The GSV Cup

The world's most innovative digital learning and workforce skills startups!

2025 GSV Cup Nominations Are Now Open!

2025 Nominations Are Officially Open

With the world embracing Learning at the Speed of Light, there's never been a more exciting time to find the next GSV Cup 50—the world’s most innovative digital learning and workforce skills startups.

The GSV Cup elevates the most innovative and impactful startups that are poised to revolutionize education and workforce development for years to come. More than just an award, our mission is to amplify, highlight, and support trailblazing early-stage companies that are accelerating our collective efforts to create a world where ALL people have equal access to the future.

At the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, we put the GSV Cup 50 startups front and center, offering them unparalleled opportunities to demo their solutions, network with influential leaders in K-12, Higher Ed, and Workforce learning, and truly shine.

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Nomination Process

Any pre-seed and seed stage startup innovating within the digital learning and workforce skills sector is eligible for the GSV Cup 50.

The 2025 GSV Cup Nomination window is open until 11:59pm EST on November 22, 2024.
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Review & Selection Process

Nominations will be evaluated by GSV and an independent committee in a review process designed around the “Five P’s” framework: People, Product, Potential, Predictability, and Purpose.
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GSV Cup Experience

Being selected for the GSV Cup 50 offers unparalleled value including a complimentary ASU+GSV Summit ticket, prime demo opportunities, & more.
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Learn From Startup Academy

The Startup Academy is a monthly virtual event series dedicated to providing valuable insights around early-stage EdTech startups across PreK to Gray. Each month we'll invite industry leaders to share their wisdom and expertise on different topics relevant to our community within three key areas: growth, product, and people. Each session will be a 30-minute panel discussion followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.
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Meet the 2024 GSV Cup 50

We are delighted to introduce the 2024 GSV Cup 50, presented by Google Cloud and GSV Ventures, and supported by HolonIQ!

The GSV Cup recognizes the 50 most innovative digital learning and workforce skills startups from around the world. More than just an award, the GSV Cup 50 are positioned to make a staggering global impact on the “PreK to Gray” learning landscape. After receiving over 1,000 nominations, our team is spotlighting the 50 pre-seed and seed-stage startups that are poised to revolutionize education and workforce development for years to come!

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ASI

United Arab Emirates
ASI is building personal, responsible and instructional AI models that outperform human tutors.
K-12
Higher Education
Adult Consumer Learning
Middle East/North Africa

AccioJob, Inc.

India
AccioJob trains and places college students and grads in Software Development and Data Analytics.
Higher Education
India/South Asia

Ann-Education

Israel
We make static curriculum interactive using AI
K-12
Workforce Learning
Higher Education
Europe

Answer.AI

United States
Revolutionizing education with LLM-enabled, engaging 1:1 tutoring for 2M+ students.
PreK-12
Higher Education
United States

Atypical AI

USA
An AI & learning science lab that delivers end-to-end AI infrastructure for education
K-12
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
United States

Boddle Learning

USA
Boddle is a gamified education platform that embeds Math/ELA practice into interactive 3D games
K-12
United States

BoldVoice

USA
AI-powered pronunciation and speaking training app for non-native English speakers
Adult Consumer Learning
United States

Careerflow.ai

USA
An AI-Copilot for your career
Workforce Learning
United States

Cerebry

Singapore
Cerebry combines deductive reasoning with gen AI to create assessment and tuition solutions for STEM
K-12
Higher Education
Southeast Asia

Class Companion

USA
Class Companion enables teachers to provide instant, personalized written feedback to students.
K-12
United States

Curipod

Norway
Spark curiosity with interactive lessons filled with discussion and critical thinking
K-12
Europe

Diffit

USA
Diffit helps teachers get "just right," student-ready instructional materials for any topic
K-12
United States

Doowii

USA
An AI data scientist for educators that can query, analyze, and visualize education data.
PreK-12
Higher Education
United States

Ed Machina

USA
AI-Powered platform that optimizes student experience and retention, from K-12 to gray, in real time
K-12
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
United States

Edison

Argentina
Edison empowers Spanish-speaking experts to build and sell their own cohort based courses.
Adult Consumer Learning
Workforce Learning
LATAM

Enlighten.AI

USA
Empowering educators to give their best feedback, faster with a personalized AI grading assistant.
PreK-12
United States

Enroll ml

USA
Machine learning based platform that improves higher ed admissions enrollment yield
Higher Education
United States

