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Disco AI wants your classroom back from the software
An academy with 8,000 learners should not need to become a software company. Disco’s wager is that courses, conversation and AI belong in the same room.
The Classroom That Outgrew Its Business Model
Edmodo gave teachers a private corner of the social internet and attracted more than 90 million registered users. The harder lesson came later: a classroom can be full while the company behind it struggles to pay the bills.
Honor Education
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.
Tigerhall
Tigerhall is an AI-powered Change Activation Platform that helps Fortune 1000 transformation leaders communicate, train and measure organizational change at speed. Founded by Nellie Wartoft in 2018, it serves enterprise customers in 32+ countries.