All the fundraising deals in the AI in education market (from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026)
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AI in education startups raised $298.31 million across 34 funding rounds between Q2 2025 and Q2 2026.
The AI in education market remained active, but no company raised more than $29 million in a single round.
Investors mainly backed AI tutors, study tools, teacher copilots, grading platforms and broader learning software.
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Insights
- The AI in education market raised $298.31 million across 34 deals, but its largest round was only $29 million, showing steady activity without large-scale megarounds.
- AI learning software received 35.55% of total funding, although the category represented only eight of the 34 AI in education funding rounds.
- AI tutor platforms completed 12 deals, more than any other category, but received only 20.67% of total AI in education funding.
- The three largest rounds represented 27.49% of all capital, while the ten largest rounds represented 62.69% of the five-quarter total.
- Q2 2025 was the strongest quarter because SchoolAI, Knowunity and StudyFetch raised a combined $65.5 million.
- Q3 2025 was the smallest quarter, with $38.27 million raised across six AI in education startup funding deals.
- Average AI in education deal size was $8.77 million, but quarterly averages ranged from $6.38 million to $12.22 million.
- Only six rounds were below $2 million, which shows that investors generally waited for meaningful products before financing AI education startups.
- No qualifying AI in education funding round exceeded $50 million, so the market remains earlier-stage than many other artificial intelligence sectors.
- TriplePoint Ventures was the only disclosed investor involved in more than one qualifying deal, and both investments supported Chalkie.
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Summary table of the funding deals in the AI in education market (last 5 quarters)
We define the AI in education market as products where AI is a core driver of value for teaching, learning, or assessment in K-12 or higher education.
We include AI tutors and practice tools, educator copilots for planning, creation and feedback, and assessment or grading solutions where AI changes instruction or evaluation.
We exclude general-purpose AI, school back-office software and education products where AI is only a minor feature or interface improvement.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the AI in education market has evolved over the last few years.
Also, you should know that we have a dedicated page, updated weekly, with all the latest fundraising deals in the AI in education market.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| SchoolAI | Provides AI assistants, lesson tools and personalized learning spaces for US schools. | $25.00M | Q2 2025 |
| SigIQ.ai | Creates personalized AI tutors for competitive examinations, initially in India. | $9.50M | Q2 2025 |
| PyxiScience | Adapts mathematics exercises and explanations for French secondary and university students. | $2.20M | Q2 2025 |
| Alice | Turns student materials into explanations, exercises, study plans and mock exams. | $4.60M | Q2 2025 |
| Stimuler | Provides spoken English practice, pronunciation analysis and personalized fluency feedback. | $3.75M | Q2 2025 |
| StudyFetch | Converts learning materials into quizzes, flashcards, summaries, videos and AI tutoring. | $11.50M | Q2 2025 |
| Knowunity | Combines student-created materials with personalized AI study and tutoring tools. | $29.00M | Q2 2025 |
| Arivihan | Provides personalized AI instruction and exam coaching for students in India. | $4.17M | Q3 2025 |
| Wild Zebra | Uses guided AI questioning to teach mathematics and reading to US students. | $2.00M | Q3 2025 |
| Edumentors | Combines UK human tutoring with a personalized AI tutor for school learners. | $2.00M | Q3 2025 |
| Yourway Learning | Helps US school districts align lessons, curriculum and teacher support. | $9.00M | Q3 2025 |
| Evulpo | Provides adaptive curriculum lessons, learning activities and teacher dashboards across Europe. | $10.10M | Q3 2025 |
| The Invigilator | Protects online assessments through identity checks, proctoring and AI-use detection. | $11.00M | Q3 2025 |
| Chalkie | Creates curriculum-aligned lesson plans and differentiated classroom activities for teachers. | $1.30M | Q4 2025 |
| SpeakX | Provides AI English conversations, roleplays, pronunciation guidance and fluency feedback. | $16.00M | Q4 2025 |
