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Q2 2026 Rankings

EdTech Startups to Watch, Q2 2026

EdTech signals are mixed: consumer platforms in maintenance mode, institutional B2B showing the energy.

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Key takeaways, at a glance

In Q2 2026, 23 of 43 tracked edtech startups show positive engineering acceleration. sonic-pi-net leads with 8 commits over 14 days (+999% change). The dominant signal pattern is "Deceleration". Average sector commit velocity is 53 commits per 14-day window. These engineering momentum signals have historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.

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Bar chart: EdTech, Velocity Change. sonic-pi-net: +999%, ccao-data: +999%, StudyDrift: +999%, 4GeeksAcademy: +999%, pedal-edu: +999%, tutors-sdk: +800%, pointfreeco: +800%, Open-TutorAi: +517%.EdTech, Velocity Changesonic-pi-net+999%ccao-data+999%StudyDrift+999%4GeeksAcademy+999%pedal-edu+999%tutors-sdk+800%pointfreeco+800%Open-TutorAi+517%
EdTech, Velocity Change, top 8 startups by 14-day commit velocity change. Data: VC Deal Flow Signal.
Signal distribution for EdTech: Deceleration (20), Framework migration (11), Deploy frequency spike (7), Engineering hiring burst (4), Infrastructure buildout (1). 43 startups total.43startups
Deceleration (20, 47%)
Framework migration (11, 26%)
Deploy frequency spike (7, 16%)
Engineering hiring burst (4, 9%)
Infrastructure buildout (1, 2%)
Signal type distribution across 43 edtech startups. Data: VC Deal Flow Signal.
#CompanyStageCommits (14d)ChangeContributorsSignal
1sonic-pi-net

Sonic Pi Network

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Growth8+999%378Engineering hiring burst
2ccao-data

The CCAO's Data Department creates models, tools, and analyses to improve Cook County's property tax system

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Pre-seed1+999%6Deploy frequency spike
3StudyDrift

Study Drift is aedtech pre-seed startup, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Pre-seed58+999%3Deploy frequency spike
44GeeksAcademy

Time to Code

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Growth1+999%8Infrastructure buildout
5pedal-edu

Improving architectures for feedback of students' code

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Pre-seed1+999%6Deploy frequency spike
6tutors-sdk

A collection of open source components & services supporting the creation of transformative learning experiences using o

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Series A/B9+800%21Engineering hiring burst
7pointfreeco

A video series exploring advanced topics in the Swift programming language.

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Growth9+800%241Deploy frequency spike
8Open-TutorAi

Open Tutor Ai is aedtech seed startup, rapidly expanding their engineering team.

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Seed37+517%12Engineering hiring burst
9osunyorg

CMS d'intérêt général

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Pre-seed253+502%6Deploy frequency spike
10hedyorg

hedyorg is aedtech growth startup based in EU, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Growth14+250%362Deploy frequency spike
11otter-sec

Blockchain consulting and audits

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Growth53+231%354Deploy frequency spike
12ClassIsland

一款适用于班级多媒体屏幕的课表的信息显示工具,可以一目了然地显示各种信息。

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Growth21+133%56Framework migration
13plomgrading

Plom is Paperless Open Marking - mirror of https://gitlab.com/plom/plom

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Series A/B162+102%40Engineering hiring burst
14ai-shifu

ai shifu is aedtech series a/b startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Series A/B71+92%21Framework migration
15PapillonApp

Papillon est un client libre, open-source et développé par une communauté d’élèves pour l’ensemble de vos services de vi

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Series A/B23+92%29Framework migration
16classroomio

The Open Source Customer/Employee Training Software

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Series A/B5+67%30Framework migration
17bitcoin-dev-project

100% free and open-source resources for bitcoin devs. bitcoin + FOSS = ₿OSS

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Series A/B12+50%26Framework migration
18learnhouse

The modern Open source learning platform for everyone.

