Fullerly60%
of US parents who work full time think they spend too little time with their children, and far more say this is because of work than anything else.
Why I built Fullerly
Bedtime keeps starting without me.
Reina is seven. Sophie is five.
Your voice, even when your calendar says no.
The honest part
I'm Yichen. I build AI front desks for businesses, so they can answer customers at any hour. At home, I kept missing bedtime with my own two kids.
"Just one more email" is never one email. It's the whole bedtime.
If you felt that, you are not the only one.
From large surveys of parents in the United States by Pew Research Center.
59%
of US parents who work full time take care of work tasks while they are with their children.
68%
of US parents of children under 18 say they are at least sometimes distracted by their phone when spending time with their children.
So I asked a different question.
The obvious answer is to work less. Meanwhile: if I can't always be there, can my voice be?
That question became Fullerly Family.
- Words I approved, in my own voice. My kids tap a big button and hear a line I chose, spoken in my cloned voice. In this mode, nothing plays until I approve it.
- A bedtime story, start to finish. Ask for a story and it reads one, all the way to the end. Every story was checked line by line before any child hears it.
- "I miss Daddy." One big button plays a message I recorded for them, and my phone buzzes, so the real me can call back.
- The day, in a few lines. In the evening I get a short summary of what happened, so tomorrow I can ask the right question.
What it is not.
It is not a babysitter, a monitoring service or an emergency service. It never claims to be me. In Talk mode, if a child says something that sounds like danger, it tells them to get a grown-up now and, with alerts on, tells me straight away.
And it can't fix a long day. No app can tuck a child in.
It doesn't replace me. It holds my place until I'm home.
For every parent who works late.
Kids notice when we're gone. I wanted them to still hear me. If that sounds like your house too, Fullerly Family is free while it is in early access, by invitation.
Yichen
Dad to Reina and Sophie. Founder of Fullerly. October 2026.