#18 Kim Rants - Founder & CEO of Alice.tech (YC W25) on AI-Powered Learning, Hypergrowth & the Launch of Alice 2.0
Update: 2025-11-19
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How do you turn study stress into study success - for millions of students worldwide?
In this episode of Campus To Capital, we sit down with Kim Rants, Founder & CEO of Alice.tech, the Y Combinator-backed EdTech startup that’s redefining how students learn and teachers teach through generative AI. Kim began his career as one of the youngest Engagement Managers at McKinsey, taught for over a decade, and now leads one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI education companies.
Released just 1 day after the launch of Alice 2.0, this episode dives deep into the company’s next chapter and what the future of AI-driven education will look like.
We talk about:
- The journey from academia and consulting to building a YC-backed EdTech rocketship
- How Alice.tech is personalizing learning at scale - from ingesting raw course materials to generating tailored quizzes and flashcards
- The story behind Alice 2.0 and how it builds on hyper user growth and €4.2 million in recent funding
- The dual-market strategy of empowering both students and educators through one adaptive AI platform
- How user-generated content and tools like Superscale AI could reshape Marketing
- Navigating a post-pandemic EdTech landscape - and what that means for sustainable growth
- Why brand, trust, and design matter when building an AI-native education platform
- Lessons from Kim’s leadership journey and his advice for the next generation of tech entrepreneurs
Many thanks to Kim for joining us - we really enjoyed the very authentic conversation.
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