Secure, AI-Powered Learning within Institutional Guardrails

Transform your course content into personalized adaptive learning for students that protects IP, upholds academic integrity, and keeps faculty in control.

Institution-First Security

All content stays within your institutional ecosystem. No data leakage, no IP theft, complete control over what AI can access and how it responds.

Verified, Citation-Backed Answers

CLUES by LearningClues only pulls from course-approved content with full citations. No hallucinations, no made-up facts—just verified knowledge students and faculty can trust.

Faculty Stay in Control

Instructors decide what content is included. Seamless LMS integration with dashboards showing engagement patterns and knowledge gaps. Confidential feedback on the effectiveness of your teaching.

Meet CLUES from LearningClues

The trusted alternative to generic AI tools that compromise academic integrity and institutional IP.

Students can’t always make it to office hours yet need guidance, sometimes at the oddest hours. StudyClues uniquely provides a platform where they can pose questions and receive responses that are constructed using ONLY what was discussed in class and documents made available in the course LMS.

A Complete Learning Solution

Comprehensive support for students, faculty, and institutions

Seamless LMS Integration

Saving setup time and reducing friction. CLUES plugs directly into Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and other major LMS platforms with minimal setup required.

Adaptive Learning Support

Students receive personalized guidance that adapts to their learning patterns and knowledge gaps resulting in better comprehension and retention.

Actionable Analytics

Track student engagement, identify challenging topics, and improve course design with detailed insights - leading to continuous course improvement.

Meet the Team

Founded by professors and EdTech innovators from the University of Michigan with over 30 years of combined EdTech experience.

LearningClues is proud to be supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Michigan Innovation Capital Fund. This backing reflects our commitment to developing research-based educational technology that truly advances teaching and learning.

Perry Samson
Co-founder

Awarded an “Arthur Thurnau Professorship” for contributions to undergraduate education at UM and recipient of UM “Distinguished University Innovator” award. Previously co-founded The Weather Underground and LectureTools.

Kevyn Collins-Thompson
Co-founder

Internationally known for contributions to machine learning and large language modeling. For ten years prior to UM, he led large-scale software development projects at Microsoft.

Achintya K Kattemalavad
Lead Software Engineer

Former Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com, Achintya oversees system design and security, organizes the product roadmap, and plans the execution of project tasks.

Thomas Horak
Generative AI Engineer

A software engineer specializing in machine learning and natural language processing methods. Mr. Horak oversees the incorporation of large language models into the LearningClues architecture based on his previous experience with generative AI.

Join Our Pilot Program

Be one of just 20 forward-thinking institutions shaping the future of AI-powered learning. Pilot CLUES with your LMS and give your faculty a secure assistant that enhances student engagement — while protecting academic integrity and your IP.

Limited spots for 2025. Ready to lead the change?