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Q3 2026 · Seed · EdTech
5 edtech startups at seed stage ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration in Q3 2026. learningeconomy leads with 47 commits over 14 days (+176%). Seed-stage startups — typically post-angel/accelerator, pre-Series A. Engineering signals here often correlate with the first production build-out and the earliest customer-facing launches.
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Investor insight
Seed-stage acceleration is the sweet spot for scouts and solo GPs. Deploy-frequency spikes and infrastructure buildouts at this stage usually precede the Series A announcement by 6-12 weeks. The window to get in before the round is competitive is narrow but real.
| # | Company | Stage | Geo | Commits (14d) | Change | Contributors | Contrib. Growth | New Repos | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learningeconomy Agency & Opportunity For All View signal profile → | Seed | Unknown | 47 | +176% | 15 | +18% | 0 | Deploy frequency spike |
| 2 | OpenOLAT Open Source Learning Management System written in Java View signal profile → | Seed | EU | 121 | -17% | 16 | +0% | 0 | Framework migration |
| 3 | learning-commons-org Learning Commons provides AI infrastructure to scale proven learning practices to reach every learner. View signal profile → | Seed | US | 9 | -18% | 9 | +10% | 0 | Framework migration |
| 4 | iblai Sovereign AI infrastructure to build your agents and apps. You own all the code and data for privacy, security and contr View signal profile → | Seed | US | 83 | -48% | 11 | +0% | 9 | Infrastructure buildout |
| 5 | elimu-ai Free open-source learning software for out-of-school children 🚀✨ View signal profile → | Seed | Unknown | 8 | -77% | 12 | +0% | 0 | Framework migration |
Sorted by commit velocity change (14-day window). Stage from contributor count + enrichment. Last updated Q3 2026.
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learningeconomy leads edtech seed-stage startups in Q3 2026 with 47 commits over a rolling 14-day window (+176% change) and 15 active contributors. Across all 5 edtech startups at this stage, the average 14-day commit velocity is 54 commits.
Seed-stage acceleration is the sweet spot for scouts and solo GPs. Deploy-frequency spikes and infrastructure buildouts at this stage usually precede the Series A announcement by 6-12 weeks. The window to get in before the round is competitive is narrow but real.
Stage is derived from contributor count, team-size enrichment, and funding history where publicly available. Stage buckets (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A/B, Growth) use broad matching for sample size. Always verify independently before any investment action.