Alice.tech turns course materials into personalized exam prep using AI
Patrick Gadd, CTO and co-founder
Kim Rants, CEO and co-founder
Hey everyone 👋
We’re Kim and Patrick – co-founders of Alice.
TL;DR
Alice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI. Over 2,000 students have already used Alice to improve their grades.
Ask: Can you introduce us to student organizations, educators, high-schools, or universities that could benefit from rolling out responsible and advanced AI? Contact us at kim@alice.tech
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❌ The Problem
Education is one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, with +20% of the global population being students.
Yet, today’s education system still follows the assembly-line approach from the industrial revolution—leaving students stuck with standardized, one-size-fits-all learning methods that create three major pains:
- Compromised learning
- Emotional stress
- Wasted time
These intensify towards the exam, leaving a glaring problem to be solved.
Until now, solutions like private tutors have been expensive, inaccessible to most, and inconsistent in quality. But with advancements in AI, this is finally changing…
👷 Our Solution
At Alice, we’re a team of former teachers and AI experts using the latest technology to make personalized learning more accessible.
Alice turns generic course materials into personalized learning and exam prep using AI. Students simply upload what they want to study and instantly get access to:
- Better understanding 📚: Key topic overviews with support from an AI chat that knows their context.
- Effective practicing 📝: Tailored exercises (level, format, curriculum, etc.), including flashcards, multiple-choice questions, and full exam simulations and grading.
- Targeted improvement 🎯: Identification of weaknesses for more targeted and complete learning.
Plus, Alice makes learning fun by allowing students to study with or against their friends.
🙏 Our Ask
If you answer “yes” to any of these, we’d love your help:
- Do you know any college students that might be up for trying an innovative AI study platform? Or are you one yourself? You can sign up here: www.alice.tech and use the promo code 40PERCENT for an exclusive YC launch offer providing free trial and 40% off 🚀
- Can you introduce us to any student organizations that might look for AI solutions to their members?
- Can you introduce us to educators, high-schools or universities that might be looking for responsible and advanced AI solutions to help their students and teachers?
👉 Contact us at Kim@alice.tech
Your help can make a huge difference. Thank you!
👬 The Team
Kim and Patrick have known each other for almost 10 years and co-founded Alice in 2024.
Kim (CEO) has worked as an Associate Partner at McKinsey, where he specialized in AI, and has taught university students for 10+ years. He holds two MSc. degrees: one in Finance and one in Computer Science, with specialization in AI.
Patrick (CTO) has worked as Senior Data Scientist at LiveIntent (US AdTech firm), leading the internal MLOps framework, and invented a patented machine learning solution for audiences driving significant incremental revenue. He has worked with ML and software engineering his entire career. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford.
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How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
Kim has over 10 years of experience teaching university students and a deep expertise in AI. In December 2023, he conceived the idea for Alice.tech to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in education today: the lack of affordable personalized learning solutions. Kim and Patrick have been friends for eight years and frequently discussed startup ideas, though they hadn’t pursued one together until now. After just a few weeks of prototyping, they became convinced of Alice.tech’s potential—not only as a viable product but as something they both wished they’d had during their own student years. This shared vision led them to co-found Alice.tech in February of 2024.
What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
Education is one of the largest and most influential industries in the world, with +20% of the global population being students.Yet, today’s education system still follows the assembly-line approach from the industrial revolution—leaving students stuck with standardized, one-size-fits-all learning methods that create three major pains:1. Compromised learning2. Emotional stress3. Wasted timeThese intensify towards the exam, leaving a glaring problem to be solved. Until now, solutions like private tutors have been expensive, inaccessible to most, and inconsistent in quality. But with advancements in AI, this is finally changing…
What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
A brighter, more equal world.