Priya Lakhani

UK-based AI education innovator transforming personalized learning through technology

Priya Lakhani is founder and CEO of Century Tech, an AI-driven education platform used in over 2,500 schools across 30 countries. Her company's adaptive learning algorithms analyze student performance data to create personalized study paths, reducing teacher workload by 40% while improving learning outcomes. Launched in 2016, Century Tech has been adopted by major UK institutions like Lambeth Council and Oxford Royale Academy.

In 2021, Lakhani pioneered the AI Teacher Assistant program, providing free access to schools in low-income regions. This initiative has supported over 500,000 students in India, Nigeria, and Brazil during the pandemic. Her LinkedIn article on ethical AI in education has been shared by UNESCO and the World Economic Forum.

She chairs the UK government's Department for Education AI advisory board and co-authored the National AI in Education Strategy published in 2023. Lakhani's TED Talk AI That Does What Teachers Cannot has over 1.2 million views. Her company recently launched AI Language Labs to support multilingual learners in 140+ languages.