GPTZero

USA
GPTZero builds tools for AI identification and responsible AI adoption that preserves human learning
Workforce Learning
Adult Consumer Learning
Higher Education
K-12
United States

InSpace

USA
Immersive virtual classrooms that give you full control over your experiences and data.
K-12
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
United States

Jamworks

United Kingdom
Helping students overcome barriers, banish information overload & revise more confidently.
Higher Education
Adult Consumer Learning
Workforce Learning
Europe

Josh Talks

India
At Josh, we are building an ecosystem of content and learning apps for Tier 2, 3 India.
Adult Consumer Learning
India/South Asia

KaiPod Learning

USA
KaiPod Catalyst is an accelerator for entrepreneurial educators to launch their own microschools.
K-12
Early Childhood
Workforce Learning
United States

LitLab.ai

USA
Teachers (and students!) use LitLab.ai for hyper-personalized early reading (phonics) practice.
K-12
United States

Litmus Learn

USA
Comprehensive Interactive Blended Learning Platform powered by AI
K-12
United States

Ludenso

Europe
Ludenso is bringing learning to life in Augmented Reality with their world-leading no-code platform, powered by AI.
Higher Education
PreK-12
Europe

MagicSchool AI

USA
MagicSchool is the leading AI platform for teachers- an AI assistant for every teacher in the world
K-12
Higher Education
United States

Meadow

USA
Meadow streamlines the student financial experience in higher ed through modern consumer design
Higher Education
United States

Mesa School

India
Mesa is a new-age business school focused on startup leadership with a hands-on pedagogy
Higher Education
India/South Asia

NOLEJ

USA
NOLEJ, the AI backend of Edtech (Vertical B2B AiaaS)
K-12
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
United States

Pace AI

USA
Pace AI transforms any content into personalized English lessons for different student levels.
Adult Consumer Learning
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
United States

Pep

India/South Asia
A social-first, mobile-centric online marketplace where users can discover, buy or sell content & services
Adult Consumer Learning
India/South Asia

Playground

USA
Playground is an app and website for managing child care businesses
Early Childhood
United States

Primer Global, Inc

USA
Primer is an adaptive AI Companion that facilitates lifelong learning and personal growth.
K-12
Higher Education
Adult Consumer Learning
Workforce Learning
United States

Project Read AI

USA
AI Assistant for the Science of Reading
K-12
United States

Quazel

Switzerland
AI language learning app that’s like having your own language tutor.
Adult Consumer Learning
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
Europe

Quizard AI

USA
Building the academic copilot for students.
Higher Education
K-12
United States

Scaffold Ed

USA
Scaffold Ed gives every K12 district the power of a data engineer.
K-12
United States

SchoolAI

USA
Safely bringing AI into the classroom to personalize learning for every student.
K-12
Higher Education
United States

Schoolytics

USA
The Student Data Platform - the all-in-one information hub for student data
K-12
United States

Sizzle AI

USA
Sizzle AI learning app makes learning more interactive, personalized and engaging for all
K-12
Higher Education
United States

SpaceBasic

USA
Empowering universities to drive student success with a connected campus experience.
Higher Education
United States

Sparkwise

USA
AI-powered group learning platform that guides small groups to learn by doing in real time
Workforce Learning
Adult Consumer Learning
United States

Stimuler

India
Stimuler builds Audio AI engines that help ESL people globally speak English better
Higher Education
Adult Consumer Learning
India/South Asia

Training All People (TAP3d.com)

USA
TAP is next generation technician training that uses VR simulations to give people skills
Higher Education
Workforce Learning
Adult Consumer Learning
United States

UpSmith

USA
UpSmith combats skilled worker shortages by using technology to drive workforce productivity growth.
Workforce Learning
United States

Uplimit

USA
Uplimit is an AI learning platform partnering with companies to enable the skills of tomorrow
Workforce Learning
Higher Education
United States

Vani.Coach

India
Vani is an AI 'Communication Fitness' App for working professionals, offering personalised coaching
Workforce Learning
Adult Consumer Learning
India/South Asia

Vedika

USA
Empower teachers with seamless test creation, concept-level evaluations and personalized remediation
K-12
Higher Education
United States

Voys AI

Turkey
Voys AI is the innovator behind Story Master, the only AI-driven language learning app that guides learners along any stage of their English journey.
Adult Consumer Learning
Middle East/North Africa

uDocz

Peru
Learning platform that provides class materials and custom help to Latin American college students
Higher Education
LATAM