Submitted
2025 Global Learning Challenge

Atlas Primer Learning Platform

Team Leader
Hinrik Atlason
Atlas Primer is a conversational learning platform that delivers individualized and engaging learning experiences through voice-based AI. It works on any device (even basic smartphones) and doesn’t require high-speed internet, making quality education more accessible to everyone. Learners interact with it in natural conversation, roleplay scenarios, or guided lessons, allowing them to engage with content in the way that suits...
What is the name of your organization?
Atlas Primer
What is the name of your solution?
Atlas Primer Learning Platform
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Atlas Primer: Conversational AI empowering inclusive, engaging, and accessible learning experiences, anytime, anywhere, on any device, for everyone.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
New York, NY, USA
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
USA
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Atlas Primer addresses three critical educational challenges impacting learners globally: Limited Access to Quality Education: High-quality learning often requires sophisticated devices, stable internet, and substantial financial resources. Globally, over 2.7 billion people remain offline, disproportionately affecting learners in low-income and conflict-affected communities, who frequently lack access to essential resources. Barriers for Learners with Differences or Illiteracy: Standardized educational methods inadequately support the diverse needs of approximately 1.3 billion people globally who experience significant disabilities or learning differences. These learners require personalized, flexible, and accessible approaches to effectively engage and succeed. Costly and Time-consuming Content Creation: Creating high-quality, engaging learning content is resource-intensive, often requiring substantial time and expense. Organizations spend extensive resources developing and translating materials, limiting their capacity to scale effective educational initiatives, particularly in resource-constrained settings. Atlas Primer’s conversational AI solution provides accessible, individualized, and engaging learning experiences, overcoming these barriers by minimizing technological, literacy, and economic constraints.
What is your solution?
Atlas Primer is a conversational learning platform that delivers individualized and engaging learning experiences through voice-based AI. It works on any device (even basic smartphones) and doesn’t require high-speed internet, making quality education more accessible to everyone. Learners interact with it in natural conversation, roleplay scenarios, or guided lessons, allowing them to engage with content in the way that suits them best, whether through listening, speaking, or reading, automatically translated to their preferred language. This multimodal, interactive approach makes learning up to 3x more effective compared to traditional formats. For educators, Atlas Primer uses generative AI to instantly transform any input, such as documents, recordings, or direct speech, into high-quality learning materials. This reduces the time and cost of content creation by up to 95%, making it easier for schools, governments, and organizations to scale learning programs. By combining accessibility, personalization, and automation, Atlas Primer unlocks inclusive learning opportunities for all, regardless of device, literacy level, or learning difference.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Atlas Primer serves all learners who need flexibility and individualization in how they learn, and educators, governments, and organizations striving to make learning more inclusive, engaging, and effective. Our users include learners in rural or underserved areas where high-quality education is scarce and video-based online learning is inaccessible due to bandwidth limitations or lack of advanced devices. Atlas Primer works on basic smartphones with low connectivity, removing those barriers. Individuals with learning differences or low literacy, often struggle silently and disengage. They benefit from Atlas Primer’s conversational and multimodal approach, which allows interaction through listening and speaking in their own language, instead of only reading or writing. Individuals who are busy with work or family need to make the most of the time they have to up-skill. With Atlas Primer they can learn through conversation alongside everyday activities. Educators lack time and resources to build and translate effective, personalized content. Atlas Primer helps them save up to 95% of the time and cost of content creation, allowing them to reach more learners with higher quality materials. Atlas Primer supports societies in raising education levels, improving livelihoods, and empowering more people to benefit from the transformative power of AI.
Solution Team:
Hinrik Atlason
Hinrik Atlason
CEO