Quippy AI

What Quippy AI does

Quippy AI operates an artificial intelligence platform that auto-grades spoken and written language responses for K-12, university, and language teachers, eliminating the manual grading workload that the company reports can exceed four hours per teacher per assessment cycle. The core product, accessed at quippy-lab.com, applies rubric-based scoring aligned to international frameworks—IELTS, CEFR, Cambridge, and HSK—as well as custom rubrics built by the teacher, and the company states its AI scoring matches certified IELTS examiners within ±0.5 bands on a sample of 4,200 graded assessments. The platform supports multimodal input (audio for speaking, text for writing) and offers 20+ question types including speaking drills, cue cards, role-play, mock interviews, picture description, and pronunciation checks. Supplementary product surfaces include Quippy Live, a synchronous in-class speaking-game mode that has been adopted by 12,000+ teachers across 800+ schools, and BestGrade.ai, a separate branded product for proctored high-stakes exams including IELTS and TOEFL.

Underlying the product is a speech-and-language AI engine layered with a generative question-bank builder that ingests textbooks, lesson plans, or past exams in PDF form and produces aligned assessment content. The platform integrates natively with the dominant learning management systems via LTI—Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, and Schoology—so rosters, assignments, and grades sync directly into teacher workflows. Quippy is FERPA-, COPPA-, and GDPR-compliant and operates under a freemium plus subscription commercial model: a free tier with 100 monthly AI credits, a teacher plan at $12-$15 per month, a school plan priced $8-$15 per student per year (with a 50-student minimum), and usage-based add-ons for proctoring ($2 per student per session) and a managed exam service ($8 per student per session). Distribution combines product-led growth through the free tier and Teacher Community Bank virality with enterprise field sales for school and district deployments. The company lists Hong Kong as a base of operations, though incorporation and ownership details are not disclosed in the available source material.

The only disclosed funding is a $90,000 round from EduSpaze dated March 2024, headcount is reported at 1-10, and named institutional relationships include a flagship partnership with NCC Education (UK-Accredited Awarding Body) as Official Exam Platform Partner and a Regional Education Partner role with SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministerial Education Body), giving the company anchored distribution into regulated and intergovernmental education channels.

Name

Quippy AI

Legal name

Quippy

Website

https://quippy.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quippy AI provides an AI-powered platform that auto-grades spoken and written language assessments for K-12, university, and exam-prep teachers using IELTS, CEFR, Cambridge, and HSK rubrics, with native LMS integrations and live speaking game features.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Language Assessment

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Language Assessment, Placement Testing & Proficiency Certification Tools (EDAFAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Automated Scoring, Grading & Feedback (AI/ML) Systems (EDAFADAE), AI Tutoring Systems (Conversational Tutors, Homework Helpers) (EDAFAFAC), Assessment, Testing & Analytics Platforms (Formative/Summative) (EDAJAMAC), AI-Powered Tutoring & Study Assistant Platforms (EDANAGAD)

Keywords

• AI language assessment
• Automated essay grading
• Speaking evaluation software
• English proficiency testing
• Language assessment platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Hong Kong

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Free Tier: Free tier offering 100 AI credits per month. Generates user acquisition and virality through Teacher Community Bank sharing. Resets 1st of every month. Primary acquisition funnel for paid tiers.
2. Subscription - Teacher Plan: $15/month or $12/month billed annually. Includes 1,000 AI credits per month (equivalent to 20 full 5-question tests). Targets individual teachers with unlimited classes, full results, and email/chat support.
3. Subscription - School Plan: Annual per-student pricing with minimum 50 students. All teachers included free. Unlimited AI credits. Volume tiers: $15/student (30-99), $12/student (100-299), $10/student (300-499), $8/student (500+).
4. High-Stakes Proctoring Add-on: $2 per student per session for school plan subscribers. Provides AI webcam monitoring, tab switching detection, 3-strike auto-lockout, AI risk scoring, and automated audit reports.
5. Managed Exam Service: Full-service exam delivery starting at $8/student/session (minimum 30 students). Quippy team handles content upload, QA, exam setup, live support, AI autograding, and certificate generation with results in 24 hours.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quippy AI is an AI-powered English speaking and writing assessment platform for K-12, university, and language teachers. The platform automatically grades speaking and writing tasks using preset rubrics (IELTS, CEFR, Cambridge, HSK) or custom rubrics, generates question banks from uploaded textbooks and curriculum materials, and offers real-time AI role-play speaking practice with adaptive responses. It enables teachers to grade assessments in 30 seconds instead of spending 4+ hours on manual grading, with native gradebook sync to Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, and Schoology.

