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Khanmigo

Khan Academy's AI tutor — Socratic, guided help for students plus lesson-planning tools for teachers, built on GPT-4.

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Khanmigo is the AI tutor from Khan Academy, the nonprofit education platform founded by Sal Khan. Built on OpenAI’s GPT-4, it is designed around a teaching philosophy rather than raw answers: when a student is stuck, Khanmigo asks Socratic, guiding questions and nudges them toward the solution instead of simply revealing it. It is embedded alongside Khan Academy’s own videos and exercises, so tutoring is grounded in the same curriculum a student is already working through.

Khanmigo has a distinct two-sided design. For students, it acts as a tutor, debate partner, and writing coach with guardrails that keep responses age-appropriate and discourage cheating. For teachers, it functions as a co-pilot — drafting lesson plans, generating rubrics, writing exit tickets, and summarizing student progress. That classroom focus separates it from general assistants like ChatGPT, which will just give the answer, and from consumer tutoring apps.

Key Features

  • Socratic tutoring that guides rather than gives answers
  • Coverage across Khan Academy subjects: math, science, humanities, SAT prep
  • Writing coach and debate/discussion partner modes
  • Teacher tools for lesson plans, rubrics, and exit tickets
  • Student progress summaries and insights for educators
  • Safety guardrails and moderation for K-12 use
  • Integration directly into the Khan Academy platform

Pricing

  • Free for teachers: Khanmigo’s teacher tools are offered at no cost
  • Districts/Schools: Institutional plans, frequently grant- or donation-funded
  • Individual (around $4/month or ~$44/year): Parent/learner access, primarily in the US

Best For

K-12 students who want guided, guardrailed help with homework and test prep instead of copy-paste answers, and teachers who want an AI assistant for planning, differentiation, and grading support tied to Khan Academy content.

Limitations

Broad individual access is largely limited to the US, so availability is uneven internationally. As with any LLM-based tutor, it can make mistakes — particularly in multi-step math reasoning — so students should verify rather than fully trust its work. And because it is scoped to educational, curriculum-aligned use, it is deliberately narrower than a general assistant like ChatGPT or Claude.

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