Etienne Köhler

Hey everyone 👋🏼 I'm Etienne, the maker behind Akono. Why I built this: The most effective form of learning has always been the personal tutor. This isn't a new idea. One-on-one tutoring has been the gold standard for centuries, from the private tutors of ancient Rome to the tutorial systems still used at Oxford and Cambridge today. The reason it works is well understood: A tutor adapts to your...

I'm learning spanish right now, and this is exactly what I need. The AI is surprisingly great at not only holding, but leading a conversation, which is especially impressive considering my poor Spanish. Great work Manuel, will definitely be incorporating this into my language learning habits! Would be awesome if it would learn my weak spots and push me towards those areas in the next conversation.

Hey Hunters! 👋 I’m a student myself, and over the past year I’ve noticed a huge shift in how people around me study — ChatGPT is everywhere. But using it for studying often feels messy: you're jumping between prompts, copying notes, and trying to make it work like a tutor... but it's simply not built for that. That’s why I created quizzme — a more structured, integrated, and elegant way to...