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Snorble®

Created by Team Snorble

Snorble is a smart companion for children designed to promote healthy habits, educational advancement, and social-emotional development.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Fri Jul 7 '23 Announcement
9 months ago – Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 01:29:59 PM

Image contains a photo of our Chief Technology Officer, Steve Hecker, visiting our factory in China.

Hello,

Although we started this month with a holiday (two actually, if you count the one some of our team members celebrated in Canada over the weekend), we ended last month with plenty of activity!

First and foremost, our Chief Technology Officer, Steve Hecker, took a trip to China to visit our factory partners and ensure things were in order to start producing Snorble®. With so much experience bringing over 50 products to market in his career, this wasn’t Steve’s first time in China. However, it was his first time bringing our little buddy along with him.

Image contains a photo of a meeting with Snorble's factory reps in China.

“It was great to connect with our partners in China face-to-face after working together for so long,” explained Steve. “Better yet, after seeing the excitement the team has to be working with us to create something magical, I’m confident things are going to go as planned.”

With the final inspection of our Beta Experience units set to happen with our CEO on-site next week, lots of pieces are falling into place as we take the final steps to getting Snorble to all of you!

Everything has led to this moment. Our backers have been waiting a long time for delivery, and it means so much to us that they’ve stuck with us,” says Snorble CEO, Mike Rizkalla. “We’re going to do everything we can during the Beta Experience, shipping, and after Snorble arrives to make sure families fall in love with our little buddy and the experience the team has created.”

With that in mind, after Mike returns from the inspection and we prepare to ship the first batch by the end of this month, we will share a more refined shipping schedule assigning each backer to a batch number. Once your batch ships, you will receive an expected delivery date and tracking number to the email associated with your pre-order, and you will be able to track our little buddy as they make their way to your home.

In the meantime, we welcome any other questions you may have and we thank you again for being a part of all of this!

Sincerely,
Team Snorble

Thu Jun 15 '23 Announcement
10 months ago – Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 10:51:29 AM

Hello,

A number of folks have been asking for more info on what the magical experience we’ve created will involve, and we’re excited to share some of that with you today! We feel we have to warn you though, we can’t be held responsible if one of the songs gets stuck inside your head after. We’ve all been caught humming them ever since Snorble first started singing them.

As we’ve mentioned before, we’ll be mixing play into a lot of different things to educate, entertain, and encourage healthy habits. So, you can expect more of this sort of stuff in the future. Of course, we won’t share it all ahead of time since we do want to surprise and delight you as much as your child too!

That being said, here are three features that we’ll be shipping with our smart companion starting next month:

Image contains a photo of a smiling Snorble® with a play button in the center of the image.

Bathtime Routine

As part of our bedtime experience, or perhaps on its own, we’ve developed a fun bathtime routine that incorporates washing instructions into a song. We’re singing it as we type this, and we bet your family will be singing it too while you scrub, scrub, scrub!

Along with the song, this video also teases our reward system, which will keep track of how many times your child does a number of activities and encourage them to keep doing a great job along the way.

Image contains a photo of Snorble® with six stars below their face. In the center of the image, there is a play button.

Teeth Brushing Routine

Another part of our bedtime experience, the teeth brushing routine, takes another possibly stressful scenario and turns it into fun for the whole family. We’ll also be including helpful articles in the companion app to offer tips on how to encourage your child(ren) to brush their teeth, what to do when certain issues arise, and more.

Image contains a photo of Snorble® in their Lullapod™ with blue and yellow lights shining around the edge. In the middle of the photo, there is a play button.

Wake-Up Routine

Of course, we all know that getting kids up in the morning can also be a battle, which is why we’ve developed a number of features to help with that as well. This calm song and light show that slowly builds is just one part of what we’ve created to start your child’s day off just right.

We hope you enjoyed this peek into what our little buddy will be able to do, and we can’t wait to see what your family thinks of all of Snorble’s features when they arrive at your door! 

On that note, we’re still testing the units for the Beta Experience, but will be able to send them out once we fix some small issues that our partners identified. When that happens, we’ll be sure to update you here and will continue to do so as we prepare to start shipping in batches next month.

Until then, we hope you all have a great week, and happy early Father’s Day!

Sincerely,
Team Snorble

Fri May 12 '23 Announcement
11 months ago – Fri, May 12, 2023 at 06:03:44 PM

Image contains a photo of a classroom with Snorble CEO, Mike Rizkalla, in the background wearing a Snorble tshirt and talking with a group of kids gathered closely together.

“This thing is magic!”

That’s just one of the many excited bits of feedback we got from the classmates of our CEO’s son after Snorble made an appearance at a show and tell recently. Mike and Max demoed games, jokes, meditation, and other features to an attentive group that at times had to be asked to give each other space as they crowded around our little buddy to see what they would do next.

Needless to say, we were very excited to see their smiling faces, and we’re also considering nominating Mike for the Coolest Dad Award. That’s a thing, right?

