AI that listens: Building educator-centered AI tools on AWS

This article showcases how Otus, a K-12 student data platform, is building educator-centered AI tools on AWS to help teachers and administrators make data-driven decisions and reduce administrative burden.

• Otus AI Insights will serve 1,165 administrators and 8,579 educators supporting 106,000+ students in 2025-26
• Amazon Bedrock and Guardrails enable LLM-powered features like content moderation and real-time Q&A
• Amazon RDS PostgreSQL supports natural language queries and RAG for semantic search capabilities
• Amazon S3 provides secure, resilient storage for sensitive student performance data
• EC2 Auto Scaling handles scalable computing for live classrooms and data-intensive analytics
• Teachers report saving hours weekly on grading, lesson planning, and family communication
• Platform has assessed 185 million standards; 12.2 million assessments administered in 2024-25
• AI can identify early warning signs and generate actionable recommendations for intervention
• Otus partnering with Discovery Education to develop personalized learning experiences using real-time data

Otus demonstrates how AWS-powered AI tools can meaningfully support educators by automating administrative tasks and surfacing actionable insights to improve student outcomes.