Curipod

  • Oslo-born (Norway), US K-12 go-to-market, 14,000+ districts, FERPA/COPPA/GDPR/SOPPA compliant, no student accounts, no student-facing chatbot. 2026 pivot: dropped individual Premium tier → Free ($0) + custom School & District only. No acquisition, no sunset. Category ai-productivity-data, pipeline_stage=none. Edu/teacher-productivity lane — extra card, not in your original 11.Official site: https://curipod.com​

    Pricing: https://curipod.com/pricing

    Curipod — AI-Native Interactive Lesson Platform: Topic → 30-Second Live Lesson (Polls + Draw + Word Cloud + AI Writing Feedback, No Student Logins)

    Snapshot

    Field Value
    Status Active (case studies CAASPP/STAAR +23pts; May 6 2026: lesson reports School-plan-only; 2026 translation/bilingual added)
    Origin Curipod (Oslo → US K-12), founded ~2021, teacher-led instruction focus
    Lane Live interactive lesson delivery (not lesson-plan docs, not worksheet gen, not study cards)
    Interaction model Teacher types topic+grade → Curipod builds multi-activity lesson → students join with code, no account​ → live polls/draw/word-cloud/open-response → AI feedback (rubric-aligned) → post-lesson Glow & Grow reports
    Pedagogy hooks Writing Revolution (Hochman), Danielson, Marzano, T-TESS, CSTP, CCSS/TEKS
    Curricula mapped HMH Into Reading, Amplify CKLA, Eureka, Wonders, EL Education, Wit & Wisdom, Benchmark Advance, ARC Core, Bluebonnet
    Compliance FERPA, COPPA, SOPPA, GDPR; no student accounts; no training on user data; teacher previews all AI before student sees it
    Category ai-productivity-data / edu-teacher-delivery sublane

    Features (table)

    Layer Capability Notes
    Lesson gen “Do Magic”: topic+grade → full interactive lesson (opener poll, vocab, diagram-label draw, reading+comprehension, peer discussion, exit ticket) in ~30s Not a static slide deck — every slide has engagement beat
    Live delivery Students join via join code (phone/laptop), teacher paces advance, live aggregation on screen, real-time moderation (filter inappropriate responses before display) Kahoot/Nearpod/PearDeck replacement
    Engagement widgets Polls, drawings/whiteboard/label-diagram, word clouds, open-ended Qs, peer discussion pairs Drawing feedback = AI comments on visual work
    AI writing feedback Rubric-aligned (RACE/RACES/C.E.R.), real-time during lesson, Glow & Grow summary post-session, custom rubric on paid plan 1,000 char free / 2,300 char paid response cap
    Slide import Upload existing Google Slides/PPTX → Curipod injects interaction layers + AI feedback Reuses teacher’s own decks
    Test prep Standards-aligned (CCSS/TEKS) for all 50 states 3rd–12th + ACT; middle-school ELA immersive package 3 free lessons on Free plan
    Reports Class-wide + per-student participation/understanding reports, learning-gap flags (School plan only for lessons after May 6 2026)
    Bilingual / ELL Content translations (limited free / unlimited paid), text-to-speech read-aloud, ESL/ELL lesson mode
    Integrations SSO ClassLink, Clever, Google​ (School plan), HMH/CKLA/Wonders mapping, PDF export, Excel report export No LMS-grade gradebook writeback
    No No individual paid tier (2026), no student chatbot, no Anki/flashcard, no research-paper ingest, no LMS native (Canvas/Moodle) Delivery tool, not planning-or-study tool

    Pricing (2026-09, USD)

