My Child
MyChild is an open-source developmental screening engine for children 0-36 months, distributed as a TypeScript npm package and GitHub repository, serving developers, clinicians, and Indian public health programs with evidence-weighted milestone evaluation across 8 domains.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersPalo Alto, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What My Child does
MyChild is an open-source developmental screening project for children aged birth to 36 months, operated by co-founders Harsh Songra (Creator and Lead Engineer) and Aafreen Ansari (Co-founder and Content/UX Lead), both of whom dropped out of college at 19 to build the product. The project originated as a consumer Android app launched in 2016, reached parents in over 100 countries, and after winding down commercial operations was re-released in 2024 as the MyChild Engine, a TypeScript/JavaScript rules engine distributed as the mychild-engine npm package and GitHub repository under Apache-2.0 (code) and CC BY-SA 4.0 (data).
The engine evaluates 131 evidence-weighted questions across 8 independent developmental domains (Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Social-Emotional, Cognitive, Self-Help, Vision/Hearing) and 10 age bands aligned with the CDC 2022 revised milestones at the 75th percentile standard and mapped to India's RBSK screening items. Each question carries a weight class (Low/Medium/High/Red-Flag) that adjusts grace windows, with evidence sufficiency gates requiring at least two independent data points before escalation. The engine includes automatic preterm age correction until 24 months, regression detection for achieved-to-not_yet pattern shifts, an explainability layer that returns plain-English traces for every severity output, and a Rule Simulator for replaying synthetic child timelines against different threshold configurations. All processing runs locally on-device; no child data is transmitted. A companion Next.js demo app provides a Screening/Results/Simulator interface, and an i18n framework with Text-to-Speech locale mapping targets Indian languages (Hindi skeleton; Kannada, Tamil, Telugu designed).
MyChild has no commercial revenue model. Distribution is entirely self-serve via npm and GitHub, and the project is funded by a single historical $100,000 seed round from 500 Startups and a syndicate of angel investors. The stated go-to-market is product-led growth aimed at developers, with an active search for clinical partners to run a prospective validation study, and positioning for integration with India's ABDM, Poshan Tracker, and RBSK Portal as a digital scoring layer for community health workers screening 26 million births per year. Customer segments are parents (B2C/legacy), developers and researchers (integrators), clinicians (verification and decision support), and Indian public health programs (potential government deployment). Validation to date is against 71,939 synthetic profiles, with reported Cohen's Kappa of 0.906, sensitivity of 91.4%, and specificity of 98.8% on combined sets, and 0.852 / 86.5% / 98.0% on the 70,192-profile adversarial subset.
My Child firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- My Child
- Legal name
- MyChild
- Website
- https://mychildapp.in
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- MyChild is an open-source developmental screening engine for children 0-36 months, distributed as a TypeScript npm package and GitHub repository, serving developers, clinicians, and Indian public health programs with evidence-weighted milestone evaluation across 8 domains.
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- akta.pro rank
My Child industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Pediatric Screening Software
- NAICS
- Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Assessment, Screening & Progress Monitoring Tools (0–5) (EDACANAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Assessment & Screening Tools (Developmental, Readiness, Progress Monitoring) (EDACAJAC), Developmental Screening & Assessment (0–5) (EDACAFAA), SEL Screening, Assessment & Progress Monitoring Tools (0–5) (EDACAOAI)
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Where My Child is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Palo Alto
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Markets served
My Child business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Open Source (Non-Commercial): The engine is open-source under Apache-2.0 license (code) and CC BY-SA 4.0 (data). No commercial revenue model exists. The project was previously funded by $100K in seed investment from 500 Startups and angel investors. The current iteration is a non-profit open-source release.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Others | Free open-source engine |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
My Child product offering
Product offeringCore offering
MyChild Engine is an open-source developmental screening engine for children 0–36 months that evaluates 131 evidence-weighted milestone questions across 8 independent developmental domains and produces traceable severity outputs. The engine is distributed as a free npm package (mychild-engine) under Apache-2.0, with the question bank licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, and runs entirely locally on the user's device without transmitting child data. A companion Next.js demo application, a rule simulator, and an autonomous research validation pipeline are included.
