SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Solvely.ai, an applied AI company, outlined its approach to AI agents for learning: helping people build understanding and skills, rather than simply completing tasks.
Co-founder Richard Weiqi Zhang shared this perspective at Funding Conviction, a September 18, 2026, webinar on education investment and the future of learning. Hosted by Edtech Insiders, the discussion featured Reach Capital's Steve Kupfer and Minerva's Ben Nelson.
"Learning has to make the person more capable," said Zhang. "The goal is still to empower the learner, not to replace them."
Building learning-specific intelligence
To support this approach, Solvely develops its own specialized models and agent systems for learning. It uses education-domain post-training to tailor models to specific learning tasks. Its agentic system identifies instructional content in images and documents, segments individual questions and routes each problem to the appropriate solving algorithm and visualization tools. Its agent architecture brings models, context and educational tools together to create explanations, visual exploration and practice. For problem-solving, Solvely cross-checks responses across multiple models.
An Anthropic case study shows how Solvely uses Claude to create interactive visualizations that learners can explore by changing inputs.
From answers to understanding
With Solvely's AI math solver, learners can work through text or image-based questions with step-by-step explanations, ask follow-up questions and explore problems visually through whiteboard explanations. For exam preparation, they can turn their own course materials into study guides, flashcards and quizzes for review and practice.
For writing review, its AI detector provides signals for closer examination, not proof of authorship. Its published AI-text detection research details how the company develops, fine-tunes and evaluates task-specific models. Users remain responsible for reviewing output and following applicable academic requirements.
Industry recognition
Solvely was named to Nasdaq and Notable Capital's inaugural Prosumer AI 40, alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor and Lovable. It was also selected for the 2026 GSV Cup 50, recognizing 50 of the world's most promising EdTech startups.
Solvely.ai is an applied AI company amplifying human capability. Its AI agents help people learn, grow and realize their potential in the age of AI. Since launching in San Francisco in 2023, Solvely has served over 15 million users across 180+ countries.
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