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Fermi

Category: AI in Education

An AI-first educational platform providing personalized, interactive STEM tutoring for high school students using a Socratic approach. Fermi was founded in 2024. The company is led by Peeyush Ranjan. Based in Singapore. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: Undisclosed. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include ["Meraki Labs"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
Singapore
Team size
11-50
Total funding
Undisclosed

Value proposition

Delivers a 1-on-1 personalized tutoring experience that mimics human reasoning by guiding students through logic steps rather than just providing answers.

Products and solutions

["Socratic AI STEM Tutor","Stylus-first Digital Canvas","Real-time Error Flagging System","Adaptive Learning & Progress Dashboard"]

Unique value

Utilizes a 'handwriting-first' experience on a digital canvas to facilitate natural student thinking, combined with an AI that employs the Socratic method to lead students to mastery.

Target customer

High school students (Grades 9-12), parents seeking supplemental STEM education, and K-12 educators.

Industries served

["EdTech","Artificial Intelligence","K-12 Education","STEM Education"]

Technology advantage

Built on a multi-LLM (Large Language Model) architecture that tracks individual struggle patterns and provides adaptive prompts based on real-time logic analysis.

How they differentiate

Utilizes a 'stylus-first' digital canvas combined with a Socratic AI tutor that tracks real-time handwriting and logic steps rather than just providing answers.

Main competitors

["Khan Academy (Khanmigo)","Synthesis","Photomath"]

Key partnerships

["Meraki Labs (Venture Studio/Incubator)","Educational subsidiaries in India and the USA"]

Notable customers

["High school students (Grades 9-12)","STEM educators"]

Major milestones

["Incubated by Meraki Labs in 2024","Official product launch in the USA and India in January 2025","Appointment of ex-Google VP Peeyush Ranjan as CEO"]

Growth metrics

Launched in January 2025; currently in early-access and market entry phase in the US and India.

Market positioning

Premium AI-first STEM education platform for high school students.

Geographic focus

United States, India

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed as of latest update.

About Peeyush Ranjan

Peeyush Ranjan is a veteran technology executive with over 20 years of experience at global tech giants. He most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Google (2017-2024), where he led engineering for Google Pay and Google Assistant. Previously, he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Flipkart and Vice President of Engineering at Airbnb. He began his career with engineering roles at Microsoft and HP.

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