Full-Time
Software Engineer
Product
Pensive
11-50 employees
AI-based grading and personalized learning platform
No salary listed
San Francisco, CA, USA
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- 1+ year of experience in software development
- Fluency in Python and React/Typescript
- Ability to ship fast using AI tools, but your PRs are clean, tested, and don't look AI-generated.
- Ability to learn fast and adapt to rapid changes
- AI grading/tutoring platform to help instructors save time and help millions of students learn faster
- Build the MVP of our new product that already has $10B+ enterprises as customers
- Automation for every part of the business, from data pipelines to customer onboarding. We believe fully autonomous business will be possible soon and need your contribution.
- Have founded a company or perviously was an early-hire
- Have your own workflow for generating and reviewing AI-assisted code
Pensive builds an AI-assisted grading and personalized learning platform for higher education. It helps instructors by automating grading, generating personalized feedback, creating rubrics, and learning the instructor’s grading style; it can grade handwritten STEM work and essays and provides a course-aligned AI tutor that answers questions 24/7 with citations from lecture notes, while integrating with LMS like Canvas, Blackboard, and Moodle. It differentiates itself by scaling individualized support for large classes through AI that mirrors a professor’s grading approach and feedback, backed by pilots at universities such as Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Columbia. Its goal is to cut educators’ grading time by up to about tenfold so they can focus more on teaching, mentorship, and research, while improving student outcomes.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$6.9M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2024
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Over 1,000 instructors across 100-plus institutions validated early product-market fit.[3][5]
- Opened to all instructors after beta, expanding beyond initial pilot users.[9]
- LMS integrations with Canvas, Blackboard, and Moodle reduce university adoption friction.[12]
What critics are saying
- University AI-policy restrictions can sharply limit tutor usage and expansion.[12]
- Grading disputes on handwritten STEM and essays can damage renewal prospects.[1][2]
- Large incumbents can bundle grading features into existing education platforms and pricing.[12]
What makes Pensive unique
- Three-model grading with confidence scores keeps instructors in control.[1][12]
- Supports handwritten STEM answers, essays, and rubric creation at scale.[2][12]
- Course-aligned tutoring cites lecture notes and follows instructor AI policies.[12]
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