Questions we get

No, because Sapling never hands you the answer. It guides you toward the understanding: Socratic questioning, explanations you have to apply yourself, and TeachBack, where you do the explaining. Using Sapling is like having a tutor, not a ghostwriter. The work, and the learning, is still yours.

It won't, by design. Answer engines hand over the solution; Sapling walks you through the process and adapts to how you learn. If you paste a homework problem, expect guiding questions, not a finished answer to copy.

Sapling is a study aid, the same category as flashcards, tutoring, or a study group. It doesn't produce submittable work. That said, every course sets its own rules, so check your syllabus.

We built Sapling to make you less dependent over time. Mastery only turns green when you can demonstrate understanding, and TeachBack literally requires you to explain concepts yourself. The goal is that you walk into the exam without us.

A general chatbot forgets you the moment you close the tab. Sapling maps what you know, remembers what you struggled with, schedules reviews before you forget, and grounds itself in your actual course materials. It's a study system, not a conversation.

It can, which is why Sapling grounds answers in your uploaded course materials and shows its reasoning instead of just a verdict. You stay the judge. Spot an error and flag it in one click, and the tutor corrects course.

You can start with a single syllabus and still get a full semester of dates plus a first pass at the concept graph. The more of your own material you add, the more the quizzes and guides look like your course rather than a generic one.

It works wherever your course has readable material and named concepts, which covers most lecture-based courses. Heavily studio or performance-based courses get less out of it, and we would rather say that than oversell.

Nothing during beta. Beta testers get every feature free while we build, and a say in what we build next. Join the list and you're in line.

They stay yours. Uploads, notes, and messages are encrypted at rest with AES-256, used only to build your graph and study materials, and never sold or used to train outside models. Delete a document and its data goes with it.

Yes. Study rooms put a live chat next to a shared graph, so the room can see which concepts nobody has locked down and turn any gap into a quiz everyone takes.

We are onboarding in small groups so we can actually read the feedback. Sign up and we will tell you which group you are in rather than leaving you on a silent list.