Where every student finds
their voice

CAiSEY is a homework tool that prepares students for class through real-time discussions. Research-backed to support critical thinking, confidence, and deeper engagement.

4000+
Students
15+
Institutions
93%
Student satisfaction
22min
Average conversation
Built at Columbia Business School

Active in courses at

Columbia Business School Wharton London Business School HEC Paris Haas, UC Berkeley Darden, UVA NUS Goizueta (Emory) Tepper Rutgers BYU UC Santa Barbara Columbia Business School Wharton London Business School HEC Paris Haas, UC Berkeley Darden, UVA NUS Goizueta (Emory) Tepper Rutgers BYU UC Santa Barbara
The problem
Students want to learn, but AI makes it too tempting to skip the hard part
Students paste case materials into ChatGPT and submit the output, coming to class less prepared and less willing to speak up. Bans don't work. Detection is unreliable.
But here's what we learned: students show up wanting to be challenged. They're in school to sharpen their thinking and build real skills. However, when stretched across coursework, recruiting, and everything else, they turn to the path of least resistance.
What we did about it
Built by faculty who felt the same problem and tested until it worked
CAiSEY grew out of 13 years of discussion-based teaching at Columbia Business School. We were losing the classroom to shortcuts and knew our students deserved better. So we built CAiSEY, iterated relentlessly, and piloted across 15+ institutions. We ran IRB-approved studies to confirm what we saw: students showing up sharper, more prepared, more willing to speak.
15+ Institutions
14,000+ Conversations
3 years Research & Development
The solution
CAiSEY makes every student think out loud before they walk into class
CAiSEY engages each student in discussion question, shaped by the course material and learning objectives. Students talk through their perspective and arguments, get challenged on their reasoning, and build the confidence to speak up in class.

Voice-first by design

Students speak their ideas aloud, just like in class. No copy-pasting. No shortcuts. Thinking happens in real time.

One-on-one, at scale

CAiSEY pushes back on weak arguments, introduces counterpoints, and prompts students to go deeper, all calibrated to their level.

Judgment-free zone

No fear of sounding foolish in front of peers. Students explore ideas freely with an AI partner that's patient and encouraging.

Personalized feedback

After each conversation, students receive a summary and specific coaching on their argumentation, evidence use, and reasoning.

Additive, not disruptive. Works alongside your existing course.

CAiSEY works alongside your existing course structure. No new tools to learn, no integrations required. It’s designed as a complement to the way you’ve already been teaching for years.

14,000+ conversations. Here's what they think.

It forced me to think about something I hadn’t thought about and go really deep. The voice interface made it feel like a real conversation.

EMBA Student · Columbia Business School

“The preparation it provides is incredible. I went into the debrief already having wrestled with the hard questions.”

MBA Student, Columbia Business School

“CAiSEY truly challenged my thinking in a meaningful way. I appreciate the fresh perspectives it introduced.”

MBA Student, Columbia Business School

“It gave me a new way to think through the case and challenged me to verbalize my thoughts.”

MBA Student, CBS

“I'm obsessed with that app! It's so cool and genuinely top-notch when it comes to new AI!!”

MBA Student, CBS

“I loved it! Ive never interacted with a program like this before and it was very rewarding”

MBA Student, CBS

“I loved doing this over audio! It's pretty amazing how quickly CAiSEY is able to respond.”

MBA Student

“This was super helpful in knowing how I can better defend my position!”

MBA Student

“Pretty engaging and forces you to think from a lot of different angles”

MBA Student

“A robust and interesting debate that actually made me change my mind!”

MBA Student

“I really enjoyed this discussion and felt pushed to think critically.”

“It was fun! The AI came very prepared with solid data.”

“It was super engaging and made me think out of the box”

“I had a lot of fun doing this. Really cool AI program.”

“This was fun and helped give more ideas on solutions.”

“I learned a lot and feel ready to defend my position!”

“Amazing! Love to be challenged like this”

“This was fascinating! Really enjoyed it.”

“Great way to improve discussion skills!”

“CAiSEY is impressive!”

“Great thought partner”

“This was so much fun!”

Built by faculty, for faculty

Trust

Built by faculty, from 13 years in the classroom

CAiSEY's conversation design is informed by over a decade of discussion-based teaching at Columbia Business School. The system instructions behind each conversation type have been developed through years of iteration, testing, and research with a diverse student body.

CAiSEY’s conversation design is informed by 13 years of discussion-based teaching at Columbia. Developed through years of iteration, testing, and research with a diverse student body.

Useful

Students engage more deeply — and instructors see it in the room

Voice-first conversations produce more creativity and divergent thinking than text. Students practice forming and defending a view in real time. They arrive to class with sharper arguments and more willingness to engage.

Students practice forming and defending a view in real time. They arrive to class with sharper arguments and more willingness to engage.

See what a conversation feels like

Experience the kind of think-out-loud exchange students get before class, on one of our demo topics. Your course would be configured with customized discussion questions and readings.

Your data stays yours
Designed for the academic environment, with privacy in mind. We use enterprise API access so your data is never used to improve third-party models. FERPA compliant. WCAG AA accessible.
FERPA compliant Zero-retention API WCAG AA accessible VPAT on file

Bring CAiSEY to your course.

Tell us about your course and we’ll get you set up. Dedicated onboarding is included.

For institutional inquiries — contact us directly.