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Run 1: our first test cohort for the AI tutor

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Zippy Team
Zippy Team
Create, Grade and Personalize learning

Could an AI tutor help a student at the moment they need it the most?

The Run 1 film, 1 minute 53 seconds. The product shots in it are illustrative, recorded with demo accounts. No Run 1 student's work is shown.

We asked for 20 to 40 students​

Two weeks before the O-Level and A-Level exams in Singapore, we posted once on r/SGExams. We offered a revision course in O-Level English or A-Level General Paper, self-paced, with instant feedback, and said we could probably take 20 to 40 students.

The r/SGExams post, with "20-40 students" highlighted

114 joined​

In early October, 114 students joined. By 24 October they had 447 study sessions between them and had answered 2,324 questions.

They studied late into the night​

Zippy marked their writing as they went. A student could hand in a whole essay and have it marked criterion by criterion, in seconds.

An illustrative session: a demo student's essay, marked for content, organisation and language, with feedback that quotes the essay

Illustrative: a demo student's essay on a demo account. Run 1 students' own work is not shown.

When it got stressful, they played games​

Between lessons, students played the daily word game and spent the points they had earned on stickers.

The daily word game and the sticker shop, recorded with demo accounts

In their own words​

After the first day, one A-Level student wrote to us:

i read through the first day's lessons and found them rlly rlly helpful. as someone who has been worrying for gp paper 1, it helps me to become more confident and motivated to study for p1. thank u so much!!!

We asked in the course's group chat how useful the course had been for their revision. 74% of the 23 students who answered said it was useful. They asked for more model answers and other school subjects.

74% found it useful for revision

More is coming​

Run 1 was English. Zippy now teaches more, in a fun and interactive way:

  • Maths, physics and programming. Change the ramp and watch where the ball stops, set a line and see the graph move, or fill in a Python loop, with feedback on every answer.
  • Oral lessons. Answer out loud, and Zippy scores your pronunciation and fluency from your voice, and your content and language from what you said.
  • Help at any hour. When you're stuck, ask Zippy about the exact question you're on, then try it again.
  • What to practise next. As you learn, Zippy learns your strengths and the skills you still need, measured against your curriculum.
  • Your teacher has the final say. Zippy drafts the marking, and a teacher can review every mark, change it and write back. When they do, you'll know.
  • iPhone and Android. Learn wherever you study, on our apps or in any browser.

Maths, physics, programming and more, as games

In our beta so far​

Teachers have set up more than 100 workspaces on Zippy, with nearly 1,000 students, and Zippy has given instant feedback on 3,943 answers. Counted on 24 October 2026.

In our beta so far: 100+ workspaces set up by teachers, 984 students, 3,943 answers given instant feedback

Join the next cohort​

Zippy is invite-only while in beta. Join our Telegram community to be part of the next cohort, or, if you are a teacher looking for superpowers, to request an invitation code.