Polymath
About
The reason learning is exciting
Polymath is changing the future of learning for kids around the world, starting with maths.
It's the app where kids explore, build, and learn in their own personalised world. Polymath is kid-focused and will be the go-to platform for hundreds of millions of kids, offering screen time parents can actually feel good about.
- Location
- Auckland
- Website
- Visit website
- Founded
- 2021
- Employees
- 1-10
- Industry
- Education
- Funding stage
- Seed
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Snapshot of Polymath
Where Maths Meets Multiplayer
Polymath is reimagining maths education for the next generation, combining smart algorithms with playful, Roblox-style worlds where kids build houses, raise pets, go shopping, and yes, solve maths problems along the way.
Founded by Sophie and Christian Silver, the Kiwi-born startup is on a mission to make kids love learning, not tolerate it.
Having just raised NZ$1.5M in pre-Seed funding co-led by Blackbird and GD1, Polymath is expanding into the U.S. and building out multiplayer and collaborative features that make maths as social as it is educational.
Why Polymath Is a Great Place to Work
Mission That Matters At its core, Polymath is about lifting global education outcomes by putting kids first. The product is kid-tested and educator-approved, with real impact: kids using Polymath regularly have been shown to learn up to 2x faster.
Real-Time Feedback Loop The entire team, including engineers, works directly with kids to get immediate feedback. If a feature isn’t fun, it’s gone. That means you get to build and improve things at speed and with purpose.
Play Meets Pedagogy With Sophie’s background in developmental psychology and Christian’s in computer science, Polymath combines scientific rigour with world-class engineering. It’s not just gamification for the sake of it, it’s play with learning at its core.
Momentum + Community Love Tens of thousands of kids across NZ, the U.S., UK and Australia already love the app. It’s even showing up in classrooms via a free school version, giving the team a powerful distribution loop and feedback channel.
User-Obsessed Culture The team has a scrappy, hands-on mindset, running maths competitions in schools, engaging with teachers on Facebook, and getting their hands dirty to understand their users inside and out. If you love building with users, not just for them, you’ll thrive here.
Whether you’re an educator, game designer, engineer or storyteller, if you want to make maths the most-loved subject on the planet, Polymath might be the place.