# Caleb Hicks

> Caleb Hicks is a teacher-turned-founder and the co-founder and CEO of SchoolAI. After teaching more than 300 students a day at Lehi Junior High, building coding curricula at DevMountain and Apple, co-founding Lambda School, and launching the teen career program Factor, he returned to the problem that had followed him since his first classroom: how one teacher can genuinely know every student. SchoolAI, founded in 2023, turns that question into teacher-guided AI learning spaces and real-time classroom insight.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at SchoolAI
- **Organizations:** SchoolAI, Factor, Lambda School, Apple, DevMountain, Alpine School District
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Business and Marketing Education, Weber State University, General Studies, Brigham Young University
- **Known for:** Built SchoolAI from a project above his Lehi garage into a platform used in more than 1 million classrooms across over 80 countries by 2025., Raised a $25 million Series A for SchoolAI in April 2025, bringing reported total funding to $32 million., Co-founded Lambda School and led its academic operation, including admissions, onboarding, learning design, delivery and student services.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2015** — Taught career and technical education at Alpine School District, including keyboarding, computer science and teen entrepreneurship at Lehi Junior High School.
- **2014-2016** — Led iOS instruction and curriculum at DevMountain.
- **2016-2017** — Served as senior manager of instructional design in Apple's worldwide education marketing organization.
- **2017-2021** — Co-founded Lambda School and served as president, overseeing academics and the student experience.
- **2021-2023** — Founded Factor, a hands-on career exploration program for teenagers, and later spun it out as a nonprofit.
- **2023-present** — Co-founded and leads SchoolAI, building teacher-guided AI learning experiences and real-time classroom insights.
- **2025** — SchoolAI raised a $25 million Series A and reported use in more than 1 million classrooms across all 50 states and over 80 countries.

## Achievements

- Built SchoolAI from a project above his Lehi garage into a platform used in more than 1 million classrooms across over 80 countries by 2025.
- Raised a $25 million Series A for SchoolAI in April 2025, bringing reported total funding to $32 million.
- Co-founded Lambda School and led its academic operation, including admissions, onboarding, learning design, delivery and student services.
- Led instructional design work for K-12 and higher education at Apple.
- Created Factor to give teenagers hands-on exposure to future careers, then spun the program out as a nonprofit.
- Helped charter Utah's first middle-school FBLA chapter and grew the program at Lehi Junior High to more than 100 students.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Appeared at the ASU+GSV Summit on a K-12 edtech panel about the pursuit of an AI tutor for schools.
- **2026-02** — SchoolAI published a detailed account of Hicks's path from keyboarding teacher to founder and his human-centered view of classroom AI.
- **2025-10** — Joined the OpenAI Podcast live from DevDay to discuss SchoolAI and the practical use of AI in education.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on WSOU's Leadership with Darrell W. Gunter to discuss the route from teaching and Apple to SchoolAI.
- **2025-04** — SchoolAI announced a $25 million Series A and reported more than 1 million classrooms, 400-plus district partnerships and use in over 80 countries.

## Links

- Website: https://calebhicks.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebhicks
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/calebhicks
- GitHub: https://github.com/calebhicks

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/caleb-hicks
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-09-27