We turn entertainment IP into games, AI and digital products

Futurum Labs is the technology arm of Futurum Group. Paddles is the first franchise on our platform

30m+: viewers of Paddles
130+: territories where Paddles has been broadcast
4: owned animation titles
52 × 11′: CGI series

From characters to products

Futurum Group owns the characters, the content and the audience. Labs holds an exclusive licence for interactive, AI and learning products on the Group's IP

Futurum Group
Characters · Episodes · Voice cast · Audience
Futurum Labs
AI · Games · Identity · Verification · Safety
Products
Paddles' Riverbank · Roblox · Schools · Next titles

Technology

Five capabilities on one platform, each marked as in development for the first product or planned for the phases after it

AI character
The show's voice
Hints, never answers

Artificial Intelligence

AI characters and tutors that speak in the show's voice

In development

Gaming & Interactive Worlds

The places of the show, made playable

In development

Digital Identity

Profiles, progress and achievements that grow with a child from 4 to 13

In development

Blockchain & Web3

Verified achievements and ownership records

Planned

Platform Infrastructure

One engine, safety layer and voice layer under every product

In development

All of the technology

Our titles

Futurum owns four children's animation titles, led by Paddles. Each one can be brought onto the platform

Paddles

A five-year-old polar bear and his riverbank friends

On air

Ling Ling!

A panda with a plan and her best friend Nilton the sloth

Pre-production

Muggyns

A bold new character-led series from the team behind Paddles

In development

Paddles

The first franchise on the platform: the show, games, the AI tutor and the characters in one place

Watch

The official teaser

Play

Roblox and the riverbank games

Learn

Paddles' Riverbank, the AI tutor

Explore

The characters

How Labs makes money

Labs holds an exclusive licence from Futurum Group for interactive, AI and learning products, and earns from what it builds on it

Family subscriptions
Free first stage, then a family plan
School licences
Per pupil, run by the teacher
Games
Roblox and future worlds
Characters and products
AI characters, collectibles and toys

Roadmap

Phase one launches in Ireland and the UK in February 2027. Each phase after it gives children more to collect, then more to make their own

Make the world enterable
Launch in Ireland and the UK, Feb 2027 · Three school pilots
Phase 1, ages 4 to 8, now
Make it collectible
Card album and AI animal · Master toy licence
Phase 2, ages 4 to 9
Make it theirs
Children teach their own AI · Build-with tools
Phase 3, ages 6 to 11
An economy
Blockchain infrastructure · 18+ collector editions
Phase 4, ages 8 to 14 and adults

Team

The team that produced seven-time Emmy award-winning Jakers!, and member(s) of the HIT Entertainment team behind Bob the Builder, Barney and Thomas & Friends