Turn any child's drawing into a professional, AI-illustrated storybook in 60 seconds. Founded by a 9-year-old.
Grayson Griscom is nine years old. He's in third grade. He wanted to make video games — not just play them.
When most kids his age were downloading games, Grayson was building one. He recruited his dad for the infrastructure — and then made every product decision himself: the visual style, the AI approach, the parental controls, the story format. The result is StoryForge AI — a platform that turns any child's drawing into a professional, illustrated, narrated storybook in under 60 seconds.
Grayson isn't the first kid to build something cool. He might be the first nine-year-old who shipped a working product with real AI under the hood — and a waiting list of parents. StoryForge AI is the only AI storybook platform designed from the ground up with built-in safety infrastructure for users under 18.
"I wanted to make something that felt like magic. Not a toy — a real book. That a kid could make, right now."
Founder · Age 9 · 3rd Grade
Infrastructure · Available for technical questions
| Product name | StoryForge AI |
| Website | storyforge-18.polsia.app |
| Founder | Grayson Griscom, age 9 |
| Infrastructure support | Peter Griscom |
| Headquarters | Ask Peter to supply city/state |
| Product type | AI-powered storybook generator + playable game generator |
| Core feature | Transforms any child's drawing into a 12-page illustrated, narrated storybook in <60 seconds |
| Secondary feature | Same drawing → playable HTML5 browser game (3 templates: catch, runner, maze) |
| Target user | Children ages 4–12 and their parents |
| Content safety | Built-in safety infrastructure for users under 18 — no content filters |
| AI stack | OpenAI GPT-4o (vision + text) · AI image generation · AI TTS narration |
| Output format | 12-page digital storybook + read-aloud audio per page + shareable link |
| No account required | Parents can use the full product immediately without registration |
| Launch status | Live · Public beta · Active story generation |
No other AI storybook platform was founded by a child. Every product decision — from the story structure to the parental controls — was made by a 9-year-old. That's not marketing. It's literally true.
StoryForge AI is the only AI storybook platform with built-in safety infrastructure designed for users under 18. Every other major AI tool requires an adult account, which means kids can't use it. StoryForge AI was designed to be safe for kids from day one.
Upload a drawing, name your story, done. Full 12-page illustrated book with AI narration ready to share with family immediately. No multi-day waits, no account creation, no adult gatekeeping.
Reach out — demo access and founder interview available.
Primary StoryForge AI wordmark with book-stack icon — green (#1B4332) on white
Storybook creation flow — upload → processing → finished book → share
Screen recording of the full creation flow — drawing upload to finished shareable book
High-quality headshot of Grayson Griscom with parent permission