Fundacja Społeczeństwo, the foundation behind the Polish online school Szkoła w Chmurze, has completed its takeover of ChatHeroes, a Polish startup that builds AI tools to support children's individual learning. The Polish startup news site MamStartup reported the deal on October 16, 2026.
The terms were not disclosed.
ChatHeroes' technology becomes part of Szkoła w Chmurze's digital infrastructure and will eventually be used by 26,000 children. Dealroom describes the buyer as one of the largest schools in Europe. After the deal, the startup's founders said they plan to keep building new projects, supporting their community and working on the development of the education sector.
What ChatHeroes built
ChatHeroes' story goes back three years. Maciej Nabiałczyk turned down an offer from King's College in Britain and returned from the UK to his home town of Częstochowa to build AI software that would support pupils individually in their daily learning. He developed the project with Jakub Krzysiak, whom he met while studying in Britain. In a 2024 interview with MamStartup, Kosma Zalewski was also named as a founder. Wiktoria Różańska and Jonasz Potoniec led the technical work.
The idea was to bring characters from literature and history to life. Pupils could discuss Pan Tadeusz with a virtual Adam Mickiewicz as if he were a friend, talk to Napoleon about the French Revolution, or meet magical and fictional figures in English lessons. The founders said the bots steer conversations back to the curriculum even when a child wants to talk about Minecraft or football.
Behind the chat sat a structured system. The founders said the national curriculum was broken into specific goals so that each bot knew what had to be covered, and that tests were generated automatically for each lesson. Pupils had to reach a set score before moving on, and if the system spotted gaps it adjusted later lessons. Progress reports let parents and mentors track how children were doing.
Built first for home-schoolers
ChatHeroes released its first version, covering Polish and English, in spring 2024 and tested it with families whose children are educated at home. The founders told MamStartup that home-schooled children were already used to digital learning and that parents, who carry responsibility for their children's education, welcomed a tool that took some of the load off them.
At the time the founders said a month on the platform cost about the same as two hours of private tutoring, and that they wanted it to work for pupils with special educational needs. They stressed that the product was meant to support teachers and parents, not replace them.
Feedback from test users and early paying customers fed into a beta version that the founders said, in November 2024, would launch within weeks.
The founders described their wider view of AI in schools as a matter of equal opportunity: every pupil, wherever they live, should get teaching suited to their needs. They also argued that AI could take routine work off teachers, while saying it was worth keeping a balance between technology and traditional educational values.
Why Szkoła w Chmurze is buying
Szkoła w Chmurze, which translates as School in the Cloud, is described by MamStartup as the largest institution of its kind in the region. The technology the young founders developed is to become a key part of its digital infrastructure, giving the school AI tutoring tools that were first designed for children learning outside the classroom.
MamStartup said the system developed by the Częstochowa startup will become a direct part of the school's digital infrastructure. Neither side said whether the ChatHeroes brand will continue or whether the founders will join the school.
No outside funding for ChatHeroes has been reported, which makes the deal an early exit for a team that went from a test version to an acquisition in about two and a half years.
