Astrosafe
Keep students safe online with a browser built for the class
New school year, new name.
The URSOR name had a really cool backstory. It was an A16Z inspired abbreviation of the name URSA MINOR, the constellation in which Polaris, the North Star, is lodged in. We kept the first and last 2 letters of the name, UR and OR, and replaced the five letters in the middle with the number 5. First landing on UR5OR, which eventually became URSOR.
URSOR was created to help educators provide a constellation of safe and useful internet links for their students out of the scary vastness of the internet, which made URSOR a fitting name, but a hard one to pronounce.
The fatal blow to URSOR was dealt by our Italian distribution partners Campus Store, who will be adding ASTROSAFE as the pre-installed browser of choice in all school laptops designated to the Italian education market going forward. An incredible win for our little business, but one that came with the condition of a new and better name, and thus, ASTROSAFE was born.
In other news, we have completed our pilot program with the Great Neck Public Schools in New York along with the American School in London. The results were fantastic and insightful. The features we managed to develop alongside the staff and students have led to a set of brand new features and integrations we look forward to announcing soon. Stay tuned!
With Love
TEAM ASTROSAFE
Helllooo!
Alexis, Filippo & Joe here 👋
After months of building URSOR… the time has come… our browser for kids is ready to launch! 🙌
We’ve hopefully built something that will make parenting a bit easier so you can all spend more time making incredible stuff on PH 😉
URSOR is now live on the App Store! 71% of parents say their child age 5 to 11 uses a tablet to access the internet, and out of the hundreds of parents we spoke to… not a single parent is happy with the current solution for internet access for their kids.
Parents have voiced their clear concerns about the content their kids are accessing, the dark UX patterns that prioritize clicks and ad revenue, and their privacy. ❌
With URSOR, we are on a journey to build a kid's first internet experience and puts parents in control of their kid’s online experience.🚀
We've taken an MLP approach ❤️ (Minimum loveable product) to make this a fun, and educational experience for children.
We are iterating and growing URSOR every day and would love any feedback or thoughts you have!
We hope you enjoy and if you like it please leave us a review.⭐
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