Education and training
Courses, communities and AI tutors that teach people and teams to use AI.
Who is making money
The companies earning or raising real money in this part of AI. Suppliers are marked: they sell to the builders rather than to end users.
ChatGPT Edu and study modes for universities and students.
About $13B revenue in 2025, against about $34B of costs (reported)
Open profileGemini for Education and Google Classroom tools for schools.
25% of AI chip supply (Epoch AI)
Open profileRuns LinkedIn Learning and AI training programmes for schools, firms and workers.
20M+ users (2025)
Open profileHomework help site that AI chatbots have largely displaced for students.
Q1 2025 revenue $121M, down 30%
Open profilecourse platforms
Q2 2026 revenue $298.6M, up 60%. Excluding Udemy, up about 4%
Open profileAI-heavy language learning
Q2 2026 revenue $298.5M, up 18%
Open profileAI video for training
About $150M ARR (reported Jan 2026, trackers)
Open profileAI language tutor
$1B valuation (Dec 2024)
Open profileLanguage learning app sold on subscription, with lessons built by teams of teachers.
Open profileLibrary of course content for businesses, collecting learning from many publishers.
Open profileNonprofit learning site that offers Khanmigo, an AI tutor for students and teachers.
Open profileUpskilling platform that trains workers in AI and coding, sold to employers.
Open profileUK education publisher and testing company moving its content and tests into AI tools.
Open profileStudy app with flashcards and tests, now adding AI study tools.
Open profileCorporate e-learning library selling course content to large firms.
Open profileWhere the money flows
Learners and employers pay subscriptions, cohort fees and training budgets.
No money flows mapped here yet.
The openings
Gaps still open in this area, from ones a small business could take to ones only giants can play.
- Small business Hands-on AI adoption training and champion programmes for NZ firms, paid per team
- Small business A paid community with templates, skills and agent starter kits for one profession
- Startup money An AI tutor or certification for one industry
- Giants only A global platform of personal AI tutors
Free tutorials and chat assistants erode demand for generic courses, and content goes stale fast.
Sources: voxbooster.com
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