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BrightForge

Where bright minds are forged.

A teacher at the board, whenever you need one.

Anyone can learn anything here: for an exam, a new job, a skill for work or plain curiosity. Type what you want to learn or upload a syllabus; a teacher talks you through one idea at a time, answers your questions out loud, and gets you ready.

No sign-up needed for the sample lesson. By invitation during the beta.

For anyone who wants to learn anything

Fifteen or fifty-five, for a job, an exam or the joy of it. Here are a few of the reasons people come.

Looking for a job

Paste the job description. You get a course for the skills you're missing, the questions they're likely to ask, and a mock interview.

“Data analyst: SQL, Excel, dashboards”

Getting ahead at work

A new tool, a promotion, a certification. Learn in 20 minutes a day, with practice marked as you go.

“Python for finance”, “Project management basics”

Changing careers

Start from what you already know. Tell it about your work so far and the teacher builds on it instead of starting from zero.

“Nurse to health informatics”

Exams and courses

Upload your syllabus or a past paper. Lessons follow it, and timed mock exams show what's left to learn.

“IELTS writing”, “A-level chemistry”, “CPA section 1”

Just curious

History, astronomy, wine, a language for a trip. Any subject, taught like a good evening class.

“The fall of Rome”, “Spanish for travel”

Your own project

Share the brief and get a tutor for it: planning, explaining, finding what's wrong. It never does the work for you.

“My first mobile app”

How it works

  1. Ask for anything

    A topic, a syllabus, a job description or a project brief. A course is planned for you.

  2. Learn with a teacher

    Short lessons at the board, at your pace. Stuck? Raise your hand and ask.

  3. Practise and get ready

    Marked questions, cheat sheets, mock exams and mock interviews before the real thing.

Take a look inside

Pick who you are.

Priya · Data analyst at Northwind (from the job description)

Skills to close3 of 7 leftNext: SQL window functions
Likely questions24 readyTechnical and behavioural
Mock interviewTomorrow, 20 minLast time: strong on Excel

Demo data with made-up names.

Why it helps

You learn exactly what the job asks for, then rehearse the interview out loud until the answers come easily.

What a good teacher does, every time

Taught at the board

One idea at a time, written and spoken. Six teachers to choose from.

See it in the sample lesson

Raise your hand

Ask out loud or type. The lesson pauses and the teacher answers.

See it in the sample lesson

Interview practice

Questions from the job description, then a mock interview out loud. Turn your camera on for tips on how you come across.

Marked practice

Written and code answers checked, with what you missed.

Mock exams and cheat sheets

Timed, from your syllabus or a past paper, results by topic.

Builds on what you know

Tell it about your work and studies; examples come from your world.

Read along your way

Captions, a board-only view, a high-contrast board and the full transcript of every lesson.

See it in the sample lesson

Spot a mistake? Say so

Press This looks wrong at the exact step. Every report is read, and the lesson fixed if it's wrong.

On your phone too

Install it from your browser and open it from your home screen like an app. Your place is kept on every device.

For schools, trainers and tutors

Your teachers, plus an AI teacher for every learner between sessions. Upload your notes; the class gets lessons, practice and a mock exam, and you see who struggled and with what. Seats, join codes and a library you approve. Give proctored exams with the camera watching, and send each parent a private progress report, each switched on by a permission your school signs.

Talk to us

For parents

Add a profile for each child. Children 8 to 13 learn with screens made for their age; 5 to 7 year olds get picture lessons read aloud, with nothing to read or type.

You play every picture lesson before your child sees it, and start each 10-minute session with your PIN.

Teens 13 to 17 need you to confirm their account; then you see their progress, never the questions they ask. If your child's school uses BrightForge, its reports reach you by a private link, with no account needed.

Pick a plan

Every limit is a plain number. Schools and teams are priced per seat.

Free

To try it properly
$0
  • 1 course to keep
  • Miss Mary, in your browser's voice
  • 10 raised hands a month
  • 5 marked answers a month
I have an invitation

Plus

A normal month of study or learning for work
$9.99 a month
  • 5 courses a month, 2 from a syllabus
  • All six teachers, natural voices
  • 150 raised hands, 100 marked answers
  • 4 mock exams, 3 cheat sheets
  • 2 interview practices, 10 project help requests
  • 1 child profile
I have an invitation

Pro

Job hunting, exam season, families, tutors
$19.99 a month
  • 30 courses a month, 10 from a syllabus
  • All six teachers, natural voices
  • 1,000 raised hands, 1,000 marked answers
  • 30 mock exams, 20 cheat sheets
  • 15 interview practices, 60 project help requests
  • Up to 5 child profiles; teach your own classes
I have an invitation

Paying online opens with the public launch. During the beta, your plan is set when you're invited.

Safe, private, and yours

Two-step sign-in

On every account.

No ads

Download or delete everything, any time.

Parents approve

Teen accounts, child profiles and every picture lesson.

Schools sign off

Their permissions are signed and kept.

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Backed up every night

Encrypted, with a copy kept away from our server and restores tested.