Product overview
MyChild Engine is an open-source developmental screening platform for children 0-36 months, consisting of a core TypeScript/JavaScript rules engine (distributed as the 'mychild-engine' npm package) that evaluates 131 evidence-weighted milestone questions across 8 independent developmental domains. The engine sits between free CDC checklists and licensed clinical instruments like ASQ-3, providing evidence-weighted scoring with configurable thresholds, automatic preterm age correction, regression detection, and per-domain confidence scores. A companion Next.js demo app provides a user-facing interface with Screening, Results, and Simulator tabs. Additional modules include an i18n translation framework for Indian languages (Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu), a Text-to-Speech provider for low-literacy populations, and an autonomous research validation system that generates adversarial profiles to stress-test the engine. All code is Apache-2.0 licensed; the question bank data is CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed.
Differentiator
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Functional benefit
Products and services
- MyChild Engine Open-source developmental screening engine for children 0–36 months that tracks milestones across 8 independent developmental domains (Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Social-Emotional, Cognitive, Self-Help, Vision/Hearing) using 131 evidence-weighted questions. Every result includes plain-English explanations traceable to specific rules, and all processing runs locally on the device.
- mychild-engine npm Package Standalone TypeScript/JavaScript npm package distribution of the MyChild Engine, installable via 'npm install mychild-engine' or 'npm install @mychild/engine'. Includes 13 source modules, the 131-question bank JSON, the i18n translation framework, and compiled distribution output, exposing programmatic APIs for evaluation, age computation, due-question retrieval, simulation, and explanations.
- Demo App Next.js 16 + shadcn/ui one-page demo application with three tabs: Screening (enter child DOB, answer milestone questions with real-time severity badges), Results (domain status cards across 8 domains, global status, recommended actions), and Simulator (replay 3 built-in trajectories, tune thresholds with sliders, compare alert diffs).
- Rule Simulator Standalone tool that runs synthetic child timelines against different threshold configurations, allowing users to change weights, adjust grace periods, and see exactly which alerts shift and by how much. Includes built-in trajectories (normal development, speech delay, motor concern with regression) for testing.
- Autoresearch Validation System Autonomous research pipeline inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch that generates adversarial developmental profiles, runs them through the engine, labels expected outputs via a separate AI clinical evaluator pathway, measures disagreement, and ships algorithmic fixes. Four runs tested 71,939 profiles and produced 14 engine improvements.
Quantifiable outcome
- 91.4% sensitivity on combined synthetic profiles, 86.5% on adversarial stress test
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use My Child
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
My Child technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability8 records
Feature8 records
My Child partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and potential.
- Samir BangaracoreKey mentor who helped develop entrepreneurial skills through mentorship at Qyuki. Reviewed investor decks, provided emotional intelligence guidance, and was always available for support. Passed away in 2021.
- ABDM (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission)potentialIndia's national digital health mission. Engine outputs could feed into ABHA health records as structured developmental screening data for longitudinal health records.
- Poshan TrackerpotentialIndia's nutrition tracking system. Potential for combined growth and developmental monitoring since nutrition and development are deeply linked in first 36 months.
- RBSK PortalpotentialIndia's national child health screening program portal. Engine could serve as digital scoring layer adding evidence-weighted escalation and automated regression detection to existing paper-based program.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
My Child competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT-R/F): AAP-recommended two-stage autism and toddler screening tool (16–30 months). MyChild Engine explicitly compares against M-CHAT-R/F and covers overlapping social-emotional and language milestones that M-CHAT-R/F screens.
- Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS): 10-question parent-completed developmental screening tool covering birth to 8 years, validated with ~1,500 children. Directly comparable as a brief parent-facing screen and a benchmark in MyChild Engine's published comparison table.
