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A text or voice interview maps your learning goal, current knowledge, and available time before the course is built.
Hakken
Hakken builds adaptive courses around your goals, knowledge, and time, with personalized modules, reviews, tutoring, checkpoints, and podcast-style lessons.
Personalized courses that adapt as you learn
Hakken is an adaptive learning product that builds an individual course from a conversation about what the learner wants to achieve, what they already know, and how much time they can commit. It is designed for people who find standard courses too broad, too fast, too slow, or poorly matched to their immediate goal.
The resulting course is organized into tailored modules with lessons, examples, and checkpoints. Hakken can adjust the learning path as the learner progresses, create review material after missed checkpoints, and provide a tutor for questions. It supports text and voice interactions, podcast-style module playback, and a native mobile app in closed beta.
How Hakken works
Goal-based course generation
Hakken creates modules and examples around the learner's stated objective, level, and schedule rather than a generic audience.
Adaptive checkpoints
Module checkpoints test understanding. When a learner misses one, Hakken can create a short review lesson focused on the ideas behind the mistakes and allow a retake.
On-course tutor
The built-in tutor answers questions in text or out loud and can suggest changes to the course when something is not landing.
Podcast lessons
Each module can be turned into a two-host podcast episode, supporting listening during a commute or away from the screen.
Mobile learning app
The native app provides one-handed reading, screen-off podcast listening, and one-tap access to the tutor on Android and iPhone.
Where Hakken can be used
Prepare for a focused trip
Start with the practical language, vocabulary, and situations needed for a specific trip instead of working through a general language syllabus.
Learn a technical skill for work
Build a structured path from an existing skill level toward a concrete technical outcome, such as learning Rust for web backends or practical SQL for marketing analytics.
Study a difficult subject
Use tailored explanations, checkpoints, and review lessons to approach subjects such as valuation, ANOVA, or data engineering at an appropriate starting point.
Develop a creative or practical hobby
Turn an interest or creative goal—such as knitting, guitar improvisation, Ableton Live, or photography—into a sequence of practical lessons and exercises.
Explore document-based team training
For teams evaluating the early-access concept, provide internal documents and a defined standard so each learner could receive a course matched to their knowledge. This workflow is not currently live.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Course creation accounts for the learner's goal, prior knowledge, and available time.
- Text and voice interactions support different ways of describing goals and asking for help.
- Checkpoints and review lessons focus the course on demonstrated understanding rather than completion alone.
- Modules can be consumed as podcast episodes, and mobile support extends learning beyond the desktop.
Cons
- Individual beta access is released in small batches, so seats may not always be available.
- The Android and iPhone app is in closed beta and requires a Hakken account and invitation.
- The team-focused document-to-course offering is still being explored and is not live.
FAQ
How does Hakken create a course?
Hakken starts with a text or voice conversation about your learning goal, existing knowledge, and available time. It then generates a course with modules suited to that context.
How does Hakken adapt to learners?
The course can change as you learn. Hakken uses checkpoint results and areas where you struggle to shape follow-up content, including review lessons after a missed checkpoint.
Can I use voice with Hakken?
Yes. Hakken supports switching from text to voice during the initial interview. Its tutor can also answer questions by text or voice while you study.
How can I access Hakken?
Hakken is in open beta, with access released in small batches. If seats are unavailable, visitors can join the waitlist. The native Android and iPhone app is in closed beta and requires an account plus an opt-in invitation.
Is Hakken available for teams?
The team offering is not live yet. Hakken is speaking with a small number of teams about building courses from their existing documents and a defined learning standard.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Adaptive learning platform
- Primary users
- Individual learners
- Course setup
- Text or voice interview
- Learning formats
- Text lessons, tutor conversations, and podcast episodes
- Platforms
- Web; Android and iPhone app in closed beta
- Availability
- Open beta in small batches
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