At first glance, it may seem unusual for a 14 -year -old child to build a simplified web site for his unified store in his school, and he is 10 years old to create an educational platform for viruses that help users to identify viruses, vaccines and virus specialists through games and fun competitions, or 11 years old to develop a donation application that allows people to contribute the important causes in less From five minutes. But for students who are learning under Sam Essen and Malik Guando in Xiaris, it is just another week in the classroom.
Sam and Malik are the minds behind Xlaris and they were close friends for eight years. Xlaris is an educational emerging company that prepares children with skills and mentality to solve problems in the real world using techniques such as artificial intelligence, Blockchain, and Web3.
It is not new in this space. Before the establishment of Xlaris, both previously participated in innovative educational companies such as Synthesis, an experimental educational platform inspired by the Astra Astra School from Elon Musk in SPACEX, SpringBoard, an online educational platform for work professionals ready for students or major vocational transformation, and ideal robots, one of the largest codes K -12 in Nigeria. Together, they taught thousands of students, built educational systems from scratch, and helped expand the scope of programs that made coding part of the curricula in more than 150 schools.
But after years of working with adults and helping them storm technology, a simple but strong question disturbed them: Why are you waiting for even puberty to start learning these skills? What if children could start early? What if they were able to explore the emerging techniques while their creativity and curiosity were at their climax?
Sam recalls, “During our time in SpringBoard and Ideal Robotics,” we worked with adults in the thirties and forties of age, where people were giving jobs, families and responsibilities, and we desperately try to re -invent the digital age, “Sam recalls. It was inspiring. But we continued to think, what if they had this opportunity earlier? “
This question turned into a vision: a platform in which children at the age of ten can start learning the skills facing future a revolution in industries, which are specially designed for their age, creativity and curiosity.
Depending on experiences with international leaders and innovative education models, they designed the program based on the first principles, with a focus not only on coding but on exposing children early to emerging technologies, the mentality of the great creators, and problem -solving skills in the real world.
“We did not want to create another coding camp,” Malik added. “We wanted to create space for children to think like builders, makers, innovators, and most importantly, as their ideas are taken seriously.”
So they fired quietly. No financing. No ads. Just a high -quality teaching, commitment to the help of every child building something real.
Instead of following traditional education models, they created a system in which students learned by building, failing, repetition and success in the end. Unlike traditional coding chapters, this program teaches children to see the connection between technologies and applications in the real world. Not only students learn Blockchain as an isolated topic; They explore how he is linked to digital ownership, community governance and the future of trade. Likewise, when learning artificial intelligence, they work with tools like Tensorflow and computer vision libraries to create practical applications that solve the problems they care about.
One thing that distinguishes the startup is the one who teaches. They built a team consisting of experienced coaches who are going through a strict selection process, accepting only 2 percent of applicants based on technical assessments and teaching demonstrations. These expert courses are not only technically skilled, but they are also excited about the inspiration of children for creative and constructive thinking with confidence and a love of learning.
“It is not only about knowing how the code,” explains Sam. “We are looking for people who can communicate with children, who can direct, coach, and remove this internal manufacturer.”
The result is the teachers who behave more like collaborators than the lecturers. Conciliation guides children not only by building a sentence and logic, but by how to take an idea, repetition, and return it to life.
As part of their commitment to building a world -class global team, they recently brought Aisha Abdel Khater to lead the College of Software Engineering, Casini to lead Blockchain College, Web3, and Emilia Chang to lead the College of Artificial Intelligence.
Aisha is not only a seasoned software engineer, but also a proven pioneer. She previously worked as a team leader in Corely Technologies, as she directed multi -functional teams to build canable solutions to customers throughout Africa. Before that, she was a software engineer in Stetis, where she worked on critical infrastructure projects for government institutions and institutions.
CASWEENEY OJUKWU is a seasoned intelligent developer with deep experience in developing safe, effective and developed Blockchain solutions. He specializes in formulating smart contracts for both Blockchains compatible with EVM and Starknet, and take advantage of a strong leadership of hardness, Cairo and rust. CASWEENEY has contributed to innovative projects across the Web3 space, where it worked with prominent Blockchain companies including insomnia laboratories, the moon series and Numi.
Emilia Zhang is an artificial intelligence specialist with deep experience in machine learning and artificial intelligence. She holds a master’s degree in artificial intelligence and has contributed to advanced projects, as she builds NLP customizations that adapt reading exercises with individual students’ needs. Her passion for education extends beyond her professional work.
