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Native name | 松鼠Ai |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Derek Haoyang Li, Jason Zhou, David Fan, Joleen Liang |
| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
| Products | Intelligent Adaptive Learning System (IALS) |
| Services | Education Technology |
| Website | squirrelai.com |
Squirrel Ai Learning is an internationaleducational technology company that specializes in intelligent adaptive learning and was one of the first companies in the world to offer large scale AI-powered adaptive education solutions.[1]
Squirrel Ai Learning usesartificial intelligence to tailor lesson plans to each individual student.[1] The company's AI researchers have access to the world's largest student databases, which are used to train the AI algorithms.[1]
Squirrel Ai Learning works with teachers to identify the most fine-grained possible concepts (“knowledge points”) for a course in order to precisely target learning gaps. For example, middle school mathematics is broken into over 10,000 points such asrational numbers, the properties of atriangle, and thePythagorean theorem. Each point is linked to related items, forming a "knowledge graph". Each knowledge point is addressed by videos, examples and practice problems. A textbook might address 3,000 points;ALEKS, another adaptive learning platform, uses 1,000.[1]
Each student begins with a diagnostic test to identify where to begin their learning. The system continues to refine its graph as more students proceed. Learning is not student-directed. The system decides the order of topics.
Squirrel Ai Learning was founded by Derek Haoyang Li in 2014.[2]
In March, 2017, The Squirrel Ai Intelligent Adaptive Learning System (IALS) was launched. IALS utilizes artificial intelligence to customize lessons, practice and evaluations for each individual student.[3]
In 2018, Squirrel Ai Learning established a joint research lab of AI adaptive learning with the institute of Automation of theChinese Academy of Sciences.
By 2019, Squirrel Ai Learning had opened 2,000 learning centers in 200 cities and registered over a million students in Asia.
In 2019, Squirrel Ai Learning opened a research lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.
As of 2019, Squirrel Ai Learning had raised over $180 million in funding and in 2018 it surpassed $1 billion in valuation.[1]
In 2020, Squirrel Ai Learning launched the $1 millionAAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity in partnership withAAAI. The inaugural award was given toRegina Barzilay for her work developing machine learning models to address drug synthesis and early-stage breast cancer diagnosis.[4]
In 2020, Squirrel Ai Learning established strategic partnership withDingTalk,Alibaba Group.[3]
As of 2021, Squirrel Ai Learning had served over 60,000 public schools, in over 1200 cities in Asia.[5]
Squirrel Ai Learning has gained recognition both in Asia and internationally including: