Alice.tech
YC W25Copenhagen, DK · Founded 2024 · 5 employees · 1 known investors
Alice is an AI-powered study platform that combines leading language models with a proprietary learning system to help students understand, retain, and perform better on exams. The platform serves students across all academic levels from primary through master's students, with particular focus on university students with text-heavy courses.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W25)
Alice.tech was founded in 2024 by Kim Rants.
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Kim RantsinFounder and CEOKim is co-founder and CEO of Alice.tech. He previously held roles at McKinsey as an Associate Partner focused on AI, and at LEGO as Head of Global Business Development. He has over a decade of university teaching experience and holds master's degrees in Computer Science from Imperial College London and Finance from LSE.
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The YC application· Winter 2025 batch
#18 Kim Rants - Founder & CEO of Alice.tech (YC W25) on AI-Powered Learning & Launching Alice 2.0
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Alumni Q&A
- 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, who has over 10 years of experience teaching university students and a background in AI, conceived the idea in December 2023 to address the lack of affordable personalized learning. He and Patrick, friends for eight years who had often discussed startup ideas, co-founded Alice.tech in February 2024 after a few weeks of prototyping.
- What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
- The founders argue that education still relies on a standardized, one-size-fits-all approach, which they say leads to compromised learning, emotional stress, and wasted time, especially around exams. They note that alternatives like private tutors are expensive and inconsistent, a gap they believe AI can now help close.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Competitors · 4
by search overlapFiveable289 shared keywordsFiveable provides AI-powered exam preparation for AP classes, offering practice questions with automated scoring and personalized study tools for high school students.
Lumen235 shared keywordsLumen Learning provides courseware and teaching tools built on open educational resources (OER) for higher education, aimed at faculty and students. Its products support course delivery, faculty professional development, and student-centered learning in colleges and universities.
Master Class212 shared keywordsOnline education subscription platform with pre-recorded tutorials and lectures by experts.
Outlier143 shared keywordsOutlier offers fully online dual enrollment college courses for high school students across the US, letting them earn transferable credits from a top-ranked university. Courses use cinematic lectures, interactive textbooks, and code-along exercises across subjects including sciences, math, business, and humanities.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Alice.tech do?
- Alice is an AI-powered study platform that combines leading language models with a proprietary learning system to help students understand, retain, and perform better on exams. The platform serves students across all academic levels from primary through master's students, with particular focus on university students with text-heavy courses.
- Who founded Alice.tech?
- Alice.tech was founded by Kim Rants in 2024.
- Who are Alice.tech's investors?
- Alice.tech's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Alice.tech headquartered?
- Alice.tech is headquartered in Copenhagen, DK.