Brisk Teaching, a leading AI teaching and learning agent for K-12 schools, announced the closing of its $15 million Series A funding round. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, which also included previous investors Owl Ventures, South Park Commons, and Springbank Collective.
The funding will advance Brisk’s evolution from a suite of AI-powered tools into a classroom agent that leverages its position in the browser to understand student and teacher needs to drive high-quality instruction and learning. With one million educators in over 100 countries already using Brisk, the company will leverage this investment to expand its reach, combat teacher burnout, and provide personalized student support.
During a time of historic teacher shortage caused by burnout, Brisk is transforming classroom instruction with its AI-driven extension that seamlessly integrates into educators’ workflows while providing individualized support for students. And by unifying traditionally separate teaching tasks like resource creation, tutoring, and grading, Brisk leverages compounding feedback loops to personalize content and save K-12 educators up to 10 hours per week.
Since announcing a $5 million seed round in September 2024, Brisk expanded its user base five-fold, becoming one of the most widely adopted education platforms in K-12 schools. And in just a year, Brisk has partnered with over 2,000 schools while putting student privacy and security front and center.
With this funding round, Brisk Teaching will invest in product development to empower students, teachers, and administrators to personalize Brisk to meet their needs.
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“Across every industry, generative AI will automate most digital work in the next decade. In education, this shift will be uniquely positive, freeing teachers to focus on what matters most: building authentic relationships with students. The challenge is the fragmentation of legacy classroom tools. By living on top of existing apps, Brisk is tackling this fragmentation and unifying workflows while building toward our larger vision: replacing legacy categories with an AI-native edtech stack that enables true end-to-end automation.”
- Arman Jaffer, Founder of Brisk Teaching
“I’ve reviewed hundreds of edtech applications, and Brisk stands out due to the safeguards put in place to protect student data; this was confirmed to us by the numerous organizations that have recognized Brisk’s privacy measures, including the Student Privacy Pledge and Common Sense Media.”
- Rachel Yurk, CTO at Pewaukee School District, a current Brisk partner
“What got us really excited is that teachers and students absolutely love using Brisk—and the team is building on this momentum to create something much bigger: an AI ecosystem that will replace the fragmented, outdated tools that have held back innovation in education.”
- Kent Bennett, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
