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.
Gooroo is a New York-based education technology company founded in 2015 by Scott Lee that pairs students with vetted tutors through personalized matching and pairs that with a library of self-paced online courses and small-group clubs. Built to make one-on-one tutoring affordable and to celebrate individual learning styles, Gooroo grew a network of NYC tutors, ran a 'Gooroo Gives Back' nonprofit arm for underserved students and seniors, and raised roughly $14M across seed rounds. As of 2026 the company paused consumer enrollments while it evaluates a pivot toward trustworthy, accountable AI for learning and student protection.
Honor Education is a San Francisco-based edtech company building a mobile-first, AI-powered learning platform that turns passive online courses into interactive, social experiences. Founded by Joel Podolny, the founding Dean of Apple University, Honor helps universities, enterprises, and nonprofits encode expert knowledge into credentialed programs that learners actually finish - reporting 85% completion rates against a 15% industry average. The company raised a $38M Series A in 2025 and was named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2024.