Kritik

Kritik operates an assessment platform for higher education built around two main products delivered as the "Kritik Toolkit": VisibleAI, which surfaces how students used generative AI in their work, and Kritik360, a peer assessment and feedback tool. VisibleAI provides instructors with detail on AI-generated content, student edits and the prompts students used, with the stated aim of making the creation process of student work visible and supporting academic integrity. Kritik360 supports anonymous, rubric-based peer evaluation and 360-degree feedback intended to develop critical thinking and communication skills.

The platform also includes a transparent coding assessment feature, in which students write, run and improve code with AI assistance while the process remains visible to instructors, and AI-assisted assessment design tools that generate assignments and rubrics from a syllabus or existing course materials. The toolkit is designed to be added to an institution's existing learning management system.

Kritik positions itself around institutional trust requirements, citing single sign-on, FERPA compliance, LMS integration via LTI 1.3 and WCAG 2.1 accessibility. It also offers one-on-one onboarding with an in-house onboarding specialist to help instructors set up courses and rubrics.

Business model

Kritik sells access to its assessment platform to higher-education institutions, departments and instructors, integrating into institutional learning management systems. Faculty testimonials reference students paying a price for access to the platform, with one instructor describing Kritik as less expensive than comparable platforms.

Traction

The company reports more than 200,000 users across over 250 institutions. Named users providing testimonials include faculty at Point Loma Nazarene University, the University at Buffalo, the University of Waterloo, Louisiana Tech University, Michigan State University, the University of Calgary, the University of Missouri and Boston University.