Axiom AI Beta
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Welcome to the Axiom Beta! 🎉
We're thrilled to have you as one of our first testers. Axiom is an AI-powered platform designed for educators and teams to create their own custom AI tutors and tools. By simply uploading course materials, you can build an AI assistant that adapts to your content and supports learning in new ways.
Our vision is to make AI in education:
- Practical — easy for educators to set up and integrate into real teaching workflows.
- Flexible — able to adapt to different subjects, grade levels, and contexts.
- Responsible — designed with transparency and educator control at the core.
Axiom is being developed by Learnful Labs Inc. (learnful.io), an education technology company based in Waterloo, Ontario. Since 2018, Learnful has been building open-source platforms for open education and open government, working with universities, colleges, and ministries across Canada. Our work spans digital learning platforms, OER (Open Educational Resources), and AI-enabled tools for teaching and research.
Our beta test is a critical step in shaping Axiom. By experimenting, exploring, and sharing your feedback, you'll help us refine the platform to meet the needs of real educators and learners. We want Axiom to be built with educators, not just for them — and your participation makes that possible.
Please note: this is an early release. Features may change, bugs may appear, and data may be reset as we improve the system. That's all part of the beta process.
Guidelines for Testers
To make this beta smooth and useful for everyone:
- Keep it private: please do not share your beta access outside your approved team or institution.
- Respect usage limits: we may cap Spaces, uploads, or chat messages to maintain stability.
- Explore freely: this is a safe space to experiment. Don't worry about breaking things.
- Share feedback: your input will guide improvements. Email us at support@learnful.io.
- Content is temporary: all Spaces, uploads, and chats may be reset or deleted as we update the platform. Please don't rely on Axiom to store critical or sensitive data.
- Not for real student use: You should not direct your students to use your course during the beta.
Core Concepts
A Space is your workspace — a private area for your course, project, or team. Each Space includes its own members, roles, permissions, and AI tutor settings.
- Create one for each course or research area.
- Keep content organized and access-controlled.
- Each Space has its own AI memory and analytics.
The Knowledge Base is where your Space stores learning materials. The AI draws from this content to answer questions and generate insights.
- Upload PDFs, docs, or web links.
- Tag and organize resources by topic.
- Keep responses grounded in your materials.
Members share access to a Space, and roles define what each person can view or manage.
- Admin: Manage members, AI settings, and permissions.
- Member: Chat with AI and upload materials.
- Custom roles for educators, assistants, or students.
Fine-tune how your AI behaves — tone, purpose, and access level — to match your teaching style or team needs.
- Set the AI tone (academic, supportive, neutral).
- Restrict responses to your Knowledge Base.
- Enable summarization or hinting features.
Gain insights into how members and the AI interact. Identify trends, knowledge gaps, and engagement levels.
- See top questions and learning topics.
- Track member activity and engagement.
- Use chat summaries to improve content.
Threads are collaborative chat sessions between learners and your AI tutor, where context and progress are saved across conversations.
- Each chat creates a persistent, shareable thread.
- Participants can revisit or continue discussions anytime.
- Admins can review and summarize conversations.
Quick Start Guide
Follow this quick start guide and, by the end, you'll have a working Space with your own materials—ready to explore how Axiom can support teaching, learning, or research.
Register your account
- Go to: Register
- Fill in your details, complete signup, and log in.
Watch the demo
- Getting Started with Axiom (YouTube)
- This short video shows how to create a Space, upload materials, and start your first conversation.
Create your first Space
- After logging in, click Create Space from your Dashboard.
- Open the new Space, click Settings, then select Knowledge Base.
- Upload 1–2 test materials (e.g., syllabus, slides, notes, readings). Note: PDFs may take longer to process.
- Spaces act like containers for your AI tutor—each can have its own focus.
Chat with your AI Tutor
- Open your Space and start a New Thread.
- Try prompts such as:
- “Summarize this reading in 5 bullet points.”
