GradeWhiz
Category: AI in Education
An AI-powered teaching assistant that automates grading and provides personalized feedback. GradeWhiz was founded in 2024. The company is led by Max Bohun. Based in San Francisco, United States. Team size: 2. Total funding raised: $500,000. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include Y Combinator.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Team size
- 2
- Total funding
- $500,000
Value proposition
To significantly reduce the time educators spend on grading by up to 80%, allowing them to focus more on teaching, while providing students with faster, more detailed, and personalized feedback.
Products and solutions
AI-Powered Grading Assistant for various subjects including math, physics, chemistry, biology, and essays.
Unique value
GradeWhiz utilizes a proprietary AI and computer vision system to grade a wide variety of assignment types, including handwritten and typed submissions, across multiple subjects. Unlike simple auto-graders, it provides detailed, rubric-based feedback to students.
Target customer
Educators, teachers, and teaching assistants (TAs) at universities and K-12 institutions.
Industries served
Education, EdTech
Technology advantage
The core technological advantage is its advanced AI model trained to understand diverse answer formats and provide accurate, tailored feedback. The key business advantage is addressing the significant and universal pain point of time-consuming grading for educators, offering a clear ROI in terms of time saved and improved student feedback.
How they differentiate
GradeWhiz differentiates itself by focusing on high accuracy (99% benchmarked against teaching assistants) and providing detailed, next-day feedback to students, which reduces grading time for educators by 60%.
Main competitors
Gradescope, Graide, CoGrader
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (W25 Batch), Cornell University, Penn State University, Hunter College, Cal Poly, Syracuse University
Notable customers
Cornell University, Used at 8 colleges
Major milestones
Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, Successfully piloted their AI grading assistant at Cornell University
Growth metrics
Graded over 30,000 submissions and reduced grading time by 60% in its pilot phase.
Market positioning
GradeWhiz is positioned as an AI-powered teaching assistant for higher education institutions, aiming to save time for professors and improve the quality of feedback for students.
Geographic focus
Primarily focused on the US market, with initial traction in universities like Cornell.
Patents and IP
Not publicly available.
About Max Bohun
Co-founder of GradeWhiz and CourseConnect, with prior experience as a Software Engineer Intern at Meta and a Research Assistant at Cornell University.
Official website: https://www.gradewiz.ai/