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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced in early January 15 startups selected to participate in the Inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, AWS Education Accelerator supports edtech startups that are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes.
As education continues to evolve, data-driven decision making is a powerful strategy to transform teaching and learning practices and unlock new opportunities for student success. For startups, this represents an opportunity to change the trajectory of education by thoughtfully and equitably using data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (ai) to drive solutions and solve some of education's biggest challenges.
Participating edtech startups focus on a broad range of solutions for customers from pre-K to 12th grade, higher education, and workforce education. By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of edtech solutions, these startups aim to address educational challenges such as student engagement, financial literacy, student health and well-being, upskilling, and operational inefficiencies. .
The 10-week Accelerator program begins this week at Amazon headquarters in Seattle. Each participating startup will receive up to $100,000 in AWS computing credits, hands-on workshops, an individually curated curriculum, business mentoring and technical guidance, insights from Amazon leaders and teams, networking opportunities with potential investors and customers, and ongoing advice. . The program will culminate with a virtual exhibition of emerging technologies in collaboration with OMNIA Partners to increase visibility among education sector clients.
The ultimate goal is for edtech founders to leave the program ready to close new client opportunities, expand their partner networks, raise funds, and accelerate their edtech startup.
Meet the cohort
We are pleased to announce the startups that will make up this inaugural cohort. Cohort members were selected from a competitive field of thousands of applicants and chosen by a diverse committee of AWS education and startup experts based on the strength of their idea, technical preparation, and an extensive application and interview process.
Get to know the startups and the problems they aim to solve:
- Augmentative Learning IncSussex County, DE
Augmental provides an ai-powered learning platform that empowers educational content creators by delivering next-generation personalized learning, intelligent content creation, and data-driven analytics. - black ingotsLondon, United Kingdom
Blackbullion is a financial wellness platform and app that equips students with financial skills. The platform is home to the UK's largest hub for student support, scholarships and grants. - ai/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>illuminateAISan Francisco, CA
Enlighten ai is creating a personalized ai-powered teacher assistant designed to improve educators' impact while making their work more sustainable, including grading and feedback. - Stand outNew Orleans, Louisiana
Hilight allows teachers and school staff to post highlights and share the many small successes happening in their schools and districts every day. Hilight helps users capture meaningful moments that often go unnoticed to improve teacher satisfaction, well-being, collective efficacy, and retention. - Infini‑D LearningProvo, Utah
Infini-D Learning has developed an immersive platform that transforms classroom learning by combining story-based narratives with collaborative problem solving to help students tackle real-world challenges. - lessonMount Vernon, New York
Lessonbee facilitates equitable student access to standards-aligned health education and provides teachers with tools and resources to help advance health equity in schools. Lessonbee's school-wide wellness solution provides data to help teachers improve student self-efficacy and well-being. - ListeningSan Francisco, CA
Listening provides a mobile application designed for students and researchers to transform textbooks and research papers into audio, providing information and note-taking capabilities on the go and helping to streamline the research process. - ai/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Oblivion, Inc.Murrieta, CA
Oblio is improving the college admissions process with an innovative ai tool designed to help admissions officers, faculty, staff, and coaches send hyper-personalized emails, streamline communication, and embrace multilingual inclusion. - A rangeNew York, NY
OneRange helps companies automate the management of individualized learning budgets. Its platform enables discovery and access to the right resources for each individual by leveraging data across all learning formats, including courses, books, conferences, and more. - I'm readingLondon, United Kingdom
Perlego is an online subscription to over a million academic textbooks. It is designed to provide a more affordable and sustainable textbook solution for students around the world, partnering with publishers and eliminating the cost of printing, distribution and retail markup. - ai.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Praxis aiSacramento, California
Praxis ai is a digital research and education company powered by generative ai. Its anytime, anywhere solutions combine student-teacher interactions with personalized tutoring, assessment, and support. - ai/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Quizard ai, Inc.Dover, DE
Quizard is an academic app designed to help students study for exams and quizzes. Available in multiple languages, Quizard makes personalized learning accessible to students around the world. - SchoolBISan Francisco, CA
SchoolBI is an easy-to-use platform that helps deliver data-driven insights. The platform is designed to reduce traditional inefficiencies, time constraints and bottlenecks and improve the ability to easily report results across departments. - Sown to growOakland, California
Sown To Grow is a support platform that enables schools to improve the social, emotional and academic well-being of students through a simple and engaging reflection and feedback process. Designed by a team of former educators for practical impact in the classroom, Sown To Grow is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, Digital Promise, and the New Schools Venture Fund. - The juiceMiami Florida
The Juice is an interactive learning platform designed to develop students' reading comprehension, critical thinking, information and media literacy skills, and civic knowledge through fun and engaging original content.
Go deeper into the AWS cloud for data-driven education
Learn how AWS powers innovation in edtech tech/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>to improve learning outcomes and protect student data. Also, learn more about how to get support from AWS Education Competency Partners and education and learning solutions in AWS MarketplaceTrusted technology providers and consulting experts offering educational institutions a wide variety of cloud-based solutions.
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