Our Story


Brain Chase began as a simple conversation between two parents, Heather and Allan Staker. We set out to design a program that would keep our own five children sharp over the summer, but then we decided it would be a lot more fun to involve the entire world.

Now our mission is to enrich children everywhere, one global treasure hunt at a time.

OUR PHILOSOPHY


Like Tate Grayson, we believe that “there’s no shortcut to adventure.” Self-directed online learning takes honest, hard work. But we also believe that a little effort can go a long way. We believe that extracurricular educational activities should be fun. We think there’s something magical about animations, decoder rings, exotic travel, hidden clues, and buried treasure. We hope you’ll think so too.
We recognize that more than half of the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth can be explained by unequal access to out-of-school academic enrichment programs. This troubles us. Our goal is to build a distribution system for the Brain Chase platform that allows us to provide Brain Chase to students who otherwise could not participate.

“THERE’S NO SHORTCUT TO ADVENTURE.”
-Tate Grayson

OUR PARTNERS

POWERHOUSE ANIMATION

Power Animation is the premier animation production studio in Austin. Its creative genius has brought to life countless television series, motion pictures, video game cinemas, commercials, and web pages.

SISU DEVICES

Sisu integrates advanced motion control with high speed sensors. In other words, they build robots for any occasion. When the occasion is Brain Chase, Sisu Devices rallies to build mechanical, golden treasures.

THE HUMAN ROBOT COLLECTIVE

The Human Robot Collective is the production company of Chris “Doc” Wyatt, TV animation writer for shows including “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” (DisneyXD), “Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man” (Disney XD), and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Nickelodeon).

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