Ignite Reading Acquires Esteam to Add AI-driven Reading Assessment

Ignite Reading, a San Francisco-based virtual tutoring and literacy company, has acquired Esteam, an AI-driven education startup that uses speech recognition to assess reading and map student skills. The deal brings Esteam's automatic speech recognition and assessment capabilities into Ignite Reading's high-dosage 1:1 tutoring platform to enable more personalized, real-time instruction; financial terms were not disclosed.