AI-Powered Student Guidance Built by People Who Understand Education at Scale
Millions of learners enquire about courses every year, yet most never receive the support they need at the right moment. Institutions want to help, but they cannot scale high-quality conversations. Students fall back into procrastination and miss opportunities that could change their lives.
Our Mission
Expanding Access to Guidance
To give every student the chance to move forward in their education by making certain they receive the right conversation, with the right language, at the right time.
We're building AI that expands access to guidance, reduces the time between intent and action, and makes certain no student is left waiting when they're ready to change their future.
The Problem We Solve
Institutions Can't Scale Conversations
Advisors are busy. Lead volumes spike. Thousands of enquiries go unanswered. Students wait, hesitate, or give up. Great intentions become lost opportunities that affect real lives.
The Student Impact Is Real
When someone doesn't receive guidance at the moment they're motivated, they often fall into doubt, overwhelm, or procrastination. Many never return. A missed conversation can mean a missed chance to change their future.
Meet Kate: Your AI Voice Advisor
Kate is our AI voice advisor, trained to hold natural, supportive, compliant conversations that help students clarify goals, understand their options, and take the next step with confidence.
Built from thousands of real student interactions and refined through years of education sector expertise, Kate delivers the conversations students need exactly when they need them.
What Kate Does
Re-Engages Dormant Enquiries
Warm, natural Australian voice. Real conversation. Immediate rapport that feels genuinely human and supportive.
Understands Goals and Motivations
Built on behavioural patterns from thousands of real student interactions. Kate knows what students need to hear.
Provides Clear, Compliant Information
Draws only from your approved course data. No pressure. No promises. No risk. Complete compliance confidence.
Delivers High-Grade Conversations at Scale
Thousands of calls a day. Consistent tone. Zero fatigue. Always available when your students need support.
Hands Over Ready Students
Your advisors spend their time where it matters most with students who are ready to enrol.
Why This Works
courseadvisor.ai wasn't built by technologists guessing at education. It was built by people who have lived it, scaled it, and transformed it.
