The Product
A personal tutor in every pocket. Voice-first revision and exam-board-calibrated marking that tells a student not just their grade, but where the marks were lost and how to win them back. Tuned to the individual, not the average.
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KIYAN LALANI.
Building AI that carries the weight of education: a voice-first tutor calibrated to real exam boards, built to give every GCSE and A-Level student the kind of one-to-one support that has always depended on what a family could afford.
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Sheet KL/26 · Surveyed London
Scale · one ambition : one plan
Plate I · Origin51°19′N 0°24′W · Cobham, Surrey
Effort was never the problem
Kiyan Lalani has just finished sixth form at Reed’s School. He is the founder and chief executive of Atlas Intelligence, an AI education company built on one blunt observation: students put in hours of revision and don’t see proportional results. “The problem wasn’t effort, but method.”
His first venture was suitably analogue: revision boxes, sold from a stall at the school Christmas fair. “That experience taught me the fundamentals of pricing, marketing, and actually selling.” The stakes have changed since. The fundamentals haven’t.
He has just completed A Levels in Economics, Politics and Business, with an A-graded Extended Project on artificial intelligence in criminal law. From September 2026 he’ll study Law at university, while running the company. His operating principle is simple: discipline over motivation.
Plate II · The CompanyEst. January 2025 · London
Atlas Intelligence
Atlas builds a voice-first AI tutor for GCSE and A-Level students: revision and marking tools calibrated to the real exam boards, built to mark against the same criteria an examiner would use, and adapting to how each student actually learns rather than how the average student is taught.
The aim is a fair and equally strong education around the country, accessible to everyone, no matter where you are or how you learn. One-to-one tutoring has always worked; it has just never been something most families could afford. Atlas is built to change the price of that, not the quality.
What began as one student’s frustration now has pre-seed backing secured, a seed round under way, a national Student Ambassador Programme with its first cohort inducted, and growing interest from schools.
The Mission
Levelling the playing field. A fair and equally strong education for every student, no matter where they are or how they learn. Attainment shouldn’t be decided by postcode or what a family can pay.
The Operation
Pre-seed secured and a live seed round under way; contracts, compliance and share arrangements negotiated while managing an external development partner.
JAN 2025Founded
SECUREDPre-seed
LIVESeed round
REGIONAL FINALISTPJF Entrepreneur of the Year
FIRST COHORT LIVEAmbassador programme
IN CONVERSATIONSchools
“The name Atlas comes from the idea of carrying weight, and in this case, the weight of education.”
Kiyan Lalani · to the Surrey Comet, April 2026
Plate III · The Route So Far
Waypoint 01 / 07
The route so far
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Reed’s School
Reed’s School
The Trestle Table
The Christmas FairRevision boxes, a cash tin, and the fundamentals of pricing, marketing and selling, learned one customer at a time.
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London SW20
London SW20
The Founding
January 2025Atlas Academic Intelligence Ltd is incorporated. Product, strategy and growth in service of one idea: a personal tutor for every student, not just those who can afford one.
03Four judges
One live pitch
One live pitch
The Pitch
June 2025 · Peter Jones FoundationOne of twenty regional finalists for National Entrepreneur of the Year: a competitive video pitch, a business plan, then a live grilling and Q&A.
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Cambridge
Cambridge
The Lecture
2025–26Speaking at the University of Cambridge as the platform draws national attention. “At the start, some people didn’t take it too seriously.” Attitudes shifted.
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Westminster
Westminster
The Lords
2025–26Invited to the House of Lords as Atlas gains traction, an experience he calls “surreal and incredibly rewarding.”
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Downing Street
Downing Street
The Black Door
2025–26Photographed outside No. 10, the same address a policy white paper he contributed to would later reach.
07Coordinates
unplotted
unplotted
The Next Leg
AheadScale nationally, then internationally, without cutting the thing that makes it work. “The focus is on building a strong product and expanding adoption rather than short-term profit.”
Plate IV · Law & Westminster51°30′N 0°07′W
The other brief
EPQ · AI in Criminal Law
An A-graded dissertation on artificial intelligence in criminal law, including a prototype legal research tool trialled with a barrister from the 36 Group.
2024 – 26
Mini-pupillage · 1MCB Chambers
Shadowed the Deputy Head of Chambers, watching arguments structured, tested and adapted under judicial challenge.
Jun 2024
Administrative Clerk · 1MCB Chambers
Filing, case scheduling and case distribution: precision, confidentiality, and calm under load.
Summer 2023
Policy Contributor · Alliance 4 Children
Contributed to a white paper delivered to No. 10 Downing Street on removing the two-child benefit cap, a policy subsequently adopted in the Autumn Budget.
2025
From September 2026: studying Law at university, and running Atlas at the same time.
Plate V · Off the ChartBearings various
Off the chart
Designing and prototyping hardware, including an accessibility case for the Apple Watch that took several failed prints and zero abandoned attempts.
FAA Level 2 Award in First Aid for Youth Mental Health, volunteered for to support awareness and assistance.
Passed a Security Council resolution at his first conference: persuasion and negotiation, under time pressure.
Managing Director: mentored younger students through business planning, including a school-fair product with a charitable donation element.
Economics & Business prefect: ran and moderated Ecobus Society debates and built revision resources for younger years.
“An unassuming, quietly spoken but clearly determined and insightful young man… balancing exams with building an education start-up he believes could change how students learn.”
Surrey Comet · “Student Founder Aims to Transform Revision with Atlas AI”, April 2026
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