Founded by Erica Bishaf and Campbell Schafer
An LLM built for K-12 students that prevents cognitive offloading by guiding them through their own reasoning instead of handing over answers.
"EducAIte is building a world where students learn to think with AI without losing the ability to think for themselves."
As of October 2026, the platform MVP is live and in use by its pilot schools. Updated October 2026.
EducAIte replaces Gemini and ChatGPT with an LLM specifically designed to teach young learners AI fluency and how to use AI as a thinking partner. Socratic guidance poses questions and scaffolds each step, keeping critical thinking with the student. Teachers see the prompts students write, which are learning signals revealing where understanding is forming and where it isn't.
K-12 schools and districts. Administrators buy it, teachers and students use it.
The platform works out of the box, supports students and teachers across languages and learning styles, and gives educators a view into student learning that AI-enabled classrooms haven't had before. Educator workshops and Student AI Clubs equip districts with a full institutional strategy, and the platform aligns with federal AI education priorities.
Contributions go into the fund that writes them. If EducAIte exits one day, our share comes back to the fund and goes out again, which is what makes us an evergreen fund.
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