It regularly hosts Hackathons for local teenagers to create Chatbots solutions and artificial intelligence solutions. In Xlaris, you teach machine learning, typical training, evaluation techniques, publishing functioning, and directing students through practical projects that transform the complex artificial intelligence theory into real world solutions.
That quiet beginning did not remain calm for a long time. A handful of the first students started building ambitious projects. Parents were surprised, not only through technical skills, but through confidence, focus and creativity their children began to appear.
“We haven’t ran ads. We didn’t pay strongly,” says Sam. “Every new student we have reached from one of the parents tells the other father,” you have to see what my child is building. “
Today, their students come from 11 different countries, through referrals. The program maintained a 98 percent retention rate, with most students continuing their learning trip until after the initial registration period.
Their biggest advocates are the parents who saw their children turning.
One of the most powerful aspects of their model is that students are not just learning. They create. Each child works on one with an experienced coach who is also his teacher, learns a symbol, design and adopting their interests and ideas. Here are a few projects that students work on:
Zoja creates a platform that helps people identify and treat viral infections. Her interest in this project stems from her magic through her mother’s work as virus scientists. This basic system aims to give users information and resources that improve their understanding of viral diseases.
“The problem I address is that many people get sick without knowing the cause of their symptoms, such as bile. Virus Zoja says: “I have created Virusrule because I believe that learning about health should be fun and easy for users to identify virus, vaccines and virus scientists through fun games and competitions. When we make learning fun, we can help people control their health,” says Zoja.
Millions of people fight to pay for urgent medical care and hospital bills every year.
Healthcare treatments are often very expensive, and many cannot afford. Lifeline
Donations It exists to reduce this burden by linking heat donors to the needy patients.
Every dollar that he contributes goes directly towards covering the medical expenses of a person who needs help. We hope this platform will bring hope, recovery and support to those who need it more. Together, we can make a change in life change, one hospital bill simultaneously.
Many families have games that you no longer use, but don’t know how to sell them. At the same time, other families are looking for reasonable prices to buy. My project, TycycleIt is a web application that helps solve both problems.
On toycycle, people can buy or sell new and used games. Buyers can choose the condition, price and extent of the seller. The sellers can download their games and use useful guide for sale faster. Toycycle makes it easy for families to find great games and give old games a new home.
Nicholas, a Canadian student, is excited to help people all over the world. Inspired to identify global challenges in the school, decided to create ImpactfundWeb app makes it easy and meaningful to donate for important reasons.
Impactfund simplifies the donation process, allowing users to surrender less than 5 minutes and even prepare automatic monthly contributions. The donor progress tape shows the effect of their support, help build confidence and transparency.
“I realized that many people want to help, but to face obstacles when donating,” says Nicholas. “I have built Impactfund to make giving easier and more rewarding.”
Each academic year, volunteers struggle to maintain the update of the unified website of the store with new products and sizes and inventory changes. This creates frustration for families trying to find what they need and an additional work for busy volunteers.
Zach builds a simple web site for a unified store in his school that makes it very easy for volunteers or parents to update throughout the year. It focuses its solution on simplicity and efficiency, ensuring that families can find quickly and buy what they need.
“I started coding by developing the game, but I realized that web development can solve real problems,” Zak explains. “I love the side to solve problems in coding-knowing how to overcome challenges and make things work better.”
I have not seen it before the motivation or enjoy a lot of fun with homework-until more! Topics and exercises are suitable for age, but they are also designed for individual progress and ability. I definitely feel that it begins at the beginning of valuable life skills while enjoying.
– My mother is a husband
The classrooms are held directly on their platform in individual sessions, with coaches matching the learning style for each child. The experiment is completely flexible, organized and personal.
“It is not only about teaching a child for the symbol,” Malik explains. “It comes to helping them think like builders. To see themselves as people who can create and solve problems and make their ideas to life.”
For Sam and Malik, this is not only related to today’s projects. It relates to what happens when a generation of children already grows thinking about systems, products and global influence. “We believe that the next generation of creators, founders of startups and problem solutions are already here,” says Sam. “They are only 10, 11 or 12 now.”
And with students already building projects in 11 countries, on the basis of curricula, and parents who defend experience in every step, they may be right. Do you want to see what a children really can? You don’t need to wait 10 years. They already build it.