    Tier Price Limits / includes
    Free​ $0​ (no card) 2 live teaching sessions/week​ (renew Sunday, reuse same lesson = 1 session), unlimited lesson build/edit, unlimited student participants, polls/draw/word-cloud/open-Q, basic AI feedback, moderation, 3 free test-prep lessons, 1,000-char responses, limited translations, basic support, FERPA/COPPA/GDPR
    School & District​ Custom quote​ (no published per-seat; request quote) Unlimited sessions, unlimited AI feedback/gen/translations, unlimited test prep 50-state+ACT, custom rubrics, 2,300-char responses, full Student Insights + Glow & Grow, PDF/Excel export, shared folders, SSO ClassLink/Clever/Google, implementation training, priority support, DPA
    ~~Individual Premium~~ Discontinued 2026​ Old $19/mo tier removed; individual teachers wanting unlimited must go through school contract

    starting_price=$0; no paid individual tier exists​ — first paid entry is a district contract. (Some 2025-era review pages still show $19/mo Premium — stale.)

    Reviews (2026)

    Source Signal
    ToolChase 4.3/5, AI Tools Bakery 4/5, RightAIChoice Praised: 30s live lesson, code-join no accounts (IT loves it), real-time engagement data, drawing+AI feedback combo, FERPA/COPPA clean, CAASPP/STAAR +23pt case data. Criticized: free 2-sessions/week dies for daily users, no individual paid path (vs SchoolAI 5.99), AI content needs 5–10 min teacher review (occasional science/history factual slips), interaction placement not always pedagogically optimal, reports paywalled behind district contract
    Teacher field notes Best for replacing Kahoot+Nearpod+PearDeck with one AI-native surface; worst for teachers in schools with slow procurement who want personal unlimited
    Aggregate Unique lane = delivery-time engagement, not planning-time documents. Pair with Teachmate/MagicSchool (planning) + Diffit (differentiation); don’t expect it to write your SEF or your flashcards

    Access / Integration (table)

    Method Supported
    Web curipod.com app (teacher authoring + live host)
    Student side Join code on any browser (no app, no login)
    Import Google Slides, PPTX → interactive conversion
    SSO ClassLink, Clever, Google (School plan)
    Curriculum HMH, CKLA, Eureka, Wonders, EL Ed, Wit & Wisdom mappings
    Export Lesson PDF, Excel reports (School plan)
    No No Canvas/Moodle/LTI gradebook writeback, no REST API, no MCP, no mobile teacher app, no student accounts

    Best For / Not For

    Best For Not For
    K-12 teachers wanting live engagement (polls/draw/exit tickets) with AI writing feedback Individual teachers wanting personal unlimited plan (no path — district only)
    Schools replacing Nearpod/PearDeck/Kahoot with AI-native gen Teachers whose main pain is planning documents (→ Teachmate/MagicSchool)
    ELA classrooms using RACE/RACES/C.E.R. feedback loops Visual STEM diagram-heavy explainer needs (weak OCR, delivery-not-comprehension)
    Districts on HMH/CKLA/Wonders wanting aligned interactive layers Student-facing chatbot / tutoring use (explicitly blocked by design)
    Formative-assessment-heavy instruction (real-time moderation) Dev/eval/obs / study-flashcard use (wrong lane)

    Competitors (lane map)

    Lane Tool Curipod edge / gap
    Interactive delivery Nearpod, Pear Deck, Mentimeter, Kahoot​ Those lack AI lesson gen + rubric writing feedback; Curipod generates the lesson, not just hosts it
    AI teacher co-pilot MagicSchool AI, Teachmate​ Those plan/write docs; Curipod delivers live. Complementary, often paired
    Differentiation Diffit​ Diffit refines texts by level; Curipod doesn’t level texts, it builds engagement layers
    Student AI chat SchoolAI, ChatGPT Edu​ Student-facing chat (blocked in Curipod by design — teacher-controlled only)
    Lesson plan gen Eduaide.AI, Twee, Curipod-adjacent​ Eduaide $5.99 individual; Curipod has no individual tier
    In-list overlap Socratic (shutdown), Mindgrasp, Coconote, Scholarcy, Explainpaper, SciSpace, Teachmate Edu lane; Curipod = delivery-time, others = study/plan/research-time
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