Algorithm of Learning Launches Gakku AI-Native Learning Coach

Algorithm of Learning, a company founded by Annie Chen, has launched Gakku, an AI-native learning coach designed to enhance writing, speaking, and thinking skills. The platform, which centers around a personal AI companion named Raku, aims to guide learners through the process of forming ideas, organizing thoughts, and expressing themselves clearly.

Gakku, available on iPad, iPhone, Android phones, and the web, introduces a new approach to AI in education. Unlike conventional AI assistants that focus on delivering immediate results, Gakku is built on the principle that the quality of the learning journey is as important as the outcome. The platform emphasizes real-time conversation, multimodal creation, and structured learning missions to keep learners cognitively active.

At the core of Gakku is Raku, a personal AI companion that guides learners through real-time conversations, questions, and creative tasks. Raku can ask questions, offer hints, challenge assumptions, and organize ideas visually, all while encouraging learners to think critically and independently. The platform’s interface is designed to support learners in speaking, questioning, organizing, evaluating, revising, and creating, ensuring that the learning process remains the learner’s own.

Gakku’s initial focus is on writing, speaking, English-language foundations, and critical-thinking development. The company believes that natural language is becoming a primary interface between humans and intelligent systems, and that writing makes thinking visible. Therefore, Gakku is not designed as an essay generator or a conventional writing assistant. Instead, it aims to help learners form their own ideas, articulate their positions, and refine their arguments.

The platform offers several core experiences to support structured skill development and open-ended exploration. These include: - Raku: A personal AI companion that guides learners through real-time conversations, questions, and creation. - Lesson Maps: Structured, mission-based learning journeys with focused goals, interactive mini-lessons, and visible progression. - Multimodal Creation: Learners can turn spoken ideas into written, visual, and interactive creations, then continue shaping them through conversation. - Personalized Memory: Raku builds on a learner’s interests, previous work, challenges, and unfinished ideas to make future interactions more relevant. - The Cabin: An open-ended space where learners can explore topics, discuss books, ask questions, and create with Raku. - The Notebook: A place for learners to preserve ideas, reflections, and work developed throughout their learning journey. - Writing Workshop: A guided process that supports learners from brainstorming and organization through drafting, revision, and polishing while preserving their authorship.

Gakku’s approach is rooted in the belief that as AI makes knowledge and answers abundant, the ability to form ideas, communicate them clearly, evaluate responses, and redirect the system becomes increasingly important. The company’s vision is to create a learning experience where the process matters as much as the output, and learners remain the authors of their ideas.

Algorithm of Learning was founded by Annie Chen, a Princeton University graduate with experience in technology investing and AI education. Her background shaped the company’s mission to strengthen thinking, expression, and human agency in the age of AI.