Founding 25

Evidence-first educators. Twenty-five seats.

One term, one course, a half-hour call a month. You get the full product free for a year and a direct line to the team. We get told where the evidence is thin — by the people it has to hold up in front of.

What this is, plainly

Participants help improve the evidence — the published error rates, the records a teacher can check — not automate accusations. Nota gives no score on short text, names no AI, and prints how often it is wrong beside every score. If you want a tool that flags students at scale, this cohort will disappoint you on purpose.

The concrete work: our model has no published error rate for non-native English writing yet — we say so on every result. This cohort is how that number gets measured honestly, with consenting, anonymised, verified human writing instead of a marketing claim.

You get
  • A year of the Professional plan, free — batch scans, signed Nota Records, the API
  • The Nota merch box: tee, the 20-emotion sticker sheet, enamel pin
  • A direct line to the team and first access to new features
  • A classroom one-pager: how to read detector results fairly, in plain language
  • Office hours: Every second Thursday, 16:00–17:00 UTC, starting 15 October
You give
  • Pilot Nota in one course for the term (13 October – 18 December 2026)
  • A half-hour feedback call once a month
  • Straight answers about where the tool is wrong or unfair
  • An honest quote or case study — only if the tool earns it, and only with the consent you choose below
How we choose

Selection criteria — all five, honestly applied.

Exactly 25 seats. Applications close 30 September 2026; every applicant hears back by 7 October 2026, selected or not.

  1. You teach a writing-heavy course this term — any level, school to university — with real submissions coming in.
  2. AI writing is already a live question in your classroom, not a hypothetical.
  3. You can pilot Nota in one course for the term and show up to a half-hour call each month.
  4. You are willing to tell us when the tool is wrong. That is the job.
  5. We select for spread: levels, subjects, regions — and classrooms with many non-native English writers, because that is where the missing evidence matters most.

The schedule.

Applications close

30 September 2026 — or earlier if the seats fill; this page will say so.

Everyone hears back

7 October 2026 — selected or not, with a reason.

The term

13 October – 18 December 2026 — Nota in one of your courses, used however fits your teaching.

Office hours

Every second Thursday, 16:00–17:00 UTC, starting 15 October — drop in, bring the awkward cases.

Apply

Five minutes, no essay.

The consent choices are real choices — none of them affect selection except the pilot itself. You can change your mind about any of them later with one email.

Prefer email? hello@knownota.com works too.

Consent choices all optional · change any of them later with one email

We store what you write here to run the programme, and nothing else. Programme emails only — no marketing list. Privacy