Thrivv AI · Built for US public K-12

Helping schools produce brilliant minds.

Software and research for US public school districts. Policy first. FERPA aware. Built for the way districts actually buy and deploy technology, run it in front of teachers, and defend it to a board.

Public K-12 is one of the largest under-served software markets in the country. Districts need software that respects their rules and independent research they can point to when the board asks. We build both.

01
LRNEX
The LMS and the academy.

A learning management system built around Thrivv-authored curriculum, project tracking, and mastery portfolios. Runs the physical LRNEX academy launching 2028 and available to partner districts.

02
Audacity
The governance layer.

Policy-first AI governance and teacher productivity for US public school districts. AI tool approvals, curriculum-grounded copilot, and equity readiness in one FERPA-aware platform.

03
Hyperintelligence
The research arm.

Applied research on digital equity and technical AI safety. Publishing to inform our own products and to raise the floor of what the field understands about AI in high-stakes settings.

A school district doesn't buy an AI company. It buys software that its lawyers can approve, its teachers will actually use, and its board can defend.

The Thrivv AI operating principle

LRNEX is two things at once. First, a learning management system written around Thrivv-authored curriculum, project tracking, mentor feedback, and mastery portfolios. Second, a physical academy where the software runs on live students, live projects, and real learning outcomes.

We are launching the LRNEX Academy online in July 2027, with the physical Atlanta location following in 2028. Applications open in January 2027. Community events like hackathons, math competitions, and showcase weekends run all year in the lead-up.

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MODULE 01

Curriculum + LMS

Thrivv-authored, standards-aligned curriculum delivered through a modern LMS surface. Teachers, students, and mentors work in one system.

MODULE 02

Mastery Portfolios

Every student produces mastery artifacts: prototypes, briefs, models, and community solutions. Portfolios are longitudinal, portable, and defensible.

MODULE 03

Mentor Feedback

Structured mentor loops built into every project. Feedback is captured, versioned, and linked to portfolio artifacts as evidence of growth.

Q1 2027
Applications Open
Founding cohort intake begins. Community events roll simultaneously.
Q1 2027 →
Events + Hackathons
Math competitions, build weekends, and showcase events across Atlanta.
July 2027
Online Academy Launch
First cohort begins remote learning through the LRNEX platform.
2028
Physical Location Opens
Atlanta campus launches. LRNEX operates as both software and institution.

Audacity is a policy-first, LMS-integrable AI governance and teacher productivity platform for US public school districts. It answers three questions every district is being forced to answer this year.

Which AI tools are approved for use here. How do teachers use them well. Are our schools ready to use them equitably. One platform, FERPA aware from day one, where every AI output is grounded in the district's own curriculum, cited to source, and disclosed to whoever reads it.

Design partner Q3 2026 FERPA-designed SDPC NDPA adopted SOC 2 Type I in progress WCAG 2.2 AA
MODULE 01

AI Tool Governance

Searchable registry, vendor intake capturing FERPA-relevant details, approval workflows, and rule-based risk scoring. Every state change writes to an immutable audit log.

MODULE 02

Teacher Copilot

Curriculum-grounded lesson generation. Every AI output includes inline citations to source curriculum and a non-removable disclosure. Student PII is never sent to the underlying LLM.

MODULE 03

Readiness Diagnostic

A four-dimension survey capturing devices, connectivity, training, and policy awareness. Aggregated dashboards show where capacity gaps cluster. Rule-based recommendations point to next best actions.

Buyer: Superintendents, CIOs, Chief Academic Officers, Curriculum & Instruction Directors, and Compliance Officers within US public school districts. Paying pilots begin Q1 2027.

04 / Trust posture

What we comply with.
And what we don't.

Compliance theater slows procurement. Claiming standards that do not apply confuses district legal teams and lawyers we want on our side. So we claim what we can defend, and say the rest plainly.

Discipline: US public K-12 only. Not higher ed. Not EU institutions. Not private K-12 unless it asks. This focus radically simplifies our surface and makes every claim we do make actually defensible.
Standard Status
FERPA Designed-in
SDPC NDPA v1.0r1 Adopted
State student privacy (NY, CA, IL, CO, GA) Via SDPC exhibits
SOC 2 Type I In progress
SOC 2 Type II Planned
WCAG 2.2 AA Built-in
VPAT 2.5 On pilot demand
GDPR / EU AI Act / DPIA / FRIA Not applicable
HECVAT Higher-ed only
HIPAA Future vertical

Thrivv Hyperintelligence is our research arm. Two tracks. No pretending to run a frontier lab. Work that holds up at any table we walk into.

Featured · SSRN · May 2026

Beautiful, Unequal: Algorithmic Bias and the Compounding of Black American Disadvantage

A decade-long synthesis of empirical, legal, and regulatory evidence on algorithmic bias. Introduces the recourse tax as the under-recognized mechanism through which small disparities compound into large differences in wealth, health, and liberty. Closes with a product agenda for builders and policymakers.

Read on SSRN →
TRACK 01

Digital Equity

Applied social research on opportunity gaps, AI access disparities, and equitable deployment of intelligent systems in public-sector domains. Research briefs, policy frameworks, and district-facing toolkits.

TRACK 02

Technical AI Safety

Mechanistic interpretability. Alignment and oversight. Evaluation and red-teaming. Deployment safety. Work that positions Thrivv AI as a serious technical company, and directly informs Audacity's governance modules.

Two divisions that don't sell to our K-12 customer. They ship at their own velocity, they don't slow down Audacity or LRNEX, and they help us learn things institutional cycles don't teach.

Thrivv LIVE · consumer
Thrivv LIVE

Direct-to-consumer studio. Content-led growth. App store distribution. Ships weekly.

  • Relativity Live · Google Play
  • Choklit Milk Incubator
  • 2027 lineup In build
Thrivv Media · publishing
Thrivv Media

Social, editorial, and produced media across Thrivv AI. Turns research and product work into distribution.

  • Editorial Active
  • Video & podcast Q4 2026
  • Founder press On request

A small team built for a regulated market. Executive leadership is in place, and technical leadership is joining now.

  • Whitney Ramirez

    Owner & CEO

  • Xavier Smith

    Chief Technology Officer

    Incoming
  • Ali Arsalan

    Lead Engineer

    Incoming
The communities most disadvantaged by the previous wave of educational technology are also the largest underserved market in US education. The same tools, built well, can serve every learner.

Thrivv AI Whitepaper · 2026

08 / Three paths in

Three ways in.

FOR DISTRICTS
Design partner

One district. Zero or token cost. Substantial product input. Public case-study collaboration. 90 days from conversation to pilot. Q3–Q4 2026.

FOR INVESTORS
Bridge + seed

$250K–$500K bridge to staging-deployed MVP and SOC 2 Type I. $2M–$3M seed to follow in Q4 2026. Regulated-market AI, K-12 infrastructure, founder-led.

FOR COLLABORATORS
Research + press

Researchers in mechanistic interpretability, alignment, digital equity, applied education research. K-12 ed-tech operators. Press, podcast, and speaking invites.