StartupsNov 2, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC·2 min read

Mriia: Ukraine's Startup-Style School Platform Hits 1M Users

Ukraine's state-backed education platform Mriia now serves more than 3,700 schools and one million users, applying startup product methods and Gemini-based AI to public services.

A teacher in a Ukrainian classroom uses a smartphone app to manage grades and timetables on a national digital education platform. — Image: Tech.eu

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Ukraine's national digital education platform Mriia has grown from a 40-school pilot to more than 3,700 schools and one million users. The team now aims to reach 7,000 schools and 1.5 million active users by the end of 2026.

Mriia is state-backed and supported by international partners including the Swiss-funded EGAP Program, UNICEF and Google. It brings school administration, teachers, students and parents into one ecosystem, and, unlike commercial rivals already digitising school processes, it is free for schools and families.

Mobile first, built around teachers

The platform offers mobile apps for students, parents and teachers, plus a web portal for teachers and administrators. It covers electronic journals, timetables, attendance, grades, homework and administrative tasks. The team started with mobile because a smartphone is often the easiest way into the system for a family.

Product manager Anastasiia Kochubynska says usage data has corrected the team's assumptions. Developers expected teachers to log absences before entering grades, but many went straight to grades, so the workflow was redesigned to remove unnecessary steps. Teachers also give blunt feedback, sometimes by calling her directly. According to AI lead Viacheslav Miekh, the team can spot problems within days, or even minutes, and pass them to policymakers.

AI for repetitive work

Mriia's first AI feature is test generation. Textbooks, Ministry of Education materials and national exam guidelines are structured into pages, topics and subtopics and supplied to models as context, not used for training. The system currently uses Google's Gemini. A separate AI agent reviews the generated questions and filters out unsuitable ones. As Miekh puts it, teachers can generate tests in minutes instead of spending hours.

The team is also testing Google's Gemma and the Ukrainian model Mamai, and is working with the developers of Ukraine's national LLM, possibly contributing materials for evaluation.

Wartime constraints

Operating nationwide means dealing with power cuts, unstable internet and heating outages. Mriia has no offline mode yet, though the team has seen users switch from the web platform to the mobile app during blackouts. Behavioural analysis uses depersonalised data, giving the ministry a clearer view of school operations without examining individual students.