AI agents for education
With Cogniti, educators create their own AI agents for teaching, without technical knowledge and simply in natural language. That makes AI part of existing teaching, with the educator in control of content and use. Outfox is Cogniti's European implementation partner.
The platform
Educators build the AI agents themselves
Educators describe how an agent should behave, ground it in their own course material and put the agent where students already work. Without writing a single line of code. An agent can, for example, explain, ask questions, give feedback or guide students through an assignment, based on the educator's content and approach.
Educators stay in control
Educators set the role, instructions, sources and boundaries of every agent themselves, matched to subject content, course material and learning goals.
Directly in the learning environment
The agents are available in the digital environment where students already work: Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace or Schoolbox, over LTI 1.3.
Insight into the learning process
See which questions, topics and misconceptions keep coming back while the module is still running.
Track record
Developed in education, for education
Cogniti was developed at the University of Sydney by Associate Professor Danny Liu and colleagues, out of their own teaching practice. In 2025 Cogniti won the Research and Education category at the Australian Financial Review's AI Awards.
Figures published by the University of Sydney, 3 June 2025.
Start here
A four-week pilot, at no cost
Start with up to 50 educators. The pilot needs little technical setup and includes training and practical templates. Cogniti can host the pilot free of charge, so educators can experience what it does in practice before the institution commits.
Data and privacy
European hosting on Microsoft Azure
Cogniti runs on Microsoft Azure and can be deployed in a European Azure region, so data stays within a European data centre. According to Cogniti's privacy policy, personal information is not used to train AI models.
For institutions that already work with Microsoft 365 or Azure, Cogniti fits into a familiar technical environment. During implementation we agree together which region Cogniti runs in and which requirements apply to security, privacy and data processing.
Working with us
Outfox as implementation partner
Outfox supports European educational institutions in a secure and practical introduction of Cogniti, suited to their own organisation.
We set up the pilot
Together we choose where Cogniti is used, set up the first agents and make sure educators can start quickly.
We support educators
With training, examples and templates, educators learn to build good AI agents for their own teaching.
We handle the implementation
We support the connection to the learning environment, hosting in the right region and the step from pilot to structural use.
Technology and privacy
Proven technology, flexible and secure
Hosting, model choice and handling of personal data.
- Hosted on Microsoft AzureApplication, database, processing of course material and AI models run on Microsoft Azure.
- A choice of AI modelsEach organisation decides which models from OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, Google and Mistral are available.
- Personal data not used for trainingCogniti states that personal information is not used to train AI models.
The team
We bring Cogniti to your teaching
AI can strengthen the interaction between students and teachers, with the teacher in charge. That conviction is why we work with Cogniti. Together we help your institution: we involve your educators, make the agents useful in everyday teaching, and make sure Cogniti meets your IT and privacy requirements.
Who is Outfox?
Outfox is a Dutch company based in Eindhoven. Since 2005 we have built and run collaboration platforms for education and research. We bring that experience with educational institutions, their systems and their privacy requirements to Cogniti.
Get started
Want to know more about Cogniti?
Talk to us about how Cogniti can be used, from a first pilot to technical implementation. See in a demo how educators use Cogniti to put AI agents into their teaching, simply and securely, or contact Richard Heesen directly.