Who we are
I'm Seb, an entrepreneur, technologist, and artist. Mostly, I'm a dad. These are my boys, Lucas and Adam, and we're building this together.
LilRares is our third project together, each one about learning AI and business while having fun. Adam dreamed up gorillasandbananas.com, and Lucas dreamed up penguinfart.com.
- Seb Dad, co-founder
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Lucas
Big brother, co-founder
“I like to play video games, spend time with my family, sketch, read, and play outside. What I want out of this project is that kids learn about how A.I. works so they can use it and get ready for the future.”
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Adam
Lil brother, co-founder
“Hi, I'm Adam. We want to teach kids how to use AI. A little about me: I like soccer and video games, and that's it. I want to spend family time out of this, oh, and money. Money, I like money.”
Why now
We're living through a once-in-many-generations moment. AI is changing what people can make, learn, and build, faster than almost anything before it. That brings exciting new opportunities, and challenges we've never faced before. We believe kids who learn AI and entrepreneurship today will be ready for the future, able to make their own way and create value on their own terms.
Beyond school
Will our schools adapt fast enough? I hope so. I come from a family of educators. Mom taught college computer science before it had that name, grandma was a high school vice principal, and I was a teaching assistant at engineering school. I deeply respect and admire teachers, and the schools and universities that have shaped generations of us. As a serial entrepreneur, I've also seen how slowly big institutions adapt, and this change is moving at warp speed. The jobs our kids grow into may look nothing like the ones we know today, and that's not something we want to wait and see on.
So I want to add to what kids learn in school. They can learn AI by using it, and business by running one.
What we believe
Knowledge is getting cheaper every year. With AI, anyone with enough motivation can go deep on almost any topic. So we'd rather kids go broad. They can know a little about a lot, and learn to use AI to go deep whenever they need to. Add the vision and business sense to point it all somewhere, and that's how they'll build great things.
Most of all, we want kids to see a problem or an opportunity and act on it, instead of waiting to be told.
What we do
Creating and building is where the value is now. So are people skills and learning to build trusting, genuine connections. The kids who succeed will work with their communities to build value together. Helping kids figure that out, and learn how to do it, is what we're aiming for. With LilRares, kids run their own card shops at fairs and markets, around their neighborhoods, and among their friends. They use AI to make something people want, sell it, and learn by doing, having fun at the same time.
It's the AI version of the lemonade stand.
Community
Building is more fun together. We want to bring together parents who share these goals, so they can swap ideas, events, and what's working, and help each other raise kids who build. We want kids to connect too, trading cards, playing together, and sharing what they've learned from their shops. That's where people skills grow: teamwork, communication, giving and taking feedback, and treating others with kindness.
Our hope is that kids who build and learn with us become entrepreneurs who move the world forward, and do good along the way.