Announcing Ara's backing from Y Combinator.Ara for Students
Your AI study partner that actually does the assignment.
Ara joins your lectures, takes notes, formats the essay, files the citations, and submits to Canvas. Free with .edu — three months of Pro on us.
Works inside the apps you already use.
No new tab. No copy-paste. Ara takes over your screen and gets it done where you already work.
Google Docs
Drafts, citations, and formatting by voice.
Notion
Class notes that organise themselves.
Zoom
Join lectures, transcribe, summarise.
Canvas
Submit assignments without leaving Ara.
Overleaf
LaTeX dictation that actually compiles.
Slack
Group projects that don't stall.
Cursor
CS assignments and rubber-ducking.
Anki
Flashcards from your notes, by voice.
4× faster than typing
Save hours on essays, problem sets, and reading notes by talking through them.
AI that helps you get the A
Ara shortens, lengthens, and edits with you — and pulls citations as you talk.
Free with .edu
Sign in with your school email and we'll auto-activate three months of Pro free, then 50% off forever.
Top 10 ways students use Ara
- Dictating an essay on a walk to class
- Joining a lecture and getting clean notes
- Filing problem-set solutions in LaTeX
- Replying to a professor without rewriting
- Sending group-project DMs
- Translating a paper into your study language
- Drafting a cover letter for an internship
- Spitballing algorithm logic before opening the IDE
- Building flashcards from a textbook chapter
- Submitting to Canvas without leaving Ara
Calculate what Ara saves you.
Most students we talk to spend 2+ hours/day on busywork Ara takes over.
You save monthly
$3,000
Private & secure
Compliance in progress
We're working toward HIPAA & SOC 2 Type II. Targeting 2026.
Zero data retention (opt-in)Encrypted in transit & at restPer-action confirmation prompts