About CodeAI – Our Mission, Impact, and Approach | CodeAI

CodeAI is an education innovation nonprofit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn about artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science (CS) as part of their core K-12 education.
AI became part of students' daily lives before any school system decided what they should understand about it.
CodeAI closes that gap by reaching students at their skill level, in their schools, in ways that keep them learning — with free curriculum, as well as the tools, teacher training, and policy work that make our vision possible in any classroom.
Together, the sciences below build digital fluency: not just using technology, but understanding it, directing it, questioning it, and creating with it.
The logic and systems thinking behind every digital tool, not just the ones powered by AI.
How AI actually works: machine learning, model training, data, and the bias, misinformation, and ethical questions that come with systems that can act autonomously.
Lets students question what AI produces, by understanding the data behind it.
The gap between students who just use technology and students who understand it is becoming the new opportunity gap — and it's widening fastest in the communities that can least afford another one.
Reaching every student is foundational to our work.
In 2013, twin brothers Hadi and Ali Partovi launched Code.org with a video arguing that every student should learn computer science. It went viral. Thousands of schools asked for help. What followed — the Hour of Code — gave millions of students the chance to write their first line of code and helped fuel a global movement for CS education.
AI became part of students' daily lives before any school system decided what they should understand about it. Three-quarters of high schoolers say AI fluency will matter more in the future than it does now. Right now, 84% of students already use AI — but only 16% of high school leaders say all their students are learning about it in school. That gap is why the Hour of Code became the Hour of AI, and why Code.org became CodeAI.
"AI has made the doing easy. Protecting critical thinking, and giving kids the knowledge to question this technology and decide what it's for, is the work of education now. This is the generation that will set the terms for how AI is used. Some are being taught to understand it, direct it, question it, and create with it. Most are not. That's the gap CodeAI exists to close." — Karim Meghji, CEO of CodeAI
Our work is made possible by decades of dedication from individuals and organizations who’ve helped build, fund, and champion AI+CS education. We’re deeply grateful to the entire AI+CS education community for fueling this movement and expanding opportunity for students worldwide.
Outside of the US, our team works closely with more than 100 international partners, helping them expand AI+CS education. We also keep AI+CS education in the international education discourse by partnering with ministries of education from around the world and working with international organizations like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Digital fluency doesn't scale on its own. It takes the individuals, organizations, and international partners who fund, build, and champion this work alongside us — from local classrooms to ministries of education.
CodeAI is powered by a team of educators, engineers, storytellers, and advocates, working from classroom curriculum to national policy.
Our guiding principles shape how we collaborate, advocate, and drive change across the movement we've built.
Our curriculum and tutorials are free, open, and built to be shared. Licensed under Creative Commons, our materials can be used, adapted, and remixed by educators around the world for non-commercial purposes. We believe that every student and teacher should always have access to high-quality foundational learning materials, with open resources remaining at the heart of what we do.
CodeAI’s mission unites people across political, cultural, and geographic divides. We work with educators, policymakers, and industry leaders from across the spectrum to advance computer science and AI education in every school, without partisanship or ideology. Our focus is on what unites us: preparing young people for the future. Read about our Unifying Approach
To make computer science and AI truly for every student, we design our programs and tools with accessibility at the core. We work continuously to identify and eliminate barriers that limit participation by students with disabilities, ensuring that every learner can engage fully and meaningfully in computer science and AI education.
CodeAI helps students question and understand the ethical and societal dimensions of technology, but we do not prescribe what to think. Our curriculum encourages inquiry while avoiding political or moral positions. We equip learners to think critically, not to adopt a predetermined view.
CodeAI is deeply committed to protecting student privacy. We collect the minimum data necessary to deliver our courses, never sell student information, and design all of our tools to comply with COPPA, FERPA, GDPR, and other leading privacy standards. We believe every learner deserves to explore computer science and AI in a safe, trusted environment where their data is used only to support their education.
CodeAI relies on generous support from a broad group of technology companies to deliver our computer science and AI education, and we use clear guidelines to manage these partnerships. These principles ensure the platform remains a collaborative learning space, not a competitive arena, by strictly maintaining a non-commercial, ad-free environment. We prioritize student experience in all technology choices, and offer teachers multiple options when possible to support the broadest access and an inclusive ecosystem.
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