AI-native education platform
Every learner deserves a guiding light.
Root Lantern builds Lantern, the platform where a patient AI tutor, a tireless teaching co-pilot and a trustworthy intelligence layer work as one. Grounded in learning science. Governed for institutions.
- Learner data never trains shared models
- Educators approve what learners see
- Built on open standards
Built to fit the systems institutions already run
AI-native, not AI-added
Built around the learner, not bolted onto the course.
Most education software was designed before modern AI and now carries an assistant on the side. Lantern starts from a model of each learner and builds every experience on top of it.
One platform
Four products. One intelligence.
Lantern brings tutoring, authoring, insight and governance together on a shared learner model, so every part of the platform gets smarter together.
Tutor meets each learner where they are, asks the next right question, and builds understanding instead of handing over answers. Every response is grounded in the curriculum your institution has approved.
- Socratic by default, with guardrails set by educators
- Grounded in approved materials, with sources shown
- Adapts pacing, language and scaffolding to each learner
- Accessible across devices, reading levels and languages
Studio turns existing syllabi, readings and standards into structured lessons, practice and assessments. Educators review, edit and approve everything before a learner ever sees it.
- Draft lessons, rubrics and question banks from your materials
- Align content to standards and learning objectives
- Generate differentiated versions for every learner group
- Human approval on every item before it is published
Insight turns every interaction into an evidence-based view of mastery, so educators see who is stuck, on what, and why, while there is still time to help.
- Concept-level mastery for every learner and cohort
- Early alerts on shared misconceptions
- Recommended interventions with clear reasoning
- Program-level outcomes for academic leadership
Core holds the learner model, the curriculum knowledge graph and the policy engine. It is where institutions control data, models, safety settings and integrations.
- Living learner model built on a curriculum knowledge graph
- Institution-level policy, safety and model controls
- Full audit trail of AI interactions
- Standards-based integration with your existing systems
How Lantern works
A living map of what every learner knows.
At the heart of Lantern is a learner model built on your curriculum. It is what lets the platform teach like a great tutor and report like a great analyst.
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Map the curriculum
Lantern turns your syllabi, standards and materials into a knowledge graph of concepts and the prerequisites between them.
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Model every learner
Each answer, question and hesitation updates an evidence-based estimate of what the learner understands.
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Light the next step
The tutor chooses the next best question, and educators see exactly where a nudge or a conversation will matter most.
Who we serve
Designed for every place learning happens.
From the first algebra lesson to the latest professional certification, Lantern adapts to the learners, educators and governance each setting demands.
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K-12 districts
Personal tutoring for every student, safely.
Give every student access to patient, curriculum-aligned support while teachers keep full visibility and control.
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Higher education
Support at the scale of the lecture hall.
Extend faculty and teaching assistants with a tutor that knows the course, and see where students struggle before the midterm.
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Workforce academies
Skills that show up on the job.
Help enterprise academies and certification programs build real competence, with a tutor that coaches through practice, not just content.
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Trust by design
AI that institutions can stand behind.
Education runs on trust. Lantern is built so that learners, families, educators and leaders can see how it works and why.
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Your data stays yours
Learner data is used only to serve your institution and is never used to train shared foundation models.
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Pedagogy before novelty
Every behaviour is designed with learning science in mind and tuned with the educators who use it.
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Educators stay in charge
Teachers and faculty decide what the AI may do, review what it creates and can see every interaction.
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Transparent by design
Sources are cited, recommendations are explained and every AI action is recorded in an audit trail.
Technology should never replace the teacher at the front of the room. It should place a lantern in every learner’s hand.
See Lantern with your own curriculum.
Book a working session with our team. We will map a course of yours into Lantern and show you the tutor, studio and insight experiences end to end.