AI Appu to tutor children in India
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AI Appu to tutor children in India

The Hindu  

Rocket Learning, a Bengaluru-based ed-tech non-profit organisation, with support from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has introduced Appu, an AI tutor for personalised learning for children in the age group of 3 to 6 years in India. Appu would offer multilingual conversational learning experience, starting with Hindi, while 20 other Indian languages would be supported soon including Marathi and Punjabi, the company said. According to Rocket Learning, Appu, which was built with a $1.5 million grant from Google.org, is being piloted by thousands of children and is expected to reach 50 million families by 2030, including government-run Anganwadi centres and pre-schools nationwide. Vishal Sunil, Co-Founder and CTO, Rocket Learning, said, “Appu is the future of learning — AI-driven, intuitive, and designed to evolve.

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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