Our Story
Two exhausted parents built a smarter baby monitor
Because whispering "I went last time" at 3 AM was slowly breaking us — and we knew there had to be a better way.
How it started
When our third baby arrived, we thought we were ready. We'd already survived the newborn phase twice. We knew about the sleepless nights, the feeding schedule, the foggy mornings. How much harder could it be?
A lot harder, it turns out. Not because the baby was more difficult, but because now we had a toddler and a five year old who needed us all day and a newborn who needed us all night. We were running on fumes, both of us, every single day. (Spoiler: we'd do it all again — but that's what kid number three is for.)
3
kids.
kids.
Every single night
The baby cries. We both jolt awake. Then comes the whispered negotiation in the dark.
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"I went last time."
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"But I have a meeting at 7."
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"I haven't slept more than two hours straight in a week."
"What if the monitor could just figure out who should get up? Like, wake up whoever's sleeping lightest?"
Said at 3 AM, completely drained. We laughed about it. Then we couldn't stop thinking about it.
An
engineer.
A startup
founder.
engineer.
A startup
founder.
Ben is an electrical engineer who works in patent law. Kim has spent her career launching startups. Between the two of us, we realized we might actually have the skills to build this thing.
So we started.
Every prototype, every PCB revision, and the granted U.S. patent — laid out on our kitchen counter.
Fifteen prototypes later, Dozzi exists.
Ben filed a patent application. Then he designed a circuit board. Then he built a prototype. Then another one. And another one. Each version a little smarter, a little more refined, tested in a real nursery by two parents who desperately needed it to work.
15
Prototypes built from scratch
1
Granted U.S. utility patent
2+
Additional patents pending
3
Kids who inspired it all
A small hub.
A big difference.
Dozzi sits in your baby's room and listens for crying. When it hears a cry, it doesn't blast an alarm that wakes both of you up. Instead, it silently alerts just one parent through their Apple Watch. The other parent sleeps through.
You decide how it chooses whose turn it is — alternate automatically, set a shift schedule, or let Dozzi use sleep stage data to wake whoever's sleeping lightest. That last feature is the one that started this whole journey.
The people behind it
Kim Ford
Co-Founder · Strategy & Launch
Startup veteran with a career built on taking new products to market. Kim leads Dozzi's go-to-market strategy, brand, and the partnerships that will get Dozzi into the hands of families who need it.
Ben Ford
Co-Founder · Hardware & IP
Electrical engineer and patent attorney. Ben designed every circuit board, filed the patents, and built all 15 prototypes — most of them on nights and weekends while working full time.
Earlier this year, we were granted a U.S. utility patent on Dozzi's technology. We have additional patents pending as the product continues to evolve. This isn't a concept or a crowdfunding dream. It's a real product, engineered from scratch, protected by real intellectual property, and built by two parents who desperately needed it to exist.
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