# ReadU

- **Event:** [Claude Build Day](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/claude-startups-build-day)
- **When:** Sat, Jun 13 at 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM (PDT)
- **Where:** San Francisco, CA
- **Team:** [Will Feldman](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/willfeldman), [Alex Nikanov](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/alexnikanov)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/willfeldman/readu
- **Website:** https://youtu.be/pr9H-iNeF8g
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/claude-startups-build-day/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/claude-startups-build-day/hackathon/gallery/97

ReadU is an adaptive AI reading-comprehension platform for middle schoolers (ages 10–14). Students pick the topics they love (including space, mystery, sports, gaming, ocean life, and more) and ReadU writes them a brand-new reading passage at their exact reading level, with comprehension questions weighted toward the specific skills they most need to grow. A baseline reading calibrates a starting level (grades 4–9); from there the platform adapts session over session, tracking eight comprehension skills (main idea, inference, vocabulary-in-context, cause & effect, sequencing, author's purpose, key details, figurative language) with an exponentially-weighted mastery model, nudging difficulty up or down on performance, and feeding each reader's weakest skills back into the next generation. XP, ranks, streaks, badges, and a live skill dashboard keep it motivating. The thesis: personalization drives engagement, and engagement drives literacy - a kid who can't put down a story about their favorite game is a kid who's reading.

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