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Shedilox

"AI-powered exam prep for every Egyptian student, personalized to how they learn."

Cairo, Egypt

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Overview

Description

Shedilox is an Egyptian AI-powered EdTech platform built to help secondary school students prepare for the Thanawya Amma and Bakalouria (Baccalaureate) exams — two of the highest-stakes academic milestones in a student's life, where a single percentage point can determine university admission and, effectively, career trajectory. The problem: Egyptian secondary students face a system built around one-size-fits-all instruction. Millions of students rely on private tutoring and generic study materials that don't adapt to their individual pace, weak points, or learning style. Students often can't tell which topics they're truly weak in until it's too late, and getting personalized help is expensive, inconsistent, or simply unavailable outside major cities. The result is anxiety, wasted study hours, and outcomes that don't reflect actual potential. What Shedilox does: Shedilox combines an Arabic-language AI tutor with adaptive learning tools to give every student a personalized study experience — regardless of their location or budget. Currently covering 22 subjects across 13 academic tracks, the platform includes an AI tutor built on a retrieval-augmented pipeline that answers curriculum-grounded questions accurately, adaptive quizzes that adjust difficulty in real time, spaced-repetition flashcards for retention, and a performance-forecasting model that flags weak areas before they become exam-day problems. It's live today at shedilox.tech, with a free trial and tiered subscription plans. The vision: Shedilox aims to become the default AI study companion for every Egyptian secondary student — the layer between "confused and anxious" and "confident and exam-ready," available to a student in Cairo and a student in a rural governorate alike. Longer-term, we see the platform expanding into a two-sided ecosystem: not just serving students, but empowering great teachers to reach far more students than a physical classroom or center ever could, earning fairly from the value their content creates. Egypt's exam-prep market is enormous and still runs largely on offline, unscalable models; Shedilox's bet is that AI can finally make truly personalized, high-quality exam preparation accessible at national scale — turning one of the most stressful chapters of a student's life into one where they feel genuinely supported and in control of their own progress.

About

Shedilox is an Egyptian AI-powered EdTech platform helping secondary students prepare for Thanawya Amma and Bakalouria exams through a personalized AI tutor, adaptive quizzes, and performance forecasting—making high-quality, tailored exam prep accessible nationwide. Live now at www.shedilox.tech

Company

Stage
Pre-Revenue
Funding stage
Pre seed
Founded
1 Jan 2026
Listed on
11 Sept 2026
Last updated
20 Oct 2026
Team size
1-10 employees
Incorporation country
Egypt
Incorporation status
Not incorporated
City
Cairo
Public listing
Yes
Profile completeness
Marked complete

Sectors & impact

Industry
Edtech

Sectors

  • Edtech

SDGs

  • SDG 4

Business

Business model
B2C
Revenue model
Subscription (SaaS-style tiered plans: Free trial, Standard 249 EGP/month, Premium 549 EGP/month).
Target market
"Egyptian secondary school students (Grades 10–12) preparing for Thanawya Amma and Bakalouria exams."
Customer validation
In progress
Currency
EGP

Target markets

  • MENA

Support sought

Seeking investmentSeeking mentorship

Mentorship needs

  • Marketing
  • Growth
  • Sales
  • Legal
  • Business development
  • Fundraising
Mentorship language
Arabic

Investor types

  • Government fund
  • Angel
  • Vc

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Shedilox is an Egyptian AI-powered EdTech platform built to help secondary school students prepare for the Thanawya Amma and Bakalouria (Baccalaureate) exams — two of the highest-stakes academic milestones in a student's life, where a single percentage point can determine university admission and, effectively, career trajectory. The problem: Egyptian secondary students face a system built around one-size-fits-all instruction. Millions of students rely on private tutoring and generic study materials that don't adapt to their individual pace, weak points, or learning style. Students often can't tell which topics they're truly weak in until it's too late, and getting personalized help is expensive, inconsistent, or simply unavailable outside major cities. The result is anxiety, wasted study hours, and outcomes that don't reflect actual potential. What Shedilox does: Shedilox combines an Arabic-language AI tutor with adaptive learning tools to give every student a personalized study experience — regardless of their location or budget. Currently covering 22 subjects across 13 academic tracks, the platform includes an AI tutor built on a retrieval-augmented pipeline that answers curriculum-grounded questions accurately, adaptive quizzes that adjust difficulty in real time, spaced-repetition flashcards for retention, and a performance-forecasting model that flags weak areas before they become exam-day problems. It's live today at shedilox.tech, with a free trial and tiered subscription plans. The vision: Shedilox aims to become the default AI study companion for every Egyptian secondary student — the layer between "confused and anxious" and "confident and exam-ready," available to a student in Cairo and a student in a rural governorate alike. Longer-term, we see the platform expanding into a two-sided ecosystem: not just serving students, but empowering great teachers to reach far more students than a physical classroom or center ever could, earning fairly from the value their content creates. Egypt's exam-prep market is enormous and still runs largely on offline, unscalable models; Shedilox's bet is that AI can finally make truly personalized, high-quality exam preparation accessible at national scale — turning one of the most stressful chapters of a student's life into one where they feel genuinely supported and in control of their own progress.
bio
Shedilox is an Egyptian AI-powered EdTech platform helping secondary students prepare for Thanawya Amma and Bakalouria exams through a personalized AI tutor, adaptive quizzes, and performance forecasting—making high-quality, tailored exam prep accessible nationwide. Live now at www.shedilox.tech
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https://www.shedilox.tech
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2026-09-11T06:49:46.828Z
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