- “Create 3 multiple-choice questions for a quiz.”
- “Explain this concept for a high school student.”
Experiment with different prompts to see how Axiom adapts to your content. Try creating multiple Threads.
Other activities
- Join other Spaces: browse the Spaces directory to see published Spaces.
- Audit Threads in your Space: open the Threads dashboard to review conversations.
- Experiment with Space Settings: explore options that change how your Space works.
Send us feedback
Found a bug? Have an idea? Wish something worked differently? Email support@learnful.io.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can I use Axiom with students during the beta?
No. We recommend using Axiom only for testing and exploration, not in live classrooms, as data may reset.
Will my content carry over after the beta?
Not guaranteed. Please assume all data is temporary.
Can I invite others?
Yes! Feel free to invite your colleagues to join the beta and test out Axiom as well.
How many Spaces can I build?
For this beta, please do not exceed three Spaces.
Will Axiom be free?
We will launch Axiom with a free cloud tier. On launch, both free and paid tiers will support different teaching needs. Axiom works best when installed directly on campus — our goal is to help institutions run Axiom on their own servers so they can fully own the process.
How much will Axiom cost?
Pricing is still being finalized. There will be a free tier for Axiom Cloud for individual accounts, an open source version for organizations, and optional paid “Pro” accounts with advanced features.
How much will Axiom cost students?
We want to ensure that students never have to pay to access Axiom.
Is Axiom Open Source?
Not yet. We are developing an open source version of Axiom and expect to release it by early 2026.
What AI model does Axiom use?
In this beta, Axiom uses OpenAI’s GPT-5 models via API:
- Chat Responses:
gpt-5-chat-latest - Thread Summaries:
gpt-5-chat-latest - PDF Processing:
gpt-5-nano
Can I get Axiom for my school?
Yes! We can help your organization run its own Axiom instance so your community retains full control and data ownership.
How big can a Knowledge Base be?
In this beta: up to 20 files per Space, with a maximum of 10 MB per file. In production, this will be unlimited.
How many Threads can a Space or user have?
Threads are unlimited — both for individual users and Spaces.
How is AI used in Axiom?
During the beta, OpenAI APIs are used to:
- Pre-process and post-process Knowledge Base files
- Generate chat responses and summaries
- Generate thread titles
What are Visibility settings?
A Space’s visibility can be Listed or Unlisted. Listed Spaces appear in the Spaces Directory for logged-in users. Unlisted Spaces remain hidden.
What are Access settings?
A Space’s access can be:
- Private: Members added manually by the owner.
- Walled Garden: Members can join with an access code.
- Open: Any logged-in user can join.
What is the Access Code field?
The Access Code allows invited members to join a Space when Access is set to Walled Garden.
What is the “Instructions / Prompt” field?
This optional field customizes your AI tutor’s tone, style, and context. It’s combined with the system prompt for all responses.
What are the Model Configuration fields?
These let educators choose the AI model and optionally supply their own API key for that model.
What are Conversation Starters?
Conversation Starters appear when students open a new thread, offering example prompts to begin a chat.
What files can I upload to the Knowledge Base?
Supported formats include DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT, XLSX, XLS, PDF, TXT, RTF, MD, and CSV.
How does the Knowledge Base work?
Uploaded files are processed into text “chunks” with vector embeddings. These chunks let the AI reference your content when responding.
Are Knowledge Base files processed by AI?
Yes. Embeddings use text-embedding-3-small, and PDFs are pre-processed with gpt-5-nano for improved semantic chunking.
What happens when I delete or add files?
Deleting a file removes it and its embeddings immediately, removing that content from future AI responses. Adding a new file processes and includes it in future conversations.
What is the Threads admin dashboard?
Found at /spaces/[space_id]/threads, this dashboard lets you review all threads in your Space, view summaries, or open any conversation.
What are Thread Summaries?
Thread summaries are automatically generated using GPT-5-mini at the end of each session, giving a concise recap of each discussion.