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3): The most widely used parent-completed developmental screening tool globally; validated with ~18,000 children across 1–66 months. MyChild Engine explicitly positions itself in the same screening category and benchmarks its sensitivity/specificity against ASQ-3.
Emerging players
- Cleverly (by Zyrobotics / STAP): Early-childhood learning and developmental assessment tools targeting both parents and clinicians. Comparable screening scope and child-development category, with proprietary rather than open-source distribution.
- Kinedu: Early childhood development platform offering daily activity plans and milestone tracking for parents of 0–6 year olds. Comparable end-user (parents) and milestone-tracking scope, with less emphasis on weighted screening and clinical validation.
- BabySparks: Parent-facing app tracking developmental milestones and activities from birth through early childhood. Comparable as a milestone-tracking consumer product, but lacks MyChild's evidence-weighted scoring and clinical-grade explainability.
- SurveyWell: Digital screening and outcome-measurement platform for behavioral health and child development; comparable as a software-based alternative to paper screeners, though broader in clinical scope than MyChild's milestone focus.
Regional players
- Poshan Tracker (Government of India): India's national nutrition and child-growth tracking platform covering millions of children. Listed as a potential integration partner for MyChild's screening engine and a structurally comparable public-sector digital health infrastructure in the same geography.
Broad incumbents
- Pathstone Mental Health (formerly known for developmental screening initiatives): Large pediatric behavioral health provider network using standardized developmental screeners at scale. Comparable as a downstream clinical consumer of screening tools, relevant to MyChild's eventual clinical-validation pathway.
- CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early. CDC's free developmental milestone program and checklists that MyChild explicitly positions 'above.' As the dominant free-but-unscored reference, it is the most direct incumbent MyChild aims to complement rather than replace.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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My Child leadership team
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Profiles2 records
My Child funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors2 records
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My Child M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about My Child
What does My Child do?
MyChild Engine is an open-source developmental screening engine for children 0–36 months that evaluates 131 evidence-weighted milestone questions across 8 independent developmental domains and produces traceable severity outputs. The engine is distributed as a free npm package (mychild-engine) under Apache-2.0, with the question bank licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, and runs entirely locally on the user's device without transmitting child data. A companion Next.js demo application, a rule simulator, and an autonomous research validation pipeline are included.
Is My Child a public or private company?
My Child is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was My Child founded?
My Child was founded in 2015. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is My Child based?
My Child is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States, in the North America region.
How does My Child make money?
One revenue line is on record: open Source (Non-Commercial).
Who are My Child's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT-R/F), Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) and Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3). Emerging players are Cleverly (by Zyrobotics / STAP), Kinedu, BabySparks and SurveyWell. Poshan Tracker (Government of India) is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are Pathstone Mental Health (formerly known for developmental screening initiatives) and CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early..
Does My Child have an API?
Yes. The MyChild Engine npm package exposes a programmatic JavaScript/TypeScript API with functions including evaluate(child, answers, ruleset?) to run full screening evaluations and return per-question severity, domain assessments, global status, and recommended next actions; computeChildAge(dob, gestationalWeeks?) to compute chronological and corrected age for preterm infants until 24 months; getDueQuestions(child, answers, ruleset?) to get age-appropriate questions filtering out achieved milestones and respecting re-check intervals; simulate(ruleset, trajectories, baselineRuleset?) to run synthetic child timelines and generate diffs showing how threshold changes affect alerts; and explain(result, questionId) to get detailed plain-English explanations of why specific severities were assigned. Available via npm (mychild-engine). Developer documentation is at www.mychildapp.in/docs.
What industry is My Child in?
My Child's product category is Pediatric Screening Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDACANAI, Assessment, Screening & Progress Monitoring Tools (0–5), with a secondary code of EDACAJAC, Assessment & Screening Tools (Developmental, Readiness, Progress Monitoring). Its NAICS code is 62411 and its SIC code is 7372.