HillcrownAI

Research

Research-driven, university-backed, auditable

HillcrownAI is built on a research base that most consumer AI providers don't have: the ProFiZ consortium for protective-by-default AI for children and active partnerships with German and Austrian universities.

Why we publish

Children's AI is too important to do off the record

We commit to publishing the methods that make our products safe — audit-ready and traceable. Partners and policymakers can verify our claims; competitors can build on the methods.

Selected publications

What we have published

ProFiZ project

BMBFSFJ-funded multi-stakeholder project on protective-by-default AI for children. Brings science, civil society and industry to one table — pedagogical and methodological review of the KinderGPT methodology in a peer-reviewed format. HillcrownAI contributes the technical reference implementation and parent-dashboard concept.

Rheinische Hochschule Köln

Strategic accompaniment on AI in corporate and brand contexts (Prof. Dr. Beate Gleitsmann, Dean of Media, Marketing & Innovation).

University of Graz

Cooperation on the developmental-psychology evaluation of conversational AI for the 4–14 age range.

Research partners

Who we work with

ProFiZ consortium

Multi-stakeholder consortium across academia, civil society and industry, focused on protective AI for children. Provides pedagogical and developmental-psychology review of the KinderGPT methodology in a peer-reviewed format. More at profiz-kita.de.

Rheinische Hochschule Köln

Strategic accompaniment on AI in corporate and brand contexts.

University of Graz

Developmental-psychology evaluation and pedagogy review for the 4–14 age range.

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Related pages on trust & compliance

Architecture, safety and research belong together — the three pages of the trust lane each deepen one aspect.

Request the publication list

Researchers, journalists and procurement teams can request the preprint and the ProFiZ executive summary.