We build Jambot: musical worlds designed for autistic children to explore, create, and play on their own terms.
Meet Jambot. Musical worlds designed for autistic children to explore and create.
Jambot Quest prototype · In development
One Jambot. Three ways to play.
A shared musical system, expressed through different forms of play.
Product information for families
Explore jambot.caStudio
An immersive music room where hands and movement shape sound.
Working VR prototype
Quest
An iPad-first musical adventure with characters, instruments, and child-paced exploration.
iPad experience in development
Brush
An external VR controller designed to become different instruments depending on how it is held.
Controller research & development
See it in action
Jambot in motion.
Hands, movement, and sound inside the Studio prototype.
Research & progress
Built through research.
Developed through play.
Research ethics approval
REB approval received for the initial research.
2-participant feasibility study
Initial feasibility work completed. An early research step, not proof of effectiveness.
20-child pilot
The next planned study involves 20 autistic children.
Jambot is in development. Research ethics approval is not product certification, and clinical effectiveness has not been established.
Founder
Alex Purcell
An autistic musician and researcher turning PhD work in music, autism, and VR into Jambot. Lived experience shapes the questions; making and research shape the product.
- Lived autistic experience
- Musician & product builder
- Doctoral research in music & VR
Background & team
Conference appearances
Upcoming
IRCAM Forum Workshops Tokyo 2026: November 20-22, 2026, installation and demos at Temple University Japan and MUTEK.JP.
Private demos: available for aligned investors, schools, clinics, and care partners.
Past
View past conference appearances
- ISME 2026 World Conference: July 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM, Poster Gallery 210A, Montreal Convention Centre.
- CYP Conference: July 18, 2026, Young People’s Theatre, Toronto.
- ISME CMA Pre-Conference: July 23, 2026, U of T Scarborough.
- Neuromusic 2025: VR musicking with autistic children.
- Neuromusic 2024: musical interventions in autism research.
Company details
- Company
- Sound Palette Inc. is a Canadian technology startup founded January 1, 2026. Neurodiversity-owned and operated by an autistic founder.
- What we build
- Jambot is our proprietary, patent-pending musical interaction platform. Studio, Quest, and Brush explore VR, iPad, and controller-based play through rule-based software.
- Who it is for
- Autistic children and neurodivergent learners first, with families, educators, and pediatric care teams. Play and expression without the demands of conventional music performance.
- Business model
- Planned app sales through Jambot.ca, followed by education and care partnerships and licensing. Products are in development; the target launch is late Fall 2026.
- Team & technology
- Founder-led research and product development, with support across engineering, design, music, and study operations. Cloud services are planned for product and research infrastructure.
Investors & partners
See what we are building.
A private walkthrough of Jambot, the research, and the next stage.