Lithuanian edtech startup wins €2.5M EIC grant to personalize digital skills training with AI

Vilnius-based edtech startup Turing College has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), one of 70 projects selected out of 969 applications across Europe. The funding will support the development of AI-driven tools to enhance digital skills education. These tools aim to personalize learning by adapting curricula to individual progress, streamlining mentor interactions, and improving graduate-employer matching processes. By leveraging AI to address challenges in tailored education and workforce integration, Turing College seeks to refine its approach to teaching fields such as data science, AI, and analytics, emphasizing more effective and responsive learning systems.

Turing College focuses on adult education in fields such as AI, data science, analytics, and digital marketing. The company’s approach emphasizes adaptive learning, using AI tools to analyze student progress and customize curricula to address individual needs. By incorporating mentor feedback, project evaluations, and ongoing skill assessments, the platform aims to provide tailored educational experiences. Turing College also integrates tools to match graduates with employment opportunities, aligning their skills with job market demands. This data-driven approach reflects the growing emphasis on personalized education and workforce readiness.

“This grant is pivotal for us. It allows us to invest in solutions that both simplify mentor work and boost learner experience and outcomes,” stated Lukas Kaminskis, founder and CEO. “While there’s widespread agreement on AI’s potential to transform education, what that transformation will look like is still unclear. Our team has been searching for the answer over the past eight years, and we believe we’ve found it — at least for digital skills training.”

The European Innovation Council (EIC) aims to support groundbreaking projects and companies with the potential to make an impact across Europe and globally. By funding early and growth-stage startups, the EIC fosters technological breakthroughs and the application of research to real-world challenges.

The EIC grant will allow Turing College to create advanced AI solutions that can enhance education quality. The company seeks to deepen student engagement through tools that reshape their learning experience.

“AI won’t replace experts in content creation, but it can make content development and delivery far more efficient by tailoring it to each learner’s unique needs,” said Giedrius Žebrauskas, Head of Education at Turing College.

Žebrauskas emphasized that learning is a social activity that benefits from human interaction. AI can support this — for example, by suggesting relevant discussion topics with particular mentors or peers and helping learners make the most of collaborative learning.

A major challenge in education is tracking individual progress and customizing learning for each student. Turing College’s AI system would assess learner skills by analyzing project evaluations, mentor feedback, AI chats, and test results. This ongoing analysis would identify which topics learners understand and how they apply their newly gained knowledge.

Based on these insights, Turing College’s platform could adapt the curriculum to each learner, filling knowledge gaps and reinforcing skills. With large language models (LLMs) and other technologies, the system would suggest the most beneficial topics at a given time, adapting to personal learning styles.

Another planned system would help Turing College students and graduates find job opportunities aligned with their skills. Currently, each candidate’s competencies are assessed manually. The new system would speed up the process and allow employers to quickly identify candidates with the precise skills they need.

“AI opens up vast, unexplored possibilities in education, and we’re excited that the EIC project will allow us to actively explore these opportunities. We’re confident this will lead to even more effective and engaging learning experiences,” Žebrauskas said.

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