An AI tutor that talks, draws and remembers
PITCHED AT THE SAN FRANCISCO NIGHT ON 4 NOVEMBER 2026
Children need help after school, when parents cannot explain the material and a private tutor costs more than most families can pay several times a week. NurEd's Blaze holds a live voice conversation with the student, explains on a shared whiteboard, checks understanding with real questions and remembers every session, with parents setting the boundaries and seeing the full transcript.
Homework gets harder every year, help is needed on weeknights and weekends when no teacher is available, and private tutoring at tens of dollars an hour several times a week is out of reach for most families. The AI tools that have filled the gap start from a text box and hand over the answer, which gets the assignment done and leaves the child no better at the subject.
Blaze starts from a conversation. The student talks out loud, Blaze listens for the hesitation as much as the question, explains the concept step by step while drawing it on a shared whiteboard, tries a different example when the child is stuck, and checks understanding before moving on. It builds a profile of what worked last time, so no session starts from zero, and it refuses to simply give answers. Parents own the account, set the subject boundaries and blocked topics, can allow or withhold camera access, and receive the transcripts, whiteboards and a weekly summary in plain language. Founded in Dallas by Adnan Ashraf and Sajjad Ahmed, with a version for schools and districts alongside the family product.
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