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AI + Peers: How Tupai Is Tackling Malaysia's Math Problem

Edmond Yap, Co-Founder, Tupai.ai | Andre Sequerah, Co-Founder, Tupai.ai

18-Sep-25 10:00

AI + Peers: How Tupai Is Tackling Malaysia's Math Problem

With an alarming 80% math failure rate plaguing some schools, Malaysia faces a critical educational challenge. EdTech startup Tupai is on a mission to solve this, not just with an AI-powered tutor, but with a unique peer-to-peer learning community that is already delivering results.

Co-founders Edmond Yap and Andre Sequerah join us to share their journey from beta to a commercial launch that has seen students improve from 'F' to 'B' grades. They discuss their two-pronged solution, their B2B sales strategy via corporate foundations, and their plan to raise RM1.5 million through equity crowdfunding to scale their impact.

We discuss:

  • Their mission to solve the 80% math failure rate in Malaysia.

  • Their unique approach combining an AI tutor with a peer learning community.

  • The impressive results from their school pilots (students going from 'F' to 'B').

  • Their monetisation strategy through corporate foundations and CSR.

  • Their plan to raise RM1.5 million via Equity Crowdfunding (ECF) to scale.

For impact investors, educators, and corporate leaders, this is a deep dive into an outcome-driven company tackling one of the nation's biggest challenges.

Produced by: Roshan Kanesan

Presented by: Roshan Kanesan


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Categories:  entrepreneurstechnologyCorporateseducation

Tags:  peer learningedtechAI in educationsocial impactequity crowdfunding





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