Diotima, an AI-enabled education platform developer, is spinning out from Trinity College Dublin this month, supported by €500,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland's Commercialisation Fund, as reported by Business Plus.

The platform is designed to help educators create assessments and provide formative feedback to students, built from the outset to meet the requirements of Annex III of the EU AI Act, which governs the use of AI in high-risk sectors including education.

The project was supported by the Learnovate Centre, the research and innovation centre in learning technology based at Trinity, which provided research and development backing throughout the commercialisation process.

Diotima said its platform supports teaching practice by using responsible AI to deliver learner feedback, improve assessment quality and reduce workload for teachers and tutors, while maintaining compliance with European and Irish legislation.

Founder Siobhan Ryan, a former secondary school teacher, biochemist and environmental scientist, will take on the role of chief product officer, with education technology commercialisation specialist Jonathan Dempsey appointed as CEO. Development engineer Daniel Fernandez and AI engineer Dr Long Mai, who both worked on the initial project, complete the founding team.

Ryan said the concept predates the emergence of mainstream AI tools. "This all started when I was working as a teacher and I had a vision for how AI could enhance teaching and learning even before any of the models like ChatGPT launched," she said.

The company will continue engaging with prospective customers to refine its go-to-market approach and will seek external investment in the coming period.

Read the full story of Diotima's spinout and platform development in the complete report.