Cornell EdTech Startups

A directory of 24 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in education technology, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

24 listed

• 
  BuildWithin Pre-Seed

  Michelle Rhee ’92 · Washington, DC

  Workforce onboarding

  EdTechInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Oboe Series A

  Nir Zicherman ’08 · New City, New York, United States

  Personalized courses for learning

  Artificial IntelligenceEdTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Learneo Series C

  Andrew Grauer ’10, Gregor Carrigan ’07 · Redwood City, California, United States

  Platform for learning

  E-LearningEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Crimson Education

  Jamie Beaton, MS ’25 · New Zealand

  University admissions support

  ConsultingEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  QuillBot Seed

  Andrew Grauer ’10 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

  AI for better writing

  Artificial IntelligenceEducationGenerative AI

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Nimble Seed

  Lauren Dachille ’11 · San Francisco, CA

  Help K-12 schools hire teachers

  EducationEmploymentRecruiting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Open Admissions Pre-Seed

  Anthony J. DiValerio III ’12 · Philadelphia, PA

  College admissions AI

  Artificial IntelligenceEdTechHigher Education

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  GradeWiz Pre-Seed

  Max Bohun ’25, Aman Madhav Garg ’26 · Ithaca, NY

  AI for student grading

  EdTechEducationSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Open Education Technologies Seed

  Anthony J. DiValerio III ’12 · Philadelphia, PA

  College admissions AI

  Artificial IntelligenceEdTechHigher Education

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Narrator Series A

  Ahmed Elsamadisi ’10 · New York, NY

  Answer data questions

  AnalyticsEducationSaaS

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Pair AI Pre-Seed

  Parth Detroja ’17 · San Francisco, CA

  Mobile education platform that's personalized with AI

  Artificial IntelligenceE-LearningMobile Apps

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Intellispark Seed

  Stephen Smith ’91, MBA ’95 · Mclean, VA

  Social-emotional learning for students

  CommunitiesEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Aiseptor Pre-Seed

  Akshay Aggarwal, MBA ’26 · New York, NY

  Security layer for remote assessments

  Artificial IntelligenceEducationInternet

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  King of the Curve Pre-Seed

  William Kelly, MPS ’22 · St Louis, MO

  Edtech for adaptive learning

  EdTechMobile Apps

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  ColorStack

  Jehron Petty ’20 · Freeport, NY

  Community of black and latinx computer science students

  EducationNon ProfitStaffing Agency

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Primerli Pre-Seed

  Hakan Unsal, MEng ’07 · Hoboken, NJ

  Learn any industry in under an hour

  E-LearningEducationManagement Consulting

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Super Teacher Seed

  Tim Novikoff, PhD ’12 · —

  Private tutoring for students

  Artificial IntelligenceE-LearningEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Teachley

  Dana Pagar ’01 · New York, NY

  Math learning programs

  DatabaseEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Littera Education

  Justin Serrano ’94 · Wappingers Falls, NY

  Customized tutoring for K-12 students

  E-LearningEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  ArcLab Series A

  James Chia ’02 · Bukit Merah, Central Region, Singapore

  Workforce training software

  E-LearningSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Adventures in CRE

  Michael Belasco, MBA ’16 · Frisco, TX

  Learn financial modeling for real estate

  AdviceCareer PlanningEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Lucid Seed

  Daniel Terry ’04 · New York, NY

  Visualizing the world's information

  AppsEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  Parathought

  Zakeer Shaik, MBA ’17 · Princeton Junction, NJ

  Teach critical thinking

  EdTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
• 
  One League

  Umaimah Mendhro ’01 · Los Angeles, California, United States

  Online education platform

  E-LearningEdTechEducation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