The Problem
The way we learn is fundamentally changing. Today’s tools make it easier to avoid thinking than to engage with it. Instead, people of all ages are outsourcing: from running every email through GPT to using AI to cheat on homework. This is new. And it's spreading fast86% of employees who use AI at work say they started using it in the past year. IDC/Microsoft 2024 Work Trend Index.
Fewer than 10% of AI-based approaches in education have undergone rigorous evaluation for their efficacy in improving student learning.
UNESCO 2024 Global Education Monitoring Report on AI in EducationWho We Are
OurDojo is an applied AI evaluations company. We are a team of scientists and engineers who are committed to rigorous evaluation and evidence-based analysis of AI technologies. We care deeply about the future of our vast, diverse, and shared education ecosystem that ultimately defines society.
How We Work
01 Extreme Craft
Treat everything as a first-class product, especially the invisible parts. Evaluation frameworks, documentation, and internal tools should feel as deliberate and well-designed as a luxury good. If it touches learning, trust, or truth, it deserves excellence.
02 Context and Evidence, Not Control
We hire unusually responsible people and give them radically transparent context. Decisions live closest to the work, not the hierarchy. We default to evidence-based decision-making and rigorous analytical practices, especially when claims affect learners.
03 Stay Lean, Stay Sharp
A small team of mission-aligned experts, moving with urgency and taste, will out-innovate the market. We optimize for leverage, not headcount. We default to GSD. We are digital by design: remote-friendly, async-heavy, documentation-driven. Deep work beats performative busyness.
Why It Matters
Learning is what keeps us curious; and curiosity is what pulls us toward learning. Read more in our Founding Essay.