Prevention by Design

    Building tech to prevent sexual violence.

    Override Labs builds free, anonymous apps that help young people make sense of confusing situations around sex and consent.

    Live
    is this ok? (ito)
    For boys and men

    An anonymous space to talk through a confusing situation. Get an honest read from a mentor voice, not a lecture.

    Open is this ok? (ito)
    Live
    Gameboi
    For boys and men

    A text game where you advise a fictional friend. Giving advice to someone else removes the shame of asking for yourself.

    Play Gameboi
    Live
    is he ok?
    For girls and women

    Paste one thing he said and see what it communicates. A quick, plain read on the words in front of you.

    Open is he ok?
    Live
    is this ok? for parents
    For parents

    Helps parents understand harmful content their kids run into and gives them one good opening question.

    Open is this ok? for parents

    Educators and coalitions: bring these tools to the young people you serve.

    Partner with us
    Our approach

    Surrounding the problem.

    These aren't four separate apps. They're four angles on the same moment — reaching a young person directly, through a game, through the person he's with, and through his family — so that confusion gets caught before it becomes harm.

    At the center · the young man
    the young man himself
    is this ok? (ito)try it

    An anonymous place to think it through at 2am, before he sees her again. He describes the situation in his own words and gets an honest, anonymous read, with no judgment. Nothing saved identifies him.

    Reflection before action.

    A note on who we center. Our illustrative example is a boy who might cause harm, because the data is unambiguous: among people under 18, boys account for the overwhelming majority of harmful sexual behavior — in FY2024, nearly 8 in 10 children and youth who exhibited problematic sexual behavior were boys. (U.S. Dept. of Defense, Report on Serious Harmful Behavior Between Children and Youth, FY2024, published October 2025). Centering boys is a public-health choice, not an accusation — it means putting prevention where the risk is most concentrated. And we build knowing that harm can happen to anyone, caused by anyone, across every gender identity and orientation. Our tools are open to all of them.

    Most sexual violence involving young people happens between people who know each other, in situations that felt confusing while they were happening. Prevention has mostly reached young people through lectures and shame, and they tune it out. Meanwhile they are already asking AI about sex, dating, and relationships. Those answers should be good ones.

    Evidence from direct use
    Thousands of real sessions
    User studies across hundreds of boys and men
    42% changed how they read the situation
    Beyond our apps

    The same engine, wherever young people already are.

    We offer our safety engine to schools, coalitions, and AI products so good answers show up in more places.

    Override Labs is a nonprofit. Revenue from partners helps keep the apps free for young people.

    For partners

    Schools and coalitions

    Bring our apps to the young people you serve, with materials that fit your programs.

    AI products

    Test how your product handles consent risk with 130+ clinically reviewed scenarios, and improve its responses.

    Researchers

    Study what actually changes how young people read a situation — including what doesn't work.

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    Override Labs is an Illinois 501(c)(3) nonprofit.