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Stickerbox, a $99.99 voice-activated sticker printer by Hapiko, is surprisingly fun and imaginative. Kids speak a description, and the AI generates a black-and-white sticker that they can color. It feels like a modern Etch A Sketch, replacing knobs with voice commands, fostering creativity without outsourcing imagination. Created by ex-Grailed CEO Arun Gupta and ex-New York Times engineer Bob Whitney, inspired by Whitney’s son’s love of AI-generated images, it’s designed with child-safe guardrails to prevent inappropriate content. The device uses thermal printing and is regularly updated with new features and will have a companion app. Backed by $7 million in funding.
