Imagi, an edtech platform, has closed a $4.5 million seed round to expand its suite of instructional tools for teaching coding, basic computer skills and—more recently—AI literacy, including supervised “vibe coding” experiences designed for classroom use.
A $4.5M seed round
The financing was led by investors including Brighteye Ventures and Day One Capital, and also features participation from artist Will.i.am. The new capital will help Imagi scale its K–12 rollout, invest in district-level sales, recruit talent and add new product features.
Framing “vibe coding” for the classroom
Imagi has partnered with vibe-coding tool Lovable to give teachers the ability to create lessons and enable supervised, classroom-controlled access. Prompts and model responses are filtered before reaching students to enforce pedagogical and safety guardrails. OpenAI also provided $1 million in credits to let schools use the Imagi × Lovable tool for free, enabling trials and a freemium distribution model.
Privacy, compliance and teacher training
Imagi emphasizes student data protection: the platform complies with COPPA, FERPA and GDPR, does not retain student data, and guarantees that partners will not train models on student data or activity. The company also trains teachers to use AI and coding tools so they can integrate them confidently into classroom instruction.
Concrete classroom use cases
Since launch, Imagi says it has worked with more than 700,000 students across 140 countries. Examples cited include a teacher who translated a lesson into 15 languages spoken in her classroom and a student who built a website to promote a lawn-mowing business that included an integrated booking calendar.
Short-term priorities
The funding will be used to deepen Imagi’s presence in additional K–12 schools, expand district sales, hire staff and launch a new platform slated for next month, as well as to enhance existing features.
A practical response to the AI-in-schools debate
Imagi positions itself as a pragmatic alternative to restrictive policies: rather than blocking access to AI, the company’s approach is to teach students how to build with AI while ensuring oversight, data protection and teacher readiness.
