dEdu
dEdu is a decentralized school where anyone can teach and anyone can learn through live, AI-supported classes online or in person. The platform replaces traditional admissions with curiosity, lets teachers set their own course fees and earn royalties, and issues NFT degrees based on oral exams that verify genuine understanding. Its AI agents handle administrative tasks while blockchain routes payments, keeping the school run by people rather than bureaucracy.
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
- Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
- Education Technology
- Software Only
- Web3 & NFTs
Funding
Founders
Product
Problem
Most of what schools teach today can be prompted, yet genuine understanding cannot be achieved through AI alone. Traditional education systems increasingly censor content, gate admissions, and employ more administrators than teachers, locking away knowledge from those who lack access and stifling curiosity.
Solution
dEdu is a new kind of school for what AI can't do: argue, wonder, and seek real understanding. It provides a platform where anyone can teach and everyone can learn in live classes, online or in person, with no gatekeepers or shielded tenure. The school is run by AI agents that handle administrative tasks while blockchain routes payments, ensuring humans retain ultimate control. Teachers can create courses using AI-powered tools that stage and structure their material, while students fund courses that matter to them and earn NFT degrees attesting to real understanding through oral exams.
Target Audience
Primary users are lifelong learners who have outgrown traditional schooling and subject-matter experts who want to teach without institutional gatekeeping, as well as students seeking alternatives to conventional age-cohort-based education.
Features
- AI-powered Course Studio that transforms a teacher's typed input into a fully structured course with teaching collateral
- Live course feed where students browse and fund courses, with courses running once fully filled
- NFT degrees earned through oral exams that verify genuine understanding, not just completion
- Composable curriculum allowing students to build degrees from multiple courses across different subjects
- Blockchain-based payment routing with lifelong royalties for teachers from streamed courses
- AI agents handling all administrative functions including registrar, bursar, and committee roles