GrowChi is a digital AI companion targeted at young people that reflects your real life habits, especially around exercise, nutrition, sleep, and stress
GrowChi is a digital AI companion targeted at young people that reflects your real life habits, especially around exercise, nutrition, sleep, and stress. In many ways, it is like a Tamagotchi, but for yourself: when you look after yourself and build healthy habits, your Chi avatar grows with you. The idea is to make health feel less like a chore and more like something you actually want to come back to every day. Unhealthy choices are easier, cheaper, and more accessible than healthy ones, and most health apps and programmes aren't designed for young people. Many find them embarrassing, patronising, or too clinical to want to use. At the centre of the app is the Chi: a living avatar that grows and reacts based on real life. Activity, sleep, mood, and meals all shape how the Chi looks and feels, turning healthy habits into something young people want to keep doing rather than a chore they abandon after two weeks, which is the fate of most traditional health apps. GrowChi is live and being tested with real users. We're preparing pilots with secondary schools for September 2026, with safeguarding and UK GDPR compliance built in from day one. We work with schools, local authorities, and health partners who want to help young people build lifelong healthy habits in a way that actually engages them. Get in touch to find out more or partner with us: [email protected] www.growchi.co.uk