Buddy.ai is the Vertical AI Category Leader in Early Learning - every child’s personal tutor and study buddy with 115M downloads. Buddy is revolutionizing the $150B early learning market, aiming to offer every one of the 1.7B children under 12 worldwide a personal 1X1 AI tutoring experience that is affordable and just as effective as live, in-person tutoring. Buddy is powered by proprietary AI technology optimized for the highly regulated children’s market and fueled by a unique dataset of 100K+ hours of children's speech. It understands children 5x better than leading off-the-shelf models. It complies with regulations like COPPA and is safe for children. With $15M in venture funding, we are backed by top VCs including BITKRAFT, Educapital, One Way, Point72 Ventures, Analog Ventures, and Goodwater, and are supported by superstar angel investors, veterans of deep tech, education, and Hollywood. Buddy.ai is founded by serial entrepreneurs with a prior exit in the speech AI category. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, we are a growing international team that combines expertise in speech AI, education, and game design.