PRESS KIT · FOR THE RECORD
Everything here is true, checkable, and free to print.
BOOP, IN ONE PARAGRAPH
boop is consent-first AI, made physical. Every other AI is a black box that acts on its own; boop does the small chore, then asks — and you say yes with your hand. It's made in Australia, it does the everyday digital admin most people keep putting off, and it never sends anything without your say-so: money, first-times, and anything it can't walk back get a full approval card that names the exact thing and waits. There's no camera, and no message content is stored on the device. Today boop is pre-revenue — the only live surface is a waitlist, prices are provisional targets, and “boop” is a provisional working name. What's real is the engine that refuses to fake a receipt, and one idea the giants structurally can't take: the most trustworthy thing an AI can do is stop and ask.
~140 words. The first sentence is the whole thing.
THE ONE-LINERS · LIFT AS-IS
Straight from the teardown. Each one checkable against a wire.
Every other AI acts on its own. boop does the small chore, then asks — and you say yes with your hand.
— from /inside, the one line
Closing the eyes throws a physical switch on the microphone's power rail. Not a software mute. A wire.
— from /inside, the kill-switch
There is no camera on the board, and there never will be. No camera. Ever. By design, not omission.
— from /inside, the brain board
The wiring diagram lives on the website. Transparency is the aesthetic because consent is the product.
— from /inside, the teardown
The say-so puck takes a standard 3.5mm assistive switch — the cheapest part on the board, and the biggest door it opens.
— from /inside, the base
boop keeps nothing that matters: no credentials, no email contents. The thinking lives in your account, the paperwork on your phone.
— from /inside, the brain board
THE FOUNDER NOTE
Nobody hands a parent an AI that acts alone. That's not a gift, it's a hazard.
But an ask-first one — a little someone that does the boring admin and holds it up for your yes before anything leaves — that you can hand to someone you love. The pause isn't friction we tolerate. It's the entire product.
The absence, stated plainly: no revenue, no certified device, no cleared name, no live payment. What we have is an engine that won't fake a receipt.
— the boop team · made in Australia
TWO THINGS, IN ORDER
the cheap door first
target A$39 pre-order · A$49 indicative RRP
A small dome that glows when a boop needs you, and you press to approve. Bonds to one phone, keeps presses in strict sequence so it can never double-approve, fails closed if the connection drops, and takes a standard assistive switch.
the object the say-so earns toward
from A$199 target · founder batch, numbered · targeting 2027
The little someone itself: two eyes behind smoked windows, one light-pipe mote with four readable states, a soft head you press to boop, far-field mics behind a mechanical eyelid shutter that cuts mic power in hardware, and a weighted base. No camera, ever.
Fully refundable · charged only at ship. Prices are provisional targets.
THE KEY FACTS · FOR THE CHECKER
The honest ledger. Print the absence, don't discover it.
| The thing | The honest answer |
|---|---|
| Made in | Australia. English-AU at launch. RCM certification is required before any radio device sells here, and it comes before sale — not after. |
| What's on sale | Nothing yet. The only live commercial surface is a waitlist. No checkout, no card capture, no payment taken. |
| “Pre-order” means | Register interest. Fully refundable, charged only at ship — because nothing ships today. It is a waitlist, not a pre-sale. |
| Prices | A$39 / A$49 / A$199 are provisional targets, not committed offers. They hold only until the operator confirms a real price. |
| The name | “boop” is a provisional working name, pending trademark clearance. Nothing goes to a public name-commitment beyond the waitlist until it clears. |
| The device | Documented, not manufactured. We hold specs, a form-factor, a bill of materials, and a teardown. A certified board is a real EE/ME's job, unstarted. |
| The gate | boop never sends without your say-so. Money, first-times, and anything irreversible get a full approval card that names the exact thing and waits. |
| Storage | No credentials and no message content live on the device. Lose the object, and you don't lose the trust — the memory is your account, not the hardware. |
Waitlist, not pre-sale. Provisional, not promised.
THE ASSETS · DOWNLOADABLE
Vector, print-ready at any size. No login, no zip, no watermark.
the wordmark
The word set in Bricolage Grotesque, heavy, with the mint mote over the second “p”. Ink on paper. Don't recolour the mote.
Download the wordmark (SVG)the kill-switch
The signal chain drawn as a real circuit: eyelid shutter → physical switch → mic VDD rail. The single most shareable image on the site.
Download the kill-switch (SVG)No certified board to photograph yet. The honest image is the teardown. Need something specific? The line below reaches a human.
CONTACT · PROVENANCE
There's a person on the other end. We'd rather you get it right than fast.
Waitlist, not pre-sale. Made in Australia. It asks first.
“boop” is a provisional working name pending trademark clearance. Prices (A$39 / A$49 / A$199) are provisional targets, not committed offers. No product ships today and no payment is taken — the only live commercial surface is a waitlist.
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