| VideoTutor | Turns student questions into personalized animated video lessons and explanations. | $11.00M | Q4 2025 |
| Flint | Provides adaptive K-12 lessons, assessments, learning activities and teacher controls. | $15.00M | Q4 2025 |
| CampusKnot | Helps university instructors manage participation, grading, questions and student feedback. | $1.10M | Q4 2025 |
| Teacher’s Buddy | Automates lesson planning, marking, reports and differentiated materials for Australian teachers. | $1.20M | Q4 2025 |
| BoodleBox | Offers universities a secure workspace combining multiple AI models and learning workflows. | $5.00M | Q4 2025 |
| Oboe | Generates courses, quizzes, flashcards and audio lessons from a learning objective. | $16.00M | Q4 2025 |
| Flashka | Creates flashcards, quizzes and personalized study plans for European university students. | $1.10M | Q1 2026 |
| Sparkli | Generates interactive learning expeditions, games and quizzes for children aged 5 to 12. | $5.00M | Q1 2026 |
| Vimi | Provides personalized one-to-one mathematics tutoring for K-12 learners. | $12.00M | Q1 2026 |
| Subject | Delivers accredited AI-powered curriculum and online learning to US school districts. | $28.00M | Q1 2026 |
| Pensive | Combines AI-assisted university grading with personalized support for instructors and students. | $6.80M | Q1 2026 |
| Chalkie | Creates curriculum-aligned lessons and differentiated activities for teachers. | $4.00M | Q1 2026 |
| Gizmo | Turns study materials into flashcards, quizzes and gamified active-recall sessions. | $22.00M | Q2 2026 |
| Lucida AI | Analyzes spoken language and gives real-time pronunciation, grammar and fluency feedback. | $5.40M | Q2 2026 |
| Sinai.ai | Turns books into interactive learning content, quizzes, audio and study guides. | $1.45M | Q2 2026 |
| Nectir | Lets university instructors build governed AI assistants using course-specific materials. | $12.50M | Q2 2026 |
| Third Space Learning | Provides spoken AI mathematics tutoring to primary and secondary students in the UK. | $5.94M | Q2 2026 |
| ProLearn | Offers conversational AI tutoring for Indian school and competitive-exam learners. | $3.20M | Q2 2026 |
| YoLearn.ai | Provides live spoken tutoring for Indian board and competitive examinations. | $0.50M | Q2 2026 |
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How has funding activity in the AI in education market changed over time?
Q2 2025 was the most active quarter, mainly because Knowunity, SchoolAI and StudyFetch raised $65.5 million together.
Q3 2025 was the least active quarter because its six deals included no round larger than $11 million.
AI in education funding fell by 10.39% between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, and fell by 40.40% compared with Q2 2025.
Without the largest deal in each quarter, quarterly funding ranged from $27.27 million to $56.55 million. This shows a steadier market than the headline totals suggest.
| Quarter | Number of deals | Total raised ($) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 7 | $85.55M | Three large Series A or Series B rounds made Q2 2025 the strongest quarter. |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | $38.27M | Funding was spread across six modest rounds, with no deal above $11 million. |
| Q4 2025 | 8 | $66.60M | Q4 2025 had the most deals and included four rounds of at least $11 million. |
| Q1 2026 | 6 | $56.90M | Subject represented almost half of Q1 2026 funding with its $28 million round. |
| Q2 2026 | 7 | $50.99M | Gizmo led the quarter, while six smaller deals maintained broad AI education activity. |
| All quarters | 34 | $298.31M | The AI in education market averaged almost seven qualifying rounds per quarter. |
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Which startups in the AI in education market raised the largest rounds over the last months?
These startups raised the most recently in the AI in education market:
- Knowunity raised $29 million to improve its AI learning companion, hire more employees and expand into the United States and Asia.
- Subject raised $28 million to reach more US school districts, broaden its curriculum and strengthen its AI learning platform.
- SchoolAI raised $25 million to develop its classroom platform, expand its team and increase adoption by schools and districts.
- Gizmo raised $22 million to improve its AI study products, expand its team and grow its international user base.
- SpeakX raised $16 million to develop its conversational English product, acquire more learners and expand into additional markets.
- Oboe raised $16 million to improve its AI course builder and bring personalized learning products to more consumers.
