We believe in
make-believe.

We’re dads, first.

We’re also scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who work deeply with AI in our day jobs. We spend a lot of time thinking about what machines can do. Our children keep reminding us what a cardboard box can do.

A room becomes an ocean. Someone is the captain. Someone spots something below. They invent a problem, work out a plan, and change their minds. We believe in teaching children this way: through imagination, through live play, through the discoveries they make for themselves.

We want to build for that.

Every era gives children new materials to imagine with. We believe AI will be one of them. We’re exploring how toys and ordinary objects could become responsive props in a world a child invents. A radio that answers from a distant planet. A light that becomes a signal. A small, familiar thing that suddenly has a part to play.

The things children hold in their hands could take part in the worlds they hold in their heads. An idea could become an experience they can step into, influence, and share.

Our mission is to bring imagination into the physical world. We want to make toys and tools that give children more ways to invent, explore, and learn. We think this could open a new chapter in play, with AI helping the world respond and children deciding where the story goes.

We’re building Elsewhere Machines in Boston. It’s early, and there’s a great deal to figure out. Our first project is Otherwhere OS, the software behind our current experiments.

Mostly, we’re a team of dads who never quite grew up. We still love to play.

And we still want to see what happens next.