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Series A/B81+29%35Framework migration
19haxtheweb

Tools

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Series A/B46+28%42Framework migration
20spectrocloud

Enterprise Kubernetes Management at Scale

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Series A/B5+25%38Framework migration
21KDE

Official read-only mirror of the KDE project. Please don't send pull requests; to contribute code see https://community.

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Growth7+17%314Framework migration
22cpinitiative

We promote competitive programming among pre-college students through resources, competitions, clubs, and classes.

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Growth107+11%342Framework migration
23zoonk

learn. build. shape.

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Pre-seed64+10%5Framework migration
24particify

Particify creates software for interactive lectures, presentations, events and more...

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Seed7-12%16Deceleration
25ucfopen

ucfopen is aedtech pre-seed startup, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.

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Series A/B6-14%35Deceleration
26OpenEnergyDashboard

Energy Dashboard for Sustainability

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Growth13-24%275Deceleration
27iblai

Sovereign AI infrastructure to build your agents and apps. You own all the code and data for privacy, security and contr

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Seed133-26%11Deceleration
28Vacademy-io

Vacademy io is aedtech series a/b startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Series A/B475-27%23Deceleration
29NDLANO

Nasjonal digital læringsarena er et samarbeid mellom alle norske fylkeskommuner som tilbyr åpne digitale læringsressurse

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Series A/B35-31%43Deceleration
30mdn

Data and tools related to MDN Web Docs (formerly Mozilla Developer Network, formerly Mozilla Developer Center...)

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Growth224-38%449Deceleration
31learningeconomy

Agency & Opportunity For All

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Seed28-42%15Deceleration
32scribe-org

Open-source language solutions

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Growth5-44%59Deceleration
33DSACMS

Digital Service at CMS

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Series A/B33-46%31Deceleration
34elimu-ai

Free open-source learning software for out-of-school children 🚀✨

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Seed33-51%12Deceleration
35hpi-schul-cloud

hpi schul cloud is aedtech growth startup based in EU, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Growth10-52%4Deceleration
36OpenOLAT

Open Source Learning Management System written in Java

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Seed95-59%16Deceleration
37Readplace

Readplace is aedtech pre-seed startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Pre-seed93-59%4Deceleration
38PlanB-Network

Plan B Network is aedtech growth startup, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

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Growth1-67%135Deceleration
39Submitty

Submitty Homework Submission Server

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Growth8-68%332Deceleration
40nfdi4plants

Services and infrastructures to support #FAIRData science and good data management practices within the plant basic rese

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Series A/B6-71%32Deceleration
41flatironinstitute

@SimonsFoundation

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Seed20-76%14Deceleration
42learning-commons-org

Learning Commons provides AI infrastructure to scale proven learning practices to reach every learner.

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Seed1-83%9Deceleration
43oaknational

Creating an openly licensed, fully resourced and AI-enabled curriculum for teachers and pupils as a not for profit and i

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Pre-seed1-87%5Deceleration
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Sorted by commit velocity change (14-day window, descending). Top 3 highlighted. Data last updated Q2 2026.

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≈21-day lead window

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Frequently Asked Questions

What engineering signals are edtech startups showing in Q2 2026?

In Q2 2026, we are tracking 43 edtech startups with measurable GitHub engineering signals. 23 of 43 show positive commit velocity growth. The most common signal type is "Framework migration", observed in 25 of the tracked companies. The average 14-day commit velocity across the sector is 53 commits, with sonic-pi-net leading at 8 commits (+999% change). These patterns have historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.

Which edtech startup has the highest engineering acceleration in Q2 2026?

sonic-pi-net leads the edtech sector in Q2 2026 with 8 commits over a 14-day window, representing a +999% change from the prior period. With 100 active contributors, sonic-pi-net is showing a "Engineering hiring burst" pattern, one of the more reliable leading indicators of a significant product milestone or fundraise.

Where are the most active edtech engineering teams located?

Among the 43 edtech startups we track, US accounts for the highest concentration with 8 teams. Startups transforming education through adaptive learning and institutional software. Geographic distribution matters for investors because engineering talent clusters correlate with sector-specific domain expertise and proximity to early adopter customers.

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