- Flint raised $15 million to add learning features, increase school adoption and grow its AI education team.
- Nectir raised $12.5 million to build university integrations, expand institutional sales and improve instructor-controlled AI assistants.
- Vimi raised $12 million to improve its mathematics tutor, cover more curricula and enter international education markets.
- StudyFetch raised $11.5 million to build responsible AI learning products, grow institutional adoption and serve more students.
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Is the AI in education market shifting toward smaller or bigger deals?
The average AI in education funding round was $8.77 million across the full five-quarter period.
Average deal size ranged from $6.38 million in Q3 2025 to $12.22 million in Q2 2025. The average changed mainly when one or two larger rounds entered a quarter.
Without the largest deals, the AI in education market shows a stable base of seed and Series A rounds rather than a clear move toward much larger checks.
| Quarter | Number of deals | Average deal size ($) | Deals below $2M | Deals above $50M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 7 | $12.22M | 0 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | $6.38M | 0 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 8 | $8.33M | 3 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 6 | $9.48M | 1 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 7 | $7.28M | 2 | 0 |
| All quarters | 34 | $8.77M | 6 | 0 |
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How concentrated was funding activity in the AI in education market?
The largest deal represented between 24.02% and 49.21% of quarterly AI in education funding. The top three deals represented more than 70% in every quarter.
This concentration means that many AI education startups raised capital, but investors placed most of the money into a small group of perceived market leaders.
| Quarter | Number of deals | % by Top 1 | % by Top 3 | % by Top 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 7 | 33.90% | 76.56% | 100.00% |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | 28.74% | 78.65% | 100.00% |
| Q4 2025 | 8 | 24.02% | 70.57% | 100.00% |
| Q1 2026 | 6 | 49.21% | 82.25% | 100.00% |
| Q2 2026 | 7 | 43.15% | 79.31% | 100.00% |
| All quarters | 34 | 9.72% | 27.49% | 62.69% |
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Which categories in the AI in education market received the most funding?
AI learning software received $106.05 million, or 35.55% of total funding. Investors favored broad platforms that can combine curriculum, personalization, teacher support and institutional distribution.
AI practice tools received $71.20 million, or 23.87% of total funding. Study tools can serve large consumer audiences and encourage frequent student use.
AI tutor platforms received $61.66 million, or 20.67% of total funding. The category completed the most deals, but most individual tutor rounds remained relatively small.
| Category name | Number of deals | Total raised ($) | Startups and amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI learning software | 8 | $106.05M | Knowunity $29M; Evulpo $10.1M; Flint $15M; BoodleBox $5M; Sparkli $5M; Subject $28M; Sinai.ai $1.45M; Nectir $12.5M |
| AI practice tools | 6 | $71.20M | Alice $4.6M; StudyFetch $11.5M; SpeakX $16M; Oboe $16M; Flashka $1.1M; Gizmo $22M |
| AI tutor platforms | 12 | $61.66M | SigIQ.ai $9.5M; Stimuler $3.75M; PyxiScience $2.2M; Arivihan $4.17M; Wild Zebra $2M; Edumentors $2M; VideoTutor $11M; Vimi $12M; Lucida AI $5.4M; Third Space Learning $5.94M; ProLearn $3.2M; YoLearn.ai $0.5M |
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Who are the biggest investors in the AI in education market?
TriplePoint Ventures was the only disclosed investor involved in more than one qualifying AI in education funding round, supporting both Chalkie transactions.
No second investor appeared in at least two qualifying deals during the five-quarter period.
No third investor appeared in at least two qualifying deals during the five-quarter period.
The remaining disclosed investors participated in one qualifying AI in education deal each, which shows that the investor base remains highly fragmented.
Disclaimer: this investor list may be incomplete; we focus on publicly disclosed lead and prominent recurring investors, so some frequent minority participants may be underrepresented. “Total funded” does not represent the amount personally invested by an individual investor. Instead, it refers to the aggregate amount raised across all fundraising rounds in which the investor participated.
| Investor | Number of deals | Total funded ($) | Startups |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriplePoint Ventures | 2 | $5.30M | Chalkie |
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