
FIRM AI offers an AI-powered program designed to teach pre-literate children to read at a second-grade level using only an iPad. The program combines direct instruction, precision teaching, and real-time AI modeling to ensure clear, consistent, and adaptive learning. It tracks fluency and mastery, focusing on both correctness and speed. The system provides instant corrections and guidance, ensuring that instruction is always aligned with the learner's needs. It aims to address the literacy crisis by offering a reliable, science-based approach to teaching reading.

FIRM AI offers an AI-powered program designed to teach pre-literate children to read at a second-grade level using only an iPad. The program combines direct instruction, precision teaching, and real-time AI modeling to ensure clear, consistent, and adaptive learning. It tracks fluency and mastery, focusing on both correctness and speed. The system provides instant corrections and guidance, ensuring that instruction is always aligned with the learner's needs. It aims to address the literacy crisis by offering a reliable, science-based approach to teaching reading.
What they do: AI-powered iPad program that teaches pre-literate children to read to ~2nd-grade level
Founded: 2025
Headquarters: New York, New York, United States
Founder: Caleb Kinmon
Funding stage: Pre-Seed (May 2025)
Early childhood literacy; education technology
2025
Education Technology
500000.00
Pre-Seed round closed May 30, 2025; amount listed in evidence as 500000.00 USD