KISED Silicon Valley GTM 2026 · Cohort company

ZEZEDU (CherryPot)

CherryPot: an AI agent that reads students’ handwritten math and grades every step, with partial credit.

제제듀

Founded
2019
Headquarters
Seongnam, Korea
Stage
Seed

CherryPot reads a student’s handwritten math, scores each line against a rubric, explains the mistake behind each error and suggests next problems. Teachers get a class-wide error map; parents get a weekly plain-language report.

What sets them apart

  • Grades the process, not just the answer: step-by-step partial credit on paper, tablet or keyboard work.
  • Own AI stack: handwriting-math OCR, small fine-tuned models and 21 specialized tools.
  • School-ready: Google SSO and Classroom integration; covers Korean, IB, IGCSE and U.S. middle-school math.

Traction

  • Used by 200+ schools and academies in Korea and the U.S. since 2021.
  • First U.S. academy partner, A1 College Prep in Los Angeles, plus tutoring-center partners in Irvine and New Jersey.
  • Paid U.S. family subscriptions.

U.S. focus

Families of grade 5–8 students, starting in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, and private, independent and charter schools.

Backed by

NAVER, FuturePlay

Recognition

  • GSV Cup (2023)
  • TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 (2025)
  • HolonIQ Asia EdTech 150
  • NVIDIA Inception

Leadership

  • Jujin LeeFounder & CEO
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