Ted.AI
2nd out of 699 teams
Cal Hacks 12.0 · 2025
A teddy bear that can tell how you're feeling when you hug it, using your heartbeat and how tightly you squeeze. It talks back gently, like a friend who always knows when something's wrong.
Every day, millions of children grow up battling unseen struggles. Anxiety, ADHD, loneliness, and emotional overwhelm. In a world moving too fast to listen. We wanted to create something that not only hears them but feels with them. A companion that bridges empathy and intelligence to help them regulate emotions and feel understood. Ted.AI is an emotionally intelligent teddy bear powered by multimodal AI. It senses hugs, movement, and heart rate using embedded sensors and responds with empathy through a conversational LLM. It guides children through breathing exercises, focus routines, and calming interactions while analyzing tone, language, and gestures to adapt its responses in real time.