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Scout

YC W25

New York City, US · Founded 2024 · 8 employees · Hiring · 9 known investors

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Scout for Schools provides enrollment automation software for schools, using AI to extract and verify student documents and streamline the onboarding process. The platform offers guided enrollment flows, smart forms, and automated reminders to reduce enrollment time from weeks to days.

Also known as Scout Edu, Inc. · Scout for Schools

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W25)

Scout was founded in 2024 by Noah Fichter and Max Bertfield.

NFNoah Fichter
Noah FichterFounderNoah Fichter is Founder and CEO of Scout, which provides enrollment automation software for schools that uses AI to extract and verify student documents and streamline the onboarding process.
MBMax Bertfield
Max BertfieldCo-founder · CTOMax Bertfield is founder and CTO of Scout, which develops enrollment automation software for schools that uses AI to extract and verify student documents and streamline the onboarding process.
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Chris PovioGTM Advisor

Investors · 9

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Scout is a student information system (SIS) built around AI "agents" that handle school and district operational workflows. The product spans four areas: enrollment, compliance, reporting, and student success. Enrollment uses guided flows, a drag-and-drop form builder with e-signatures, automated SMS/email/phone reminders, and AI extraction and verification of documents such as birth certificates and proof of residency, with the company describing student onboarding in about four minutes versus a stated prior norm of one to two weeks of paperwork.

The compliance module auto-generates master agreements, pulls student work samples from online curricula and LMS systems, and tracks engagement across LMS and Chromebook activity to assemble exportable audit packets (the site depicts a Spring 2026 packet covering 147 students assembled in roughly 30 seconds, against a stated prior process of about three days of binder-filling). Reporting lets administrators describe a desired view in plain English, after which Scout writes and runs the query against live encrypted data and returns a saveable dashboard; state and federal reports are pre-filled and performance analytics span campuses. The student success module supports self-paced, flexible learning plans per student, a combined record for gradebook, attendance and state testing, suggested next steps per student, and two-way family communication.

Business model

Scout sells its student information system to schools and districts, which use it as the operational record system for enrollment, compliance, reporting, and student records.

Traction

The company reports schools and districts in California and Oregon as customers. Testimonials come from a principal at Hearthstone School, the director of the iGranada independent study program in southern California, and the Data Insights Director at Trivium Charter School, which manages over 1,000 students across five learning centers on a TK-12 personalized model.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Scout embeds independent-study regulatory requirements — master agreements, work-sample collection, engagement documentation, and audit-ready exports — directly into the platform, and consolidates data from multiple curriculum partners into a single record, according to customer statements on its site.

Technology

The platform is positioned as an "agentic" SIS: AI extracts and verifies uploaded enrollment documents and returns verified fields such as name, date of birth, and in-district address status; a natural-language interface generates queries and dashboards over live, encrypted school data; and integrations pull work samples and engagement signals from LMS platforms, online curricula, and Chromebooks.

Go-to-market

K-12 schools and districts, with an emphasis on independent-study programs, hybrid charter schools, and personalized TK-12 models; referenced customers include single schools and multi-campus organizations serving over 1,000 students across five learning centers.

Geography

Scout is live in California and Oregon and states it is used by schools and districts across both states; named customers include Hearthstone School, iGranada, and Trivium Charter School in California.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 202614
Stated audit packet assembly timeJan 202630 seconds
Stated student onboarding timeJan 20264 minutes
States servedJan 20262 states

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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2 people who came through Scout went on to found or lead other companies.

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corporate structure
Scout Edu, Inc.

In the news

▸Research sources · 1

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Frequently asked questions

What does Scout do?
Scout is an AI-driven student information system for California and Oregon schools running independent-study models.
Who founded Scout?
Scout was founded by Noah Fichter, Max Bertfield in 2024.
Who are Scout's investors?
Scout's investors include Y Combinator, Align Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Decisive Point, Draper Associates, Evolution VC Partners, Reach Capital, Rethink Capital Partners and 1 more.
Where is Scout headquartered?
Scout is headquartered in New York City, US.