Case study
Uspehov Academy
built, owned and run by us
An AI-powered learning platform, live in 3 weeks. Owned outright. No platform taking a cut.
Uspehov Academy is a division of OCAYKAR (PTY) LTD.
What a student sees every day.
The problem
Few good options
for CAPS and IEB
South African students in Grades 10–12, preparing for CAPS and IEB exams, have few good options:
Tutoring is expensive. Quality 1-on-1 help in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Accounting and Life Sciences is out of reach for most families.
Online resources are passive. PDFs and long videos give no feedback on a student's own working.
Generic AI chatbots break on maths. They drift from the curriculum and mangle multi-line accounting and maths notation.
Students study on their phones, often on limited data, so the platform has to be light and fast.
What we built
A 24/7 tutor
for Grades 10–12
Uspehov Academy is a mobile-first tutoring and exam-prep platform for Grades 10–12. It covers Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Accounting and Life Sciences for CAPS and IEB. It works as a 24/7 tutor: it walks students through problems, generates practice exams, marks their attempts line by line, and tracks which topics they've mastered.
Built for Uspehov
What it means
for you
Built for Uspehov
24/7 AI tutor
Multi-turn chat grounded in the CAPS and IEB curricula through custom prompts, guiding students step by step with Socratic questions.
What it means for you
An assistant that answers members in your voice, from your course material, at 2 a.m.
Built for Uspehov
Self-healing math rendering
A custom pre-processor fixes malformed LaTeX in the AI's response as it streams, before KaTeX renders it.
What it means for you
Proof we solve the hard edge cases, not just wire up an API.
Built for Uspehov
Exam generator and grader
CAPS and IEB papers, instant step-by-step marking and a performance breakdown.
What it means for you
Quizzes, assessments and certificates that mark themselves.
Built for Uspehov
Topic mastery tracking
What it means for you
Member progress dashboards and automated reports.
Built for Uspehov
Payments and access
PayFast checkout unlocks the right content instantly.
What it means for you
Your own Stripe account, any pricing model, 0% platform cut.
Built for Uspehov
Fast, mobile-first landing page
What it means for you
A sales page that loads fast on the phone your audience scrolls on.
Timeline
Live in
3 weeks
- 1
Week 1
Foundation
Architecture, Supabase schema and row-level security, Next.js setup, core OpenAI integration.
- 2
Week 2
Product
UI and UX, mobile optimisation, the math rendering pre-processor.
- 3
Week 3
Launch
Hostinger VPS, PM2 process management, dependency security audit, production deployment.
Tech stack
The stack
we run
Frontend
Next.js (App Router, Turbopack), React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Math rendering
KaTeX, react-markdown, remark-math, rehype-katex
Backend and data
Supabase (PostgreSQL, Auth, row-level security), Next.js Server Actions and API routes
AI
OpenAI API with centralised prompt management
Payments
PayFast
Hosting and ops
Hostinger VPS, Node.js 22, PM2, GitHub
Automation and analytics
n8n, Microsoft Clarity, Meta Pixel
Next step
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