eSelf wants to create AI tutors for all children.

eSelf will bring private AI tutors to students worldwide

eSelf, a startup that focuses on face-to-face, natural-feeling conversational AI agents, said it is partnering with the Center for Educational Technology to bring private AI tutors to students worldwide.

CET is Israel’s largest K-12 textbook publisher, with a leading position across all subjects and grade levels. As part of the pilot program, Harvard University will serve as an academic adviser, helping to shape the educational framework and measure its impact. This collaboration marks Israel as the first country in the world to implement AI-driven tutoring at a national level. The first pilot phase kicks off in May with 10,000 students, and during that month students will go through A/B testing.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.