A.I.-powered assessments for how students think

Socra: A modern dialectic

Traditional exams measure answers. Socra helps teachers see the reasoning behind them. By guiding students through A.I.-driven dialogue, Socra reveals curiosity, process, and insight, not just memorized results.

Keep teachers at the center of learning, and give students a chance to show more than a grade.

Why Socra stands apart

Most platforms measure answers. Socra captures the thinking process. Our features are designed to give students space to reason deeply, while giving teachers the tools, community, and insights to guide them forward.

A modern dialectic powered by A.I.
Students reason in guided conversations, showing not just what they know, but how they think.
Dialogue example showing a Socratic conversation interface
A shared library of inquiry
Teachers create, adapt, and share questions with a community, reducing prep time and sparking ideas.
Example question interface
Flexible setup for every classroom
Organize assignments, track progress, and adapt the platform to your unique teaching style.
General chemistry example interface
Insights that go beyond grades
See the full picture of student learning with metrics on reasoning, not just right or wrong answers.
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FAQ section

Frequently asked questions

These are the questions we hear most often from teachers exploring Socra. Still curious about something? Let us know, we’re always happy to talk.

General

Using Socra

Partner with us

We're building Socra with teachers, not around them. Reach out if you'd like to explore a partnership, pilot the tool in your classroom, or just ask us questions. We'll get back to you quickly!

Meet the Socra team

We’re students and teachers building the future of learning with A.I.

We mesh because we’ve lived on both sides of the classroom.
We’ve been students in lecture halls, Zoom squares, and late-night study groups, and we’ve been the teachers designing exams, leading workshops, and mentoring peers. That makes us uniquely tuned to what actually works in learning — and what doesn’t.
We’ve seen firsthand the power of teachers, and we believe they must remain at the core of the classroom in this age of A.I. We’re also part of the youngest wave of founders, growing up alongside A.I. instead of catching up to it. Each of us has hands-on experience building with A.I., from research papers to shipped products. Together, we bring the rare combo of pedagogy, product, and engineering: a team of students, teachers, and A.I. natives reimagining education from the inside out.
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Haley Moller
Haley Moller
Co-founder, CEO
Haley is an educator and researcher with roots in both the humanities and A.I.
She has taught literature and writing at Yale, built inquiry-based curricula for high school and college students, and published research on large language models and their role in reasoning. Drawing on this cross-disciplinary experience, she founded Socra to give teachers tools that spotlight dialogue and process, not just final answers.

When she’s not building Socra, Haley is thinking about how A.I. can help us ask better questions. She’s convinced the future of learning depends on giving teachers the spotlight and helping students harness their curiosity.
Christie Vo
Christie Yu
Co-founder, CPO
Christie brings A.I. product design experience from Lenovo, where she has led end-to-end design for large-scale A.I. applications used by millions worldwide.
She specializes in UX for A.I. systems, creating design languages that are modern, snappy, and ready-to-deploy. During the pandemic, she taught and led an 8-week English seminar for 70+ students from her bedroom, raising $26K for charity. Christie has a background in English and CS from Yale, blending storytelling and technical expertise in everything she creates.

Christie is currently teaching herself gardening through ChatGPT alone — and is determined to harvest her first big crop in 2025.
Mudi Yang
Mudi Yang
Co-founder, CSO
Mudi is a computer scientist pushing the edge of A.I. and quantum computing.
He is completing his Master’s at Columbia while working as a GPU compiler engineer at Qualcomm, and earned his B.S. at Yale, where he was a teaching assistant for computational intelligence and discrete mathematics. His research has spanned NLP, quantum computing, and A.I.-driven sentiment analysis, with multiple papers and major fellowships to his name.

Mudi thrives at the intersection of theory and practice, turning cutting-edge ideas into real systems. He’s also the type of guy who can explain quantum random walks over coffee and still make it sound fun.
Max Raffel
Max Raffel
Co-founder, CTO
Max is a builder at the intersection of teaching, A.I., and creative software.
He studies computer science and game development at USC, where he has designed and taught programming curricula for 60+ students, and 20-person dev teams to ship award-winning narrative-driven games, and built A.I. systems with an optional Connect4 solver and NLP-driven content tools. He’s earned programming MVP recognition and is working on shipping games to be showcased at USC expos.

Max is a black belt martial artist and lion dancer. Word on the street is he once hit the floor at a Boston Celtics halftime show.

Our blog

From our co-founders

We believe education needs new ways to see and support student thinking. In our blog, we share the ideas behind Socra and the challenges we're tackling in today's classrooms.

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The Voice at Risk: What AI cannot learn for us

Nov 20, 2025 · Haley Moller

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The Voice at Risk: What AI cannot learn for us

Nov 20, 2025·Haley Moller
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The End of the Answer

Nov 10, 2025·Haley Moller
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My love–hate relationship with A.I.

Oct 1, 2025·Christie Yu
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A.I. Isn't the Problem. Our Idea of Learning Is.

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What others are saying about A.I. and education

Educators, researchers, and thought leaders agree: the future of learning isn't about replacing teachers, but rethinking how we assess understanding in this novel age of A.I.

"Above all else, the needs of students and educators should drive A.I.'s use in education — and educators must be at the table to ensure these tools support effective teaching and learning for all students, regardless of ZIP code."

Becky Pringle

NEA president

Teaching in the age of A.I.

"I think if we're going to make A.I. work for students, for kids, we need to listen to teachers."

Brad Smith

Microsoft president

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"We have to get to the point where we stop looking for evidence that students are using these tools to cheat and shift our emphasis to looking for evidence that learning has occurred."

Jason Lodge

educational psychologist

Assessment reform for the age of A.I.

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