Teacher’s Buddy AI Teaching Assistant

Teacher's Buddy is an AI platform for educators described in coverage as New Zealand-founded. It addresses the administrative load on teachers, who spend hours on marking, planning and reporting, and aligns its outputs with curriculum frameworks such as the New Zealand curriculum.

The platform offers six tools: marking student work, worksheets, quizzes, scope and sequence plans, individual education plans and presentations. Outputs can be differentiated by learner group and produced in 108 languages, with school admin oversight, shared templates and usage insights. It imports from and exports to Google and Microsoft. Coverage reports more than 12,000 teachers in 130 countries and 25+ New Zealand schools.

• Mark a Student's Work: AI-assisted marking aligned to curriculum.
• Content tools: worksheets, quizzes, scope and sequence plans and presentations.
• Individual Education Plans: drafted support plans for learners.
• Differentiation: outputs adapted to learner groups in 108 languages.
• School admin: oversight, shared templates and usage insights.
• Integrations: import and output with Google and Microsoft.

A Vietnamese international school could pilot AI marking and report drafting for a group of teachers. A language centre could generate differentiated worksheets and quizzes. A school group could use shared templates to standardise materials.

Teachers generate marking, worksheets and reports aligned to curriculum in minutes. Differentiated outputs and 108 languages support mixed-ability and multilingual classes. School plans add admin oversight and shared templates. A free tier and a 5-week pilot let schools test before buying. The site reports 70,382 hours saved.

Teacher workload and burnout drive schools to adopt AI for marking, planning and reporting. Vietnamese schools and training centres, which also face heavy administrative load, could use curriculum-aligned AI assistants, though alignment to the Vietnamese curriculum would need to be confirmed with the vendor.

Raised a NZD 2.3 million seed round announced in February 2026, led by Soul Capital (Auckland) with Giant Leap (Australia). Website lists ST4S assessment (2025) and GDPR compliance, and a pricing page showing Vietnamese dong.