interaction design - is available for any team building products that touch sensitive populations.
The scale of the problem
58%
aggregate sycophancy rate across major LLMs
0/29
chatbots passed adequate crisis response testing
5
wrongful death lawsuits filed against Character.AI
What we build
Safety architecture for sensitive populations
Anti-sycophancy design
AI that pushes back when it matters instead of agreeing to keep the user engaged. Honest interaction over comfortable interaction.
Age-appropriate interaction
Content filtering, interaction boundaries, and behavioral limits designed for minors and young users.
Emotional escalation
Systems that detect distress signals and route to human support - not chatbots that keep talking through a crisis.
EdTech AI
Tutoring and learning tools built with productive friction - AI that helps students think, not AI that thinks for them.
Companion AI safety
For any company building AI companions or conversational products - safety architecture that prevents dependency, exploitation, and harmful interaction patterns.
Amyy AI
We built Amyy because nobody else was shipping the fix
The same research and architecture that powers Amyy - anti-sycophancy detection, emotional escalation, honest interaction design - is available for any team building products that touch sensitive populations.
Amyy AI - a production anti-sycophancy companion for teens, the first product Obvix shipped
Published research on sycophancy detection, emotional pattern tracking, and honest AI interaction
Direct understanding of the failure modes documented in Character.AI and ChatGPT lawsuits
Every teen deserves better than a yes-machine
Build AI products that earn trust with the people who need it most.