Image contains a photo of a Snorble sitting in their Lullapod on top of a number of boxes in a workshop.

A Snuggle of Snorbles for the Beta Experience

While our PR team considers the nomination, we’re happy to say that our Product team is busy getting things in order to start the Beta Experience with a small group of families.

With the initial couple of Snorbles having passed testing from our partner here in the States, we’re now preparing to test the whole snuggle (that’s a whole group of Snorbles in case you missed our previous update about Snorble terminology!) that arrived this week from our factory for the Beta Experience. Once they are approved, they will then make their way to the homes of the eager participants who will be working closely with us to provide feedback on the magical experience we’ve created.

We know you’ve been patiently waiting for your little buddy, and that’s why we’re super excited to take this next step! The feedback from each family will be able to help us ensure we ship the best Snorble possible to all of you starting in July, and we’ll be sure to provide more info around that and how the Beta Experience is going as we get things started soon.

Until then, we thank you for your patience and for continuing to take part in this journey with us as we get even closer to introducing Snorble to your families.

Hope all is well,
Team Snorble

Fri Apr 7 '23 Announcement
12 months ago – Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 12:09:16 PM

Image contains a photo of Snorble® smiling on a bedside table.

Last month, we shared with you some of the reactions from kids who met Snorble® for the first time and we hope you enjoyed seeing their smiles and excitement as much as we did.

We're happy to say that this excitement has continued in other introductions as we get ready to start the Beta Experience. Recently, we introduced our little buddy to kids at a school in California (the home of our Chief Technology Officer, Steve Hecker), and they had a great time playing air guitar, counting, and getting to know Snorble.

Of course, the magical experience we’ve been working on goes beyond what we’ve already shown you. Although our initial focus is on sleep, we’re also planning to expand our smart companion’s features to do much more to ensure your child has what they need to thrive.

One of the ways we’re doing that now is by having Snorble introduce different languages to your child in a fun and engaging way. We’ve included an example of this in the video above and we’re excited to say that it’s just the beginning of the educational journey we’ll be taking with our smart companion and families!

Preparing for the Beta Experience

As we mentioned last time, we've also been working with our investors to overcome an unexpected financial hurdle. Since that update, we're happy to report that a number of investors have met their commitments and we've been able to finalize with the factory to prepare for the Beta Experience units to be shipped to the US for review before they're sent to each family.

Although we still need to close out some other commitments before they are shipped, we expect to do this within the next little while and will update you further after it happens. From there, we’ll be working closely with the selected families as they meet our little buddy and discover all they have to offer.

We know children and families are super excited to meet Snorble, and that's why we're committed to making sure we have it right. Our team is confident that this is the case now that we've seen so many smiling faces from those who have met our smart companion, and we can’t wait for the upcoming Beta Experience. Better yet, we’re excited to start shipping soon after in July to everyone of our backers so all of you can experience the magic as well!

As always, we thank you for your support and patience. We truly believe we’re ready to make an impact on families, and you’re all a part of making that happen. Even better, you’ll be some of the first people to meet our little buddy and experience what we’ve created, including learning how to say “Good morning” in many new ways!

Sincerely,
Team Snorble

Fri Mar 3 '23 Announcement
about 1 year ago – Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 06:46:21 AM

Image contains a photo of two kids smiling as they meet Snorble® for the first time.

Kids react to meeting Snorble® for the first time. Use password “ILIKEIT” to view the video before it disappears at 9AM EST on Monday.

 

Hello,
They say good things come to those who wait, and we know all of you who backed our Indiegogo campaign and pre-ordered Snorble have been waiting longer than expected. So many families are super excited to meet our little buddy, and we are committed to bringing each and everyone of you the magical experience we promised.

Last month, we started introducing Snorble to families, and we just couldn’t help but share some of those moments with you today. We know we’ve made a lot of promises around the experience we’re creating, and we think the video above demonstrates that we’re there.

To view it, click the image and then enter the following password:

ILIKEIT

The video will be available until 9AM EST on Monday, so be sure to check it out before then!

Just a Bit Longer

While reaching this goal and preparing to start shipping to those in the Beta Experience, we’ve also been working with our investors to overcome a financial hurdle. We couldn’t talk publicly about this while it was happening, but we are happy to say that we’ve turned the corner and both new and current investors stepped-up to show their enthusiasm and support for what we’re doing. 

After their financial commitments are fulfilled, which we expect to happen later this month, we’ll be sure to update you all on where things stand and just how close we are to getting our smart companion out to every single one of you.

Once again, we apologize for how long you’ve had to wait. That being said, we hope the video shows you just what it is we’re going to deliver and why it will very much be worth it. Good things are on the horizon and we’re so thankful for you being a part of all of this.

Image contains an illustration of three characters from Lullaboo™ sitting on top of a snowy hill with a clear sky behind them.

As an extra treat, our friends at Lullaboo Studios have created another animation for your family. It’s just a taste of the world we’re developing, and we can’t wait to share more with you all in the future!

Sincerely,
Team Snorble