London-based education startup Medly AI has raised €6.89 million ($8 million) in a seed funding round. The company says the new capital will help it grow its AI tutor and reach more students across different markets.
The funding comes at a time when artificial intelligence has started to change the way students study. Many young people now use AI tools to ask questions, check answers and understand difficult topics. Medly AI wants to take this idea further by creating an AI tutor made for school exams.
The company says its goal is simple: make high-quality personal education more available to students who may not have access to private tutors.
Medly AI is based in London and launched in February 2025. In a short period, it has reached more than 400,000 students in the UK. The company has also reported strong results from its users, with 75% of students who used Medly to revise for their GCSE exams last year seeing an improvement of at least one grade from their predicted result.
A Tutor Built for Exam Preparation
Medly AI is not a general AI chatbot. The company has built its platform around school courses and exams.
Its system supports GCSE, International GCSE, A-level and International Baccalaureate courses. It also recently added a course for the SAT, the standard test used for higher education in the United States.
The idea is to give each student help based on their own needs. A student can ask a question, get an explanation and then practise the same topic. The system can also identify areas where a student needs more help.
This approach is different from a normal textbook. A textbook gives the same material to every reader. A private tutor can change the lesson based on the student’s level. Medly AI wants its software to offer some of that personal support through AI.
The company says its system uses a combination of seven large language models. These models help create a tutor that can respond to each student’s needs and track areas that require more attention.
How the Idea Started
Medly AI was founded by Kavi Samra and Paul Jung, two childhood friends who first met at school when they were 11 years old.
Both founders had a background in medicine and neuroscience. Their early work on Medly came from a simple observation. They saw that tools such as ChatGPT had strong potential for learning, but they were not built specifically for education.
The pair wanted to create something that could guide students rather than simply give them answers.
They first placed an early version of Medly on Reddit. The tool received a strong response, including interest from an angel investor whose son had started to use it.
In 2024, Samra and Jung raised £1.7 million to launch the company. They later left their NHS jobs so they could focus on Medly full time.
The New Funding Round
The new €6.89 million ($8 million) seed round gives Medly a much larger financial base as it moves into its next phase.
The round was led by Felix Capital, with existing investors Eka Ventures and Ada Ventures also taking part. Felix Capital has backed major technology companies such as Deliveroo.
The fresh capital will support Medly’s growth in the UK. The company also plans to enter Italy and the United States.
The US is already part of its product plan through its new SAT course. That gives Medly a route into a very large education market where students and parents spend significant amounts on exam preparation.
The move into Italy also gives the company a chance to test its model in another European education system.
More Than 400,000 Students
Medly has reached a notable user base for a young education company.
More than 400,000 UK students have used the platform since its launch. That number gives the company a large base from which it can learn what students need and which parts of the product work best.
Its reported GCSE results are also important. Medly says 75% of students who used the platform for GCSE revision last year improved by at least one grade compared with their predicted result.
The company has also carried out a randomised study with more than 900 GCSE students. According to the company, students who used Medly scored about 22% higher on GCSE science questions than the comparison group.
These figures come from Medly and its own study, so they should be viewed as company-reported results rather than proof that the tool will produce the same outcome for every student.
Still, the early results give the startup a useful base as it seeks more users and enters new markets.
Tools Made for Different Types of Learning
Medly has added several features that aim to make its AI tutor feel closer to a real classroom or private lesson.
The platform can read handwriting and mark diagrams. It can also simulate complex science experiments for students.
These features matter because school education is not only about typing questions into a chatbot. Science, maths and other subjects can depend on diagrams, written work and practical tasks.
By adding these tools, Medly hopes to support a wider range of school work.
Its system also has a conversational interface. Students can ask questions in a natural way and receive help as they work through a problem.
The aim is not simply to provide the final answer. The founders have said they wanted the original version of Medly to help students reach the answer themselves.
The Cost of Private Tutoring
The startup is also trying to solve a wider problem in education: the high cost of private tutoring.
A good private tutor can give a student one-to-one attention and adjust lessons based on their strengths and weak areas. But that support can be expensive, which means many families cannot afford it.
Medly’s approach is to use AI to offer personal study help at a lower price.
The service has a subscription model. Its listed price has been £24.99 per month or £180 per year, with separate packages for schools.
The company has also changed its access model. It now gives users free daily access to some parts of the platform, while AI-powered features have limits because each AI interaction has a real cost for the company.
That balance between access and cost will remain important as Medly grows.
AI and the Future of Education
Medly AI’s funding round shows how investors see a growing role for AI in education.
Students already use general AI tools for homework and study. The next step may be tools built for specific school systems, subjects and exams.
A specialised tutor can use a set curriculum and understand the type of questions that appear in a particular exam. It can also track a student’s weak areas and give practice based on those gaps.
That could make AI more useful for education than a general chatbot alone.
However, AI tutors also face clear challenges. The software must give correct answers, explain topics in a way students can understand and avoid giving false information. It must also support teachers rather than encourage students to depend on AI for every answer.
Medly’s focus on exam courses and guided study gives it a clear position in this market.
What Comes Next for Medly AI
The €6.89 million ($8 million) seed round gives Medly the funds it needs for its next stage. Its plans include continued growth in the UK and expansion into Italy and the US.
The startup already has a large UK user base, a range of exam courses and reported results from more than 900 students in a randomised study.
Its next test will be whether the same model works outside the UK.
If Medly can adapt its AI tutor to different education systems while keeping its focus on simple, personal study help, it could become a major name in AI education.
For now, the company’s message is clear. It wants to use AI to make personal exam support easier to access, while giving students a tutor that can adjust to their needs. The new funding gives Medly AI the chance to take that idea from a fast-growing UK startup to a wider education platform.
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