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Chalkie

71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom

Overview

Chalkie offers an AI-driven lesson plan builder that lets teachers input a topic, select a curriculum, and generate curriculum-aligned lessons with teaching materials and differentiated activity sheets in seconds. Since launching in 2025, Chalkie says it is used by more than 500,000 teachers and serves over 10 million students worldwide. The company reports teachers using the product save an average of five hours per week and that 90% strongly agree it contributes to their professional well-being. Chalkie provides three plans: a Forever Free plan (five free resources per week), a Pro plan at $80/year (up to 200 resources per month), and a Max plan (up to 400 resources per month with advanced features). Founders include CEO and co-founder Phillip Daneshyar, CTO and co-founder Mark Hughes, and CPO and co-founder Peter Sanderson. The company highlights rapid global adoption as schools and teachers increasingly use AI tools.

Total raised
$5M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Mar 2026

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Education
  • Information Technology
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Mar 2026

    $4M

  2. Seed

    Oct 2025

    $1M

Team