# Kira

> Kira is an AI-native education platform that connects lesson and course creation, student tutoring, assessment, grading, and learning analytics. Founded in 2022, it began with computer-science curriculum and won a statewide Tennessee implementation before broadening across subjects and markets. Its wager is that schools need fewer disconnected AI helpers and one coherent instructional loop, with teachers retaining control over content and grades.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Founders:** Andrea Pasinetti (Co-founder and CEO), Jagriti Agrawal (Co-founder and AI leader)
- **Products:** Computer science and AI curriculum, AI Tutor, AI teaching tools, Essay QuickGrader and Rubric Generator, Kira 2.0
- **Notable:** Raised $21 million across publicly announced seed and Series A rounds by May 2023., Won a competitive Tennessee RFP to support the state's new computer-science requirement., Reached active use in 106 Tennessee districts, representing 73% of districts in the state, according to TSIN's FY2025 annual report.

## Products & services

- **Computer science and AI curriculum** — Standards-aligned middle- and high-school courses with videos, coding exercises, projects, assessments, an in-browser code editor, and teacher support.
- **AI Tutor** — Lesson-grounded student assistance that gives guided, real-time support while allowing educators to set the level and style of help.
- **AI teaching tools** — A library of more than 20 tools for lesson planning, rubrics, assessments, differentiated materials, reports, and school communication.
- **Essay QuickGrader and Rubric Generator** — Tools that import student work, apply customizable rubrics, suggest scores and feedback, and support plagiarism and AI-writing checks, with teacher review.
- **Kira 2.0** — A connected instructional system spanning Course Studio, AI tutoring, grading, assessment, Student Atlas analytics, and intervention workflows.
- **Professional development** — Teacher onboarding, virtual workshops, communities, and train-the-trainer programs that support curriculum and platform adoption.

## Achievements

- Raised $21 million across publicly announced seed and Series A rounds by May 2023.
- Won a competitive Tennessee RFP to support the state's new computer-science requirement.
- Reached active use in 106 Tennessee districts, representing 73% of districts in the state, according to TSIN's FY2025 annual report.
- Supported 56,055 enrolled middle-school students and 17,011 enrolled high-school students in Tennessee in FY2025.
- Earned the Common Sense Privacy Seal in May 2025.
- Launched a computer-science train-the-trainer program in Togo aimed at reaching 15,000 university students in its first phase.
- Kira's AI Tutor was named a 2025 Tech & Learning Best for Back to School secondary winner.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Earned the Common Sense Privacy Seal and launched its Finch robotics course with BirdBrain Technologies for Tennessee educators.
- **2025-06** — Began the first phase of its Togo program by training 44 lead tutors for a planned 15,000-student university rollout.
- **2025-07** — Released the Essay QuickGrader, Rubric Generator, AI tools library, and Resource Library.
- **2026-03** — Introduced Kira 2.0, linking course creation, tutoring, assessment, grading, Student Atlas analytics, and interventions in a single workflow.
- **2026-09** — Public company updates describe support for an expanding government education program in El Salvador; the outcome figures remain company-reported.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kira-learning.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kira-learning/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kira_learning
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KiraLearningCSandAI/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kiralearning1

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Last updated: 2026-09-28