Education today faces deep inequalities in access, global shortage of qualified teachers, and outdated systems that leave millions unprepared for a rapidly changing, technology-driven world
We exist to ignite the full brilliance of every learner worldwide.
We democratize access to high-quality learning - empowering classroom teachers, accelerating learning at scale, and delivering world-class education at the cost of a textbook.
Forging the next generation of global citizens.
By offering English, other languages and STEM subjects (Future Skills coming soon), we open doors to opportunity: helping students achieve higher proficiency, unlocking access to top universities and meaningful careers. Ultimately, helping to forge the next generation of global citizens.
The world leader for agentic learning technology for teachers and students
250K
Teachers trained
5M+
Active students
32%
Results increase
95%
Engagement rate
Everyone deserves access to high-quality education.
Today, we can deliver personal AI tutoring to every learner on the planet for the price of a textbook. Efekta provides the infrastructure to deliver this at national scale: assisting students, empowering teachers, and giving ministries the evidence to lead.
But technology alone teaches no one.
Motivation is human. Software cannot manufacture the will to learn. Teachers inspire standards, and real-world opportunities drive engagement. Institutions nurture the drive; Efekta provides the engine.
Responsibility is shared.
Our partners know their classrooms and drive adoption. Our role is to convert that commitment into measurable, proven progress. We assess proficiency continuously, benchmarked against national curricula and international standards - designed so that gains cannot be manipulated by students, by schools, or by us.
Pilot programs are tests, not trials.
A pilot tests our partner's capacity to embed the platform, and our capacity to deliver learning gains. Both sides must pass. We are paid for outcomes. A modest fixed fee covers setup and training. The rest is tied directly to the measured improvement of our partner’s students.
Powering the next generation of education.
Efekta Education is an award-winning AI software company spun out from EF (Education First), the world’s largest private education company.
Efekta’s technology is used by millions of students and tens of thousands of teachers globally. We provide the world’s most advanced agentic teaching platform to governments, public and private school systems, universities and publishers.
Championing teachers, and supporting students and school operators alike. Delivering improved learning outcomes at large scale and with the mission to make high-quality education universally available. Our AI adapts in real time to each learner’s needs and provides highly personalized learning journeys.
Efekta’s agentic teaching platform is currently used by more than 5 million active students and 250,000 teachers worldwide.
Addressing the biggest challenges in education today
Learning English, second languages and STEM opens doors to better job opportunities and global connections. When taught at scale, they can uplift entire economies.
Yet quality education still remains an aspiration for too many learners. Global educational standards continue to fall despite 2.7 trillion USD being spent on education. Teachers are stretched and don’t get enough 1:1 time with their students.
There is no quality of education without quality of teaching. With a shortfall of over 40 million teachers globally, most of the hundred millions of students learning subjects like English, Physics and Maths today, will never achieve skill proficiency - not for lack of effort, but for lack of qualified instruction.
Research shows students receiving personal tutoring significantly outperform those in traditional group classes. But it’s too costly for governments to scale.
Our AI-powered, Agentic Teaching Platform not only solves this problem but makes every teacher a better teacher and every student a better student.
Meet our leadership team.
We have a proven track record of innovation within the education space.
Dr. Stephen Hodges
Chief Executive Officer
Lee Schuneman
Chief Product Officer
Julie Bjune
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Fisher
Chief Technology Officer
Peter Burman
President Schools and Enterprises
Dr. Stefania Giannini
President Government Relations
Dr. Chris McCormick
Principal Academic Advisor
Markus Mandl
Chief Marketing Officer
John Prokos
Chief Information Officer
Charles Li
Chief AI Officer
Tim Hesse
VP Data & Analytics
Meet our advisory board.
Bringing together leaders and experts from politics, government relations, and big tech.
José Manuel Barroso
Chief Executive Officer
Sir Nick Clegg
Chief Executive Officer
Mari Kiviniemi
Chief Executive Officer
Deepak Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer
Phil Waymouth
Chief Executive Officer