Product overview

Quippy AI is a unified AI-powered language assessment platform consisting of the core Quippy platform plus distinct modules and features. The core platform provides AI auto-grading for speaking and writing tasks with preset and custom rubrics. Key integrated products include Quippy Live (live speaking game competitions), the Course Feature (curriculum-to-question-bank conversion), Role Play (AI tutor scenarios), and the Teacher Dashboard (progress tracking and gradebook sync). BestGrade.ai is a dedicated sub-brand for proctored high-stakes exams. All products share AI grading technology, question bank content, and LMS integration capabilities across Free, Teacher, and School pricing tiers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BestGrade.ai: Dedicated exam platform for proctored high-stakes exams including IELTS, TOEFL, and secure exam environments.
• Quippy Live

Products and services

• Quippy Platform AI-powered English speaking and writing assessment platform for K-12, university, and language teachers that auto-grades speaking and writing tasks using preset rubrics (IELTS, CEFR, Cambridge, HSK) or custom rubrics. Includes a course builder that turns textbooks and past exams into question banks, real-time AI role-play for speaking practice, a teacher dashboard with portfolio tracking, and native gradebook sync to Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, and Schoology.
• Quippy Live Live speaking game mode where students compete on their own phones by speaking rather than tapping. Teachers create a game from a topic or uploaded PDF, share a game code, and students join without login on any device. Includes real-time pronunciation scoring, role-play scenarios, and a live leaderboard. Supports multilingual use in English, Mandarin, Spanish, and French.
• BestGrade.ai Dedicated proctored exam platform for high-stakes language assessments including IELTS, TOEFL, and institution-specific secure exam environments. Provides tab switching detection, 3-strike auto-lockout, AI risk scoring, and automated audit reports; no manual marking required.
• Managed Exam Service Full-service exam delivery add-on for institutions requiring end-to-end handling. Quippy's team manages content upload, QA, exam setup, live support during the exam, AI autograding, and certificate generation, returning results within 24 hours. Available as a professional services engagement starting at $8/student/session.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grade speaking and writing in 30 seconds
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• NCC EducationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial Exam Platform Partner. Quippy powers the official online assessment platform for NCC Education, delivering UK-accredited examinations to students worldwide. This is a flagship partnership positioning Quippy as a trusted assessment platform for internationally recognized credentials.
• SEAMEOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Education Partner. SEAMEO is the Regional Ministerial Education Body for Southeast Asia. Quippy supports SEAMEO's mission to advance education across the region by delivering scalable oral assessment tools to member nations.
• Google ClassroomcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Google Classroom for SSO and grade passback. Students join via Google accounts, assignments sync to Google Classroom, and grades flow automatically to teacher gradebooks.
• Canvas LMScoreTechnology or IntegrationLTI integration with Canvas for rosters, assignments, and grade sync. Part of school-wide deployment with cross-teacher comparison and cohort tracking.
• BestGrade.aicoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerDedicated exam platform for proctored high-stakes exams (IELTS, TOEFL, secure exam environments). Quippy's separate branded product for institutions requiring exam integrity controls.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Speak: AI-powered English speaking practice app with conversational tutor. Directly comparable to Quippy's Role Play and AI speaking assessment features, targeting similar learner and teacher use cases for English fluency.
• ELSA: AI speech-recognition app for English pronunciation and accent training. Closely comparable to Quippy's pronunciation scoring, role play, and rubric-based speaking assessment capabilities.
• Kahoot: Game-based live classroom response platform. Quippy Live is explicitly positioned as a 'speaking' alternative to Kahoot-style quiz games, sharing the same teacher-led, code-based, no-login classroom mechanic.
• ProctorU: Established online proctoring service for high-stakes exams. Direct comparable to Quippy's BestGrade.ai sub-brand for webcam monitoring, tab-switch detection, and AI risk scoring in proctored test environments.

Broad incumbents

• Duolingo: Largest consumer language learning platform, now adding AI tutor features (Duolingo Max). Broad incumbent in language learning with overlapping AI tutoring and assessment ambitions, though oriented more at consumers than teachers.
• Pearson (PTE / English Assessment): Major incumbent in English language testing (PTE Academic) and educational publishing. A direct competitor for any high-stakes, internationally recognized English assessment contract that Quippy targets via BestGrade.ai.
• ETS (TOEFL): Operator of TOEFL and other standardized English assessments. Represents the type of large exam authority Quippy must displace or partner with to scale BestGrade.ai and its AI examiner offering.

Emerging players

• BoldVoice: AI-driven English accent and pronunciation coaching app for non-native professionals. Comparable in its focus on speech AI feedback, though narrower in use case (accent only, not full rubric-based speaking/writing assessment).
• Speechblubs: Speech-based language learning app for children. Overlaps with Quippy's K-12 speaking practice use case and multimodal speech AI capabilities, though more consumer/parent oriented than teacher-led.
• Cake (English): Microlearning English speaking and pronunciation app using short video clips. Comparable in its use of speech AI to score and give feedback on learner utterances, though primarily a consumer app rather than teacher platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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