LabNotes.ai - AI STEM tutor that guides students, not just gives answers.

We’re launching LabNotes.ai with a contrarian bet: the best AI tutor is the one that doesn’t just hand you the answer. Research on the “generation effect” shows students remember far more when they generate answers themselves, yet most AI tools are optimized for speed and correctness, not learning. LabNotes.ai is built for **productive** struggle. It classifies intent before replying, uses Socratic prompts and metacognitive questions instead of solutions, and reveals help progressively so students stay challenged without getting stuck. The hardest part is knowing when to hold back and when to step in, so our early pilots are focused on a simple outcome: do students who use LabNotes.ai actually perform better on later assessments than those using conventional answer engines? If you care about AI that teaches, not tells, we’d love your feedback and ideas as we keep tuning the scaffolding and share more about how the system works under the hood.