› The dispatch
Essays on kids, building, and AI.
Letters from the founder and the team. Occasional. Always written for parents and the kind of kid who reads ahead.
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- jetsonhardwareprojectsaiedge-ai
Jetson Orin Nano Super: What to Add & What to Build Next
A Hi, Bot field guide to the accessories actually worth buying for your Jetson Orin Nano Super, plus six projects from beginner to ambitious — each with its own parts list and real prices.
June 17, 2026 · Hi, Bot
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Getting Started with the Jetson Orin Nano Super: The Complete Beginner's Guide
Step-by-step tutorial to unbox, set up, and run your first AI project on the Jetson Orin Nano Super. Includes what not to do, troubleshooting, and three working projects.
June 10, 2026 · Hi, Bot
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How to Start Building with AI: The Complete Beginner's Field Guide
Every decision you'll face on the way to your first real AI project — which assistant, which builder, where it lives, what to pay for — explained in plain language, in order.
June 10, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- programsaiphilosophy
Building AI, not just using it
Why our new Edge AI Lab puts a real on-device AI computer in a teenager's hands — and what changes when the model runs on a machine they can hold.
June 7, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- designletters
What a kid can ship in a year
Ten concrete things an 8-to-16-year-old can actually build, finish, and put in front of a real user inside one year at Hi, Bot.
May 25, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophydesign
The library and the clubhouse
Our design principles for kids and AI. Why both shapes, and what happens when you put them in one room.
May 22, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophydesign
Boredom is a starting line
On boredom as the moment most adjacent to curiosity — and what we built around that belief.
May 18, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- lettersphilosophy
Why we're building Hi, Bot
A letter from the founder. On kids, AI, and the place we wish we'd had.
May 15, 2026 · Rob
- design
Turn an idea into a trailer in an afternoon
Two activities, one lesson: AI lets a kid move an idea across formats — text to audio, premise to trailer — in a single session with a mentor.
May 11, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- design
Tell me a story you'd actually finish
Why the writing activities are designed around finishing, not starting.
May 4, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophydesign
A library is curated. Here's what didn't make the shelf.
Curation is the work. The activities, formats, and software we considered and rejected — and why.
April 27, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophyletters
The output is the rubric
For parents who measure by score deltas. Why a working thing your kid shipped beats a stack of certificates — and why flat test scores usually aren't what you think.
April 20, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- lettersfor-kids
If you're 12 and want to build things
A letter to the kid, not the parent. Where to start, what to skip, what to make.
April 13, 2026 · Rob
- design
The activities room, and what's in it
A walk along the shelf. What's on it, why each thing is there, who it's for.
April 6, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophydesign
What we mean when we say "build with AI"
The pedagogical spine. Why AI is a force multiplier, not a substitute — and what we teach kids to do about it.
March 30, 2026 · Hi, Bot
- philosophyletters
The problem isn't talent. It's access.
Why the Builder Fellowship is a permanent budget line, not a marketing line.
March 23, 2026 · Rob