# Axio Education

> Axio Education is an AI-native learning platform, spun out of Arizona State University's Luminosity Lab in 2023, that helps colleges and universities design, deliver, and improve courses. It combines LMS, CRM, and SIS capabilities with agentic AI to compress course development from months to minutes, deliver personalized learning pathways, and give faculty real-time insight into how students are doing - while keeping instructors in creative control.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- **Founders:** Dr. Mark Naufel (Founder & former CEO; Board Director)
- **Team size:** ~17 employees
- **Products:** AI-Native Platform, AI-Augmented, Course Design, Course Modernizer, Interactive Learning Experiences
- **Notable:** Spun out of ASU's Luminosity Lab and incorporated as a company in 2023., SOC 2 Type II certified for security and data protection., Recruited Todd Zipper - former EVP/GM at John Wiley & Sons and CEO of The Learning House - as CEO in November 2025.

## Products & services

- **AI-Native Platform** — A standalone learning platform for course design, delivery, assessment, and analytics, engineered from the ground up around AI.
- **AI-Augmented** — An AI layer that integrates with existing LMS platforms such as Canvas, Brightspace (D2L), Blackboard, and Moodle.
- **Course Design** — Generates course structure from a syllabus or title, compressing development from months to minutes.
- **Course Modernizer** — Analyzes and refreshes existing courses without a full rebuild.
- **Interactive Learning Experiences** — Conversational, Socratic-style learning that adapts to each student.
- **Student Course Assistant** — AI support for students grounded in the faculty's own course materials.
- **Analytics** — Identifies confusion points and flags at-risk students in real time.

## Achievements

- Spun out of ASU's Luminosity Lab and incorporated as a company in 2023.
- SOC 2 Type II certified for security and data protection.
- Recruited Todd Zipper - former EVP/GM at John Wiley & Sons and CEO of The Learning House - as CEO in November 2025.
- Built an integrated platform spanning LMS, CRM, and SIS functions in a single AI-native system.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Axio Education appointed Todd Zipper as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding founder Dr. Mark Naufel, to accelerate agentic AI-driven learning.
- **2024-06** — Raised pre-seed funding from new investor Mercuri; last reported raise on record.
- **2023** — Founded and spun out of Arizona State University's Luminosity Lab by Dr. Mark Naufel.

## Links

- Website: https://axio.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axioai

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Last updated: 2026-07-07