Third Space Learning operates a large-scale one-to-one maths tutoring service, reporting support for about 196,000 students across more than 4,200 schools and delivering millions of hours of tutoring. Its spoken AI tutor Skye is built from a decade of tutoring practice and designed around human tutoring techniques such as dialogue, pacing, targeted questioning and ongoing assessment. The company emphasizes an evidence-led approach, using operational data and pedagogical design that underpin its human tutoring service to inform Skye’s development. Third Space Learning has a research partnership funded with $1.9m from the Gates Foundation and run with Stanford University and Cornell University to validate development in US public schools. With the £4.4m growth raise, the company plans to deepen Skye’s capabilities, expand into new subjects and languages, and build a dedicated US function to support international growth. The business positions itself as combining rigorous evaluation with scalable classroom distribution as it seeks broader adoption in the UK and US education markets.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Apr 2026