Khanmigo is an AI-powered personal tutor and teaching assistant built by trusted education nonprofit Khan Academy. Powered by GPT-4 technology, it serves three distinct audiences students who need an always-available AI tutor, teachers who need an AI for teachers workflow assistant, and parents who want guided homework help for their children. Available at khanmigo.ai, the platform is fundamentally different from ChatGPT or other general AI chatbots it never gives direct answers. Instead, with limitless patience, it uses Socratic questioning to guide learners toward discovering solutions themselves, making it the highest-rated AI powered educational platform by Common Sense Media with a 4-star review.
For learners, Khanmigo offers personalized AI tutoring across every exercise, video, and article in Khan Academy's world-class content library covering math, science, humanities, coding, social studies, SAT prep, and more. The AI math tutor walks students through problems step-by-step without handing over answers, the Khanmigo writing coach provides guided prompts and immediate feedback on essays, and the debate feature lets students practice argumentative thinking. Career coaching, college admissions guidance, and real-time coding feedback round out the learner experience. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities mean students can talk to Khanmigo naturally no typing required.
Khanmigo for teachers is completely free and designed to eliminate busy work. The AI test maker and question generator create standards-aligned assessments in minutes. The AI question generator builds quizzes tied directly to your curriculum. Lesson planning tools generate differentiated plans, learning objectives, rubrics, exit tickets, hooks, and student groupings tasks that normally take hours completed in 15 minutes. Teachers get on-demand summaries of student work to quickly assess progress, and can refresh their own content knowledge across subject areas. The Khanmigo teacher tools suite integrates directly with Khan Academy's content library, so everything stays aligned to standards without extra configuration.
For parents, Khanmigo turns homework into guided learning. Type in a homework question and get instant help but like a good tutor AI, it gently guides your child to discover answers themselves. Parents can add up to 10 children from a single account, view complete chat histories, and receive moderation alerts for flagged content. Khanmigo for students under 18 requires parent activation, ensuring responsible AI usage with safety guardrails designed specifically for young learners. Founded by Sal Khan, Khan Academy's mission to provide free, world-class education drives the platform's accessibility and Khanmigo extends that mission with AI powered tutoring at a fraction of what human tutors cost.
