Edubba: Building a Teacher’s Assistant That Actually Helps

How one EdTech startup is designing AI for real classrooms, not just buzzwords

Modern education faces many well-known challenges — from overworked teachers to underserved students, from rigid systems to rapidly changing digital expectations. But behind those challenges lie an opportunity: to create tools that don’t just digitize schooling — but support the humans inside it.

That’s what Edubba is trying to do.

🎯 The Problem: Teachers Are Doing Too Much

In early 2024, Sebastian Białas — a UX expert and founder of the digital agency Push Buttons — began talking to teachers. What he found was both expected and deeply frustrating:

Teachers spend hours every week preparing lesson plans, adapting content to various learning levels, and trying to meet the needs of students with special educational needs — all while navigating bureaucratic requirements and outdated tools.

As Sebastian put it in a recent interview on the edtech dots podcast:

“Many teachers, especially younger ones, spend way too much time preparing lessons. If we can give them that time back — they can actually focus on the kids.”

💡 The Solution: A Teacher’s Assistant Powered by AI

From that insight, Edubba was born: an AI-powered assistant that helps teachers build better, more personalized lessons — faster.

But unlike many “AI in education” tools, Edubba isn’t trying to replace teachers or automate learning. It’s designed to work with real classroom realities, including:

• National curriculum requirements

• Mixed-ability classrooms

• Students with special needs

• Limited teacher time and energy

At its core, Edubba helps teachers:

• Generate lesson content aligned with the curriculum

• Adapt lessons for students with learning differences

• Suggest strategies based on psychological and pedagogical research

• Reduce time spent on admin so they can focus on student engagement

“We’re not building a flashy AI toy. We’re solving very human problems, using technology that respects the complexity of teaching.” — Sebastian Białas

🧠 UX-First. Buzzwords Later.

Unlike many AI-first startups, Edubba follows a UX-first philosophy. The team spent months validating their idea with teachers, creating paper prototypes, and running user interviews before a single line of code was written.

“You don’t need code to validate an idea. You need conversations, honesty, and a willingness to pivot.”— from the Edtech Dots interview

This focus on user experience — and not just functionality — is a direct reflection of Sebastian’s two decades of building digital products that people actually enjoy using.

🔐 Data Ethics & Real-World Constraints

Edubba is also one of the few EdTech startups openly addressing data sensitivity from day one. The tool only processes specific, anonymized segments of classroom data and is built with data minimization, privacy compliance, and transparency in mind.

Additionally, the team is working closely with educational psychologists, curriculum specialists, and — most importantly — practicing teachers, to ensure that what they’re building fits the real world of school systems and students.

🌍 The Vision

Edubba is currently being piloted in selected schools in Poland and will roll out more broadly in 2025. The company is bootstrapped and intentionally growing slowly — focusing on impact first, growth second.

The long-term vision? A smart assistant that lives inside the teacher’s everyday workflow — helping them do more of what they love and less of what burns them out.

📌 Why This Matters

At a time when EdTech is often obsessed with scale, fundraising, and flashy AI demos, Edubba stands out by being deeply human.

It’s not just another platform. It’s a quiet but powerful shift in how we think about support, personalization, and respect for the role of teachers.

And perhaps that’s the kind of education technology we need most.

Want to learn more?

Watch the full interview with Sebastian Białas on the edtech dots podcast

Or visit https://www.edubba.ai