Sainaptic
Category: AI in Education
UK AI assessment company providing domain-trained, human-controlled marking, feedback and assessment intelligence for vocational and professional qualifications. The company is led by Dr Rajeshwari Iyer. Total funding raised: $1.31M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Ufi Ventures, Cornerstone VC, Brighteye Ventures, Elm Venture Partners.
- Total funding
- $1.31M
Value proposition
Helps assessment organisations improve marking speed and consistency while retaining qualified assessors’ final decision-making authority.
Products and solutions
AI-assisted marking and personalised feedback, quality assurance and moderation, assessment analytics, domain-specific assessment intelligence for open-ended and multimodal evidence.
Unique value
Customer-specific models use curated assessment data and expert judgement rather than generic LLM output, with humans retaining control of final decisions.
Target customer
Awarding organisations, apprenticeship assessment organisations, training providers and assessment-platform partners.
Industries served
EdTech, vocational and professional qualifications, apprenticeships, workforce training.
Technology advantage
Domain-trained AI evaluates complex evidence against assessment criteria and supports consistent, explainable assessment workflows. The company reports less than 1% deviation from expert assessors.
How they differentiate
Focuses on regulated vocational and professional assessment, with bespoke assessment models and human-in-the-loop final authority rather than generic automated grading.
Key partnerships
Skilltech Solutions (apprenticeship portfolio-marking partnership, targeted for Q1 2027), Safety Training Awards/STA Online (AI-assisted marking).
Notable customers
Safety Training Awards (STA Online).
Major milestones
October 2026: raised £1M Seed funding and announced Skilltech Solutions partnership, plans to extend product scope into quality assurance, analytics and personalised assessment.
Growth metrics
More than 2M descriptive answers assessed; thousands of marking hours saved; the company reports reductions of up to 95% in marking time and a 97% reduction in re-marking for one client.
Market positioning
UK assessment-intelligence layer for high-stakes vocational and professional assessment workflows.
Geographic focus
United Kingdom.
About Dr Rajeshwari Iyer
NHS strategy and technical leadership; PhD, Computational Neuroscience, Imperial College London; MPhil, Computational Biology, University of Cambridge.
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Official website: https://www.sainaptic.com