StudyFetch, an edtech platform leveraging artificial intelligence, announced a new tutoring offering on Thursday.

Tutor Me, an AI-based studying platform, uses course material uploaded by the student or teacher to create quiz questions, show lesson plans and locate relevant study information from textbooks, handouts or notes.

StudyFetch, which is run by Chief Executive Esan Durrani and is based in Century City, is part of a growing number of edtech platforms utilizing AI for the classroom, reinvigorating a once lackluster investment category that wasn’t able to find its footing with schools, teachers or students. More than 10% of edtech companies are heavily relying on AI as a core part of their technology, according to Pitchbook.

“One of the reasons why there’s a lot of conversation around AI in education is because of the advent of large language model based chatbots,” said Stephen Aguilar, an associate professor of education at the USC.

Filling a growing need

Schools are struggle with large classroom sizes, dwindling funds and teacher burnout, leading to an educator shortage in the United States – nevertheless, the country has more than 50 million children and teenagers to educate every single day. Companies like StudyFetch have been billed as a supplement to help students understand complicated subjects and meet standardized testing goals.

“One of our core principles is that every student deserves an opportunity to succeed,” Sam Whitaker, the director of social impact at StudyFetch, said in a statement. “Most importantly, they should be able to succeed in the format that best supports their learning. Our mission is to create an equal opportunity for every student, through personalized offerings, affordable prices and innovative technology.”

But large language models that build out generative AI platforms are at risk of providing wrong or misleading information. According to StudyFetch, the company has seen extremely low hallucination rates – where the platform makes up an answer – due to its ability to ingest content from learning management systems already in use by schools.