Mathematics has long been one of the toughest subjects for students to grasp.
When Samuel Swee used to teach at a secondary school, he often noticed students hunched over their math homework during school assemblies, struggling to complete exercises they didn’t fully understand.
Some even messaged him late at night for help. Although math wasn’t his subject, the pattern was clear—students were clearly struggling.
This inspired Samuel to team up with his friend, Clifford Teo, to create WizzTutor—a self-help AI chatbot designed to guide students through math concepts aligned with the MOE syllabus and provide the practice needed to master them.
But just how much can an AI chatbot really help with math? We spoke to Samuel and Clifford to learn more about WizzTutor and their vision for the future of education.
Creating an AI platform that aligned with the local syllabus
Samuel first met Clifford in Mar last year through mutual friends. Over coffee, they discovered a shared passion for education.
Clifford, who spent over a decade in operations at companies like Grab, believes education is the key to social mobility while Samuel, having observed that observed that tuition was often hired for Mathematics, wanted to leverage technology to provide support to students.
Their complementary expertise laid the foundation for WizzTutor. Samuel’s background as a secondary school Geography teacher, combined with certifications in coding and AI, provided the educational and technical insight, while Clifford brought market knowledge, scaling experience, and operational strategy from his corporate experience.
But the duo didn’t want to create just any AI chatbot—they wanted one that would genuinely help Singaporean students. To achieve this, they worked closely with former MOE heads of department, coders, and advisors, training WizzTutor on large language models and past-year examination papers to ensure the platform remained aligned with the local syllabus.
And after months of development, WizzTutor officially launched in Jul 2025. The platform initially targeted secondary students, covering topics from integers in Elementary Mathematics to differentiation in Additional Mathematics, as secondary school topics are generally “more structured” than those in the primary curriculum, shared the founders.
However, the platform has since expanded to include Primary 5 and 6 support, due to demand from parents of younger learners.
“A complete earning ecosystem”
WizzTutor aims to provide students with a “complete learning ecosystem.” When students log in, they are greeted by a dashboard where they can choose topics and difficulty levels, select sets of questions, and access over 10,000 practice materials, including past-year examination papers.
If students get stuck on a question, they can turn to Miss Andrea, the platform’s AI chatbot, to ask as many questions as they want. The chatbot will provide them with analogies and step-by-step explanations.
WizzTutor also has a ““Homework Helper” feature, where students can upload their handwritten work to the platform. The system then guides them through each step, highlighting mistakes, offering hints, and showing how to arrive at the correct answers.
It’s worth noting, however, that students need to take the initiative to use the platform. Based on their activity for the week, each student receives a personalised progress report and weekly recap.
“By looking at the grades or other scores of each attempt, a student can better assess if they’re improving or constantly repeating the same mistakes for a particular question type,” Clifford said.
Parents, on the other hand, will also receive their own set via email, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and performance of their child compared to their peers.
Every penstroke, answer, and working is recorded, giving parents full visibility into their children’s learning journey. This allows parents to monitor practice, stay involved, and encourage independent learning without needing to master the subject themselves.
That said, Samuel and Clifford emphasised that WizzTutor is not here to replace teachers but to complement education.
While its AI is highly knowledgeable, it’s not perfect. The platform currently achieves at least 98% accuracy, with its team performing regular checks. So far, no mistakes with the chatbot have been reported, according to the founders.
In addition, since chatbots can sometimes “hallucinate” or veer off-topic, safeguards have been put in place to ensure the AI stays focused solely on math. A feedback feature is in development to capture user insights.
Affordable, accessible & familiar
What makes the platform stand out beyond its alignment with the MOE syllabus, which many generic platforms cannot replicate, is its affordability.
It comes at a fraction of traditional tuition costs—starting at just S$2 a day with a yearly subscription, which works out to around S$60 a month, compared with S$60 per hour for conventional tuition.
The platform is also available 24/7, which the founders believe, along with its affordability, will help drive adoption.
Singaporean students are already familiar with digital learning tools thanks to the MOE’s rollout of personal learning devices, and many also use AI regularly. A recent CNA survey found that 84% of secondary students use AI for homework at least weekly, with some even generating answers directly from them.
The founders explained that WizzTutor builds on this existing familiarity.
Standing out requires focus
To date, WizzTutor has served over 1,000 users and is growing at a rate of roughly 10% per week.
Looking ahead, the founders plan to expand WizzTutor’s offerings to the lower primary levels, covering the full spectrum of primary and secondary education. They also intend to roll out the platform in other languages to better serve expatriate families.
In addition, Samuel and Clifford hope to partner with organisations such as CDAC (Chinese Development Assistance Council) and Yayasan Mendaki to reach out to underprivileged students. They aim for broader adoption in schools and tuition centres, making WizzTutor an essential tool for all students.
While there are many AI chatbots available, standing out requires focus. For WizzTutor, that means aligning closely with the MOE syllabus and the specific needs of Singaporean students.
For aspiring AI founders, their advice is clear: know your domain. “AI is a tool,” Clifford said. “What matters is where you want to go with it. Success depends on understanding the context deeply—in our case, Singapore math education and the real needs of parents and students.”
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