Chintoos Reserve yours

The cuddly friend that talks back and keeps parents close.

A plush companion for children aged 3 to 8. It talks, tells stories, sings their favorite songs, and rings your phone the moment they start crying — complete with a thumb-slide shutter for instant privacy in your home.

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Deposits are refundable in full, any time, until your bear ships.

The Chintoos bear: soft brown plush, a camera lens set in its nose, speaker grilles in both ears, and a brown satin bow.

What It Does

Four things your child will love — and nothing they don't need.

Talks & Answers

Listens, understands, and responds in a voice kids adore.

Stories & Games

Interactive tales and fun games — no screen required.

One-Touch Calling

One button to call you. No dialing, no confusion.

Cry Alerts

Detects distress and alerts your phone instantly.

Three of them. Your child picks one.

The hardware is identical in all three — same microphones, same camera shutter, same 30 cm sitting height. What changes is who's doing the talking.

Not sure? You can swap once, free, within thirty days — children change their minds, and we'd rather they changed them early.

Reserve Bhalu

The parent app, under your thumb.

Monitor, call, manage content, and set who can reach the toy — all from one place.

Parent dashboard

Home at a glance

See battery, moments, and music — then tap Monitor or Call in one place.

Chintu’s home dashboard showing toy status, a play moment, and Monitor and Call controls.
Live video call with a child building blocks, co-watch sidebar, and call controls.
Library screen with music, recently played, bedtime and calm-down playlists.
Recordings library with favourites and a Record button.
Voice and language settings listing toy voice options like Max and Dustin.
Set up Toy profile form with toy name, child name, and child age fields.
Create your profile screen with 3D avatar picker and name field.
User list with Open and Restricted modes and a per-user settings sheet.
Invite modal with invite link and Restricted or Open access modes.
Schedule Recordings settings with interval, clip length, and quality options.
Illustration of a parent on a video call with a child waving from home.

Trust is a thing you can check.

Close view of the bear's ear, where the microphone grille sits.

Can I listen in? Can anyone else?

You can open a live channel from your phone whenever you want — nothing is written to storage, and nothing reaches our servers.

The bear's face. The camera lens sits open inside its nose. A thumb sliding the shutter closed over the lens in the bear's nose.

What if I don't want a camera in the room?

Close it with your thumb. It's a mechanical slide, not a setting — it covers the lens and breaks its power in one movement.

The Chintoos app user list: three named guardians, each set to Open or Restricted.

Who can reach my child through this?

Only the people you name can reach the toy — a device that isn't on your list can't see that this bear exists.

9:41 Conversation Tuesday 15 September 09:12 Why is the sky blue? Because sunlight is made of colours, and blue scatters most. 09:13 Tell me about a tiger. Once there was a tiger who was frightened of the dark… 20:40 I miss Amma. Shall we press your paw and call her? Delete this day

What did it actually say to her?

Every conversation appears as plain text- The recording is discarded, the words are kept for you.

The hardware works. The app works. The film is next.

This isn't a concept render. The working prototype is ready to meet the child. We would rather show you the thing than describe it. So here is exactly where we are today, and what arrives when.

A child sitting on a rug, talking to the Chintoos bear. A frame from the prototype shoot.
Filming now A real child and a working bear, in one unbroken take. The full film replaces this frame the moment it's cut.

Shot on the prototype, in a real living room. Nothing here is a render.

  1. The toy is built

    A working prototype on the desk: microphones in both ears, the camera and its mechanical shutter, one-touch calling, a battery that lasts the day.

    Done

  2. The app is built

    Guardian list, live audio, the conversation log and cry alerts — running on both iOS and Android, not mocked up.

    Done
  3. Today, 16 September

  4. Bhalu meets a child, on camera

    The first real interaction film. No script and no second take — whatever the bear says is what you'll hear.

    This week

  5. Gaja's film

    The elephant, same room, same treatment, so you can compare the voices before you choose one.

    A week later

  6. Mitu's film

    The peacock, and the last of the three. All three films are up before shipping opens.

    By 10 October
Tell me when it's up

Reserve yours.

Two ways in. Take whichever one you're comfortable with.

₹6,999 Fully refundable

The launch price, locked to you. It never goes up, whatever the retail price becomes.

  • Priority shipping, from the very first production run
  • Your pick of all three characters — Bhalu, Gaja or Mitu
  • Your child's name printed inside the box
  • Twelve months of the premium plan, included
  • A direct line to the team, and a monthly note from the founders
  • A named spot on the founders page, if you want one

All pre-order deposits are held in a separate, dedicated account and are never used as working capital. Your money is ring-fenced until your unit ships or you request a refund.

Where should we send it?

Nothing is charged now. We'll email you a secure payment link within 24 hours, and you can cancel for a full refund at any point before your bear ships.

Questions Parents Ask

How does the refund work?

Your Founding Cohort deposit is 100% refundable at any time before your unit ships. Simply email us or tap "Request Refund" in your reservation dashboard. Refunds are processed within 5–7 business days. No reason required, no questions asked.

When will Chintoos ship?

A shipping window estimate will be published to the cohort once the production run is confirmed. Founding Cohort members receive priority from the very first batch and will be the first to know the timeline via their direct line to the team.

What does the subscription include?

Chintoos works out of the box with core features. The premium plan unlocks expanded story libraries, advanced learning modules, and detailed activity analytics in the parent app. Founding Cohort members get 12 months of premium included free.

How much does Chintoos cost?

Pricing details will be shared with the Founding Cohort first. As a founding member, your launch price is locked permanently — any future retail price increases will never apply to you.

Is it safe? What about data security?

Safety is the foundation of every design decision. Chintoos features audio-only check-in with zero cloud storage of audio, a physical camera shutter, named guardian-only accounts, and a visible session log. All communication is encrypted end-to-end. We comply with applicable child safety and data protection regulations.

Who is behind Chintoos?

Chintoos is built by CognidaX LLP, a product and engineering company with offices in Bengaluru and Mysuru, India. The founding team brings experience in consumer electronics, child development, and privacy engineering. Founding Cohort members get a direct communication line and monthly progress notes from the founders.