Every school teaches subjects.
No one teaches thinking.

An AI-powered platform for critical thinking education

inquire.education

The world changed.

"AI now does the work of 1st to 3rd year law associates. A motion that took a week takes an hour."
— Partner at a major law firm, 2026
40%
of employers plan to cut roles where AI automates tasks — this year.
85M
jobs displaced by AI by end of 2026. 170M new roles by 2030 — all requiring judgment, reasoning, and human oversight.

The skills being automated are the ones education spends the most time teaching.

AI has democratized knowledge and execution.

Knowledge

The knowledge of the world is at your fingertips. Any fact, any domain, any expertise — instantly accessible to anyone.

Execution

It is easier and quicker than ever to execute. Code, write, design, analyze — what took weeks now takes hours.

So what value do humans bring?

Steering AI to solve problems worth solving.
Reasoning and judgment to provide oversight over what AI produces.

But education hasn't changed.

What schools still teach

  • Memorization
  • Speed
  • Right answers
  • Content coverage
vs

What the world demands

  • Judgment
  • Reasoning
  • Framing problems
  • Questioning assumptions
  • Evaluating AI output

We're preparing students for a world that no longer exists.

"What should I learn that AI can't do?"

The defining anxiety of this generation.
Parents. Students. College graduates. Professionals.

The biggest market opportunity in education.

Introducing Inquire

We built the subject that was never taught.

AI-powered platform teaching the thinking tools used by mathematicians, scientists, historians, and philosophers — as a transferable skill

Software-first. Students work 1-on-1 with AI tutors through structured inquiry modules + personalized content

Works like Alpha School: AI delivers the instruction, humans provide the mentorship

What students actually learn.

Not content. Thinking moves.

Frame problems — ask the right question before jumping to answers
Build definitions — don't memorize them, construct and test them
Evaluate evidence — distinguish observation from opinion from inference
Construct arguments — explicit premises, derivations, conclusions
Build theories — make assumptions explicit, derive predictions, revise when wrong
Question everything — including your own assumptions

These are the skills AI can't replace — because they're the skills you need to use AI well.

How it's different.

Traditional EdTech AI-First EdTech Inquire
Teaches content faster AI teaches content even faster Teaches thinking itself
Drills you on right answers AI drills you adaptively AI challenges your reasoning
Fixed difficulty levels Adaptive difficulty Adaptive inquiry — personalized problems
Subject-specific Subject-specific Transdisciplinary — learn once, apply everywhere
Measures scores Predicts scores Measures reasoning quality

How it works.

01 Conceptual Inquiry Build and test definitions
02 Observational Inquiry Gather evidence, spot patterns
03 Mathematical Inquiry Construct theories from axioms
04 Scientific Inquiry Form explanations, test, revise
05 Ethical Inquiry Formulate principles, navigate trade-offs

Three channels. One platform.

B2B

Schools

ProductPlatform integrated into school schedule
ModelAlpha School approach
RevenuePer-student licensing
GTMPilot with progressive schools in India
B2C

Self-Use

ProductDirect access for individuals
UsersLearners 14+ / professionals
RevenueFreemium → subscription
GTMOrganic + content marketing
B2B2C

Training Centers

ProductPlatform + certified facilitator
UsersSmall groups via centers/tutors
RevenueLicensing + certification fee
GTMTrain existing tutors/centers

The market.

$6B+
India K-12 EdTech
Entirely focused on content mastery and exam prep. No serious player in thinking/reasoning.
$30B+
Global Professional Upskilling
Dominated by hard-skill courses. "Soft skills" segment is fragmented — no clear winner.

The white space

Nobody owns "thinking."
Unclaimed category.

They teach you what to think. We teach you how.

Why now.

AI is making the case for us — every month, another skill gets automated. Parents, students, and employers are all asking the same question.
NEP 2020 mandates critical thinking and inquiry — but no one has built the tool to deliver it.
Alpha School proved the model — AI-first instruction works. Inquire applies it to thinking.
AI tutors are now good enough — Socratic dialogue and personalized content generation were not possible 18 months ago.

Why this team.

Dr. Madhav Kaushish
Co-founder
Co-founder of ThinQ. PhD in Mathematics, University of Arizona. Built the entire body of work at inquire.education — the course, curriculum, webinars, articles, and the transdisciplinary inquiry framework. Taught Critical Thinking & Problem Solving at BITSoM. Co-founder of Peach.
Bharat Dhody
Co-founder
Co-founder of Peach (peach.study). Entrepreneurial background spanning consumer brands and edtech. Go-to-market, operations, and business-building.

The pedagogy is built and proven.
AI is what finally lets it scale.

In 5 years, every school has a thinking period — powered by Inquire.

Students spend 30-60 minutes a day with an AI inquiry tutor.

The rest of their day is better because of it — they think more clearly in every other subject.

For professionals: the upskilling platform that teaches you to think, not a tool that'll be obsolete next year.

Let's build the future of thinking.

We're looking for investors and education partners who believe thinking is a skill that can be taught — and that AI is how we finally teach it at scale.

Investors

Join us at pre-seed to build the platform and run initial school pilots in India.

Education Leaders

Partner with us to pilot Inquire in your school.