And darkness was upon the face of the deep.Genesis 1:2

The moment

Someone is building the world our kids will grow up in.

Their teachers will be AI. Their care will come through an app. Their toys will talk back.

The people building these things are making choices the rest of us will live with.

Too few of them stop to ask what it’s all for. We start there.

Why now

Five things are changing right now.

Someone will build all of this. We want it built well.

  1. 01

    School and care are moving online

    Nobody has settled how they should work there.

  2. 02

    Cheap phones reach almost everywhere

    People who never had a good school or clinic can now be reached.

  3. 03

    New mental-health treatments are arriving

    They work fast, and people need a safe way to get them that they can afford.

  4. 04

    Kids now hang out inside games

    It’s where they meet friends, play and learn.

  5. 05

    People trust big institutions less

    Whoever earns that trust back will matter.

And God said, Let there be light.Genesis 1:3

TwelveX

Bring light to the frontier.

We start companies that help people learn, heal, connect and grow up.

Students at Wildfire College in a bright classroom, listening to a teacher at the front

Why we build

Our faith is why we do this.

We’re Christians. We believe people were made for something, and that shapes what we build. We don’t hide our faith, and we don’t preach through our products. We just try to make things good enough that people choose them on their own.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.” Matthew 5:16

The name

Why we’re called TwelveX.

  • The Twelve

    Twelve ordinary people were sent out, and they changed the world. Twelve rays carry the light outward.

  • Chi, for Christ

    Χ is the first letter of “Christ” in Greek. He’s at the centre of the logo and of the work.

  • Multiplied

    Each company is built to multiply the good it does, not just add to it.

What we’re building

Four companies, four big questions.

  • BrightU

    Education

    Free online classes for any child from kindergarten to grade 12, and a two-screen tablet that does one thing: learning.

    What if every child could learn from the best, for free?

  • Luminary

    Education

    The software that runs BrightU’s courses, progress tracking and teacher tools. It’s becoming its own company, and we’re building it with Wildfire College for its schools around the world.

    Can every school have learning tools this good?

  • People Person

    Community

    A small device that lets friends message each other without Wi-Fi or mobile data, and rewards people for showing up in real life.

    Can technology help us notice the people around us?

  • HopeFilled

    Health

    Clinics offering ketamine-assisted therapy at a price people can afford, starting in Europe.

    Can new mental-health care be both affordable and safe?

What’s next

What we’re looking at next.

  • Safer social media

    A social network built to be safe for young people from the start.

  • AI compute chips

    Designing our own chips to run AI.

  • Child-safe devices

    Phones and tablets that are safe for kids at the core, not one app at a time.

  • Tools for investigators

    AI tools that help expose human trafficking networks.

Who we work with

We build alongside partners that already do this well.

How we work

We start small and only grow what works.

  1. Test the idea

    Write it down, then take it to the people it would affect.

  2. Build it

    One or two engineers make a working version, fast.

  3. Prove it

    People have to keep coming back, and keep paying.

  4. Grow it

    The company gets its own team and grows. We stay on as co-founders.

How we’re set up

One team behind many companies.

We’re a venture studio, which means we start companies ourselves. Each one is meant to help people and pay its own way, with paying customers from the start: schools, clinics, local venues and families.

  • A team from day one

    Each company starts with product, design, engineering, content and events people from Unicorn Machine in Tallinn.

  • We’re co-founders

    We build each company with its founders, then step back as they take the lead.

  • A community around it

    TECH & GOD, our monthly meetup on faith and technology, brings together builders, investors and partners who share the mission.

TwelveX

Build it with us, in the light.

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