imagi raises $4.5m seed round to scale supervised AI tools in US K-12 schools

imagi, the coding and AI literacy company founded in Stockholm and now headquartered in New York, announced a $4.5 million seed round on 23 July 2026. Brighteye Ventures and DayOne Capital led the round, with FemInvest and We Are Human taking part alongside Morgan Stanley and Sparkmind Capital. The company said the round brings its total funding to $5.5 million.

Angel investors named by the company include ElevenLabs founder Mati Staniszewski, former GitHub chief executive Thomas Dohmke, Voi chief executive Fredrik Hjelm, Will.i.am, Sophia Amoruso and Simon Squibb, as well as unnamed leaders from OpenAI, Spotify and Lovable. imagi said it partners with OpenAI and Lovable to give students ready-to-teach AI lessons on tools they already use, with safety guardrails for classroom use.

The company said it will use the money to expand across US K-12 education, add further frontier AI tools, grow teacher-training programmes, hire mainly in the US, and invest in compliance and research. imagi reported that it works with more than 100 school districts across all US states, including the Hawaii Department of Education, and said it has reached more than 700,000 students in 140 countries.