Oct 1, 2025
Otus Insights earned an honorable mention as one of the most cutting-edge products and solutions leveraging AI to solve business challenges and unlock opportunities.
Otus, the leading K-12 assessment, data, and insights solution, has been recognized with an honorable mention in the SmartBrief Innovation Awards in AI 2025.
The award honors AI Insights, the embedded assistant within the Otus platform, which empowers school leaders with instant answers to their most pressing questions about student performance. This innovation reimagines how administrators gather, interpret, and use data—delivering real-time summaries and on-demand visuals that make trends clear and help track program performance impact over time.
"Being recognized among the top AI innovations is an incredible honor and a milestone in our journey. AI has been central to Otus' vision since 2014," said Chris Hull, Otus President and Co-Founder. "This recognition validates both our team's dedication and the trust schools place in us to build technology that makes a real difference. I'm grateful to our AI Advisory Board—school leaders and tech experts who keep our work grounded, ethical, and practical for the educators and students we serve."
In the 2025-26 school year, 54 school districts are utilizing AI Insights, empowering 1,384 administrators and 11,238 educators to maximize outcomes for over 130,000 students. Hull said Otus expects adoption to accelerate as districts see how the platform’s AI-powered features drive faster insights, clearer decisions, and stronger student growth.
"AI Insights goes far beyond data analysis. It handles the time-consuming work that pulls educators away from students. Whether it is creating board reports, writing parent updates, or grouping students for differentiation, we are giving time back to teachers and leaders. As a former educator, I know how precious time is. AI Insights is like having a data analyst and teaching assistant available 24/7, seamlessly integrated into the tools schools already use every day."
Chris Hull
President and Co-founder
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Otus
The annual SmartBrief Innovation Awards in AI celebrate the most cutting-edge products and solutions leveraging AI to solve business challenges and unlock opportunities. A subsidiary of Future B2B, SmartBrief is the leading digital media publisher of targeted business information, delivering the most relevant industry news to more than 6 million senior executives, thought leaders, and industry professionals.
The full list of winners of the SmartBrief Innovation Awards in AI 2025 is available on their website.
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