We built the coding school we wanted for our own kids.
Generation STEM started at a kitchen table with one bored 10-year-old. Our big idea: kids don't want to watch someone else build things. They want to build things themselves.
It started at a kitchen table.
Five years ago, I watched my daughter Amber quit her second coding app in a year. Too cartoony, and it felt like all she was doing was following along.
So one weekend, at our kitchen table, I set up a little recipe website for her grandmother. Amber and I filled it in together, one part at a time. We put it online, then drove to Grandma's house later that week. Grandma loved it, and the two of them baked one of the recipes right away.
Everything we do comes from that moment. It's the first time you make something real and think "wait… I made that?" We work to give you that same win in every lesson.
Grandma Rosa's Recipes
The best recipes in the whole family, all in one place.
The moment it started
One over-the-top dad, one kitchen table, and a recipe site for Grandma that actually went live.
It became an academy
Nova, our AI mentor, was born. One workspace grew into courses on games, websites, and crypto.
Where we're headed
We're here to teach and encourage young minds, helping build the next generation of problem solvers.
The humans behind every course.
Teachers, engineers, and support staff. Real people who care about every student.
Isabelle Chen
A former Computer Science teacher who got tired of outdated textbooks. She designs every course to challenge students and leave them proud of what they made.
💜Play-tests every new lesson on her two nephews before it ships.
Priya Shah
Turns big, intimidating fields - cybersecurity, biotech, finance - into projects a curious 12-year-old can actually gain value from.
💜Keeps a running list of “kid questions that stumped the whole team.”
Ashton Blake
Builds the student workspace so a kid can write, run, and debug real code while having an extremely smooth experience.
💜Usually is on his 3rd coffee by the time he arrives to the office.
Daniel Mondeu
Spent a decade building consumer software products, then started Generation STEM after the kitchen table project with his 10-year-old daughter.
💜Still hangs a printout of the recipe site on his office wall.
Kendall Reyes
Spent years building chatbots that mostly annoyed people - and got determined to make one that actually teaches. Nova is the result.
💜Has rewritten Nova's “you’ve got this” encouragement more than 20 times.
Olivia Bell
Runs our 24/7 support and answers every email herself, usually within a few hours. Always a real human.
💜Likes to check-in with families periodically because she cares about student progress.
Learn, build, and keep track.
Your workspace, the parent dashboard, and everything in between.
Learning loops that keep getting better.
"One month in, my 11 year old explained to me how websites communicate back and forth... who is she?!!"
An AI mentor that refuses to give you the answer.
Nova asks before it tells and hints before it explains. And it cheers when you find your own bug. That's why you get better, not lazier, and why parents trust it.
Novaworkspace · live mentorSix standards shape the product.
They guide every course, Nova, and the dashboards.
Treat students as capable
No talking down and no fake coding blocks. Real tools and real examples.
Make progress visible
Every step you finish shows up as progress you can see.
A mentor, not an answer machine
Nova asks first, hints second, and never does the work. You learn to solve problems yourself.
Real tools only
Real code editors, right in your browser. Nothing to install, and no toys that pretend.
Earn parent trust
It has to feel safe, useful, and worth the price. We work hard on that every day.
Keep it all connected
Every course builds on the last, and every project you make is saved.
Built for students. Trusted by parents.
You get a real challenge and work that feels real. Parents get safety and progress they can see.
A place to level up
Build and fix real code, with Nova there to help. You finish with projects you can explain, not worksheets you forget.
Screen time with proof
Parents see progress, badges, and the skills each student is working on.
Skills with tech and AI
Learn to make things and solve problems with code. Those skills last a lifetime.
Courses carefully created by humans. Guided instruction by AI.
Real teachers design what you learn. Then Nova, your AI mentor, guides you through it one hint at a time. Nova never does the work for you.
Made by humans
Real teachers and engineers write every course, lesson, and project. They know how students learn best, right down to the "aha" moments.
Guided by Nova
Nova, your AI mentor, helps you through every lesson with hints, cheers, and good questions. You still do the thinking.
Comfort with apps isn't a skill. Building with them is.
AI and apps shape how we learn, work, and create. Learn how they work now, so you can build with them instead of just using them.
Questions? Honest answers.
Plain answers, no fine print. If your question isn't here, a real person will reply.
Start building today.
Join 2,500+ students making real games, art, and apps.