Analysis

May 27, 2026

Can AI make us better parents?

The tech is helping me look more on-the-ball at home — but can we trust it?


Éanna Kelly

7 min read

Right now, there’s a founder building a multi-agent-orchestration platform to oversee the most complex workflow of them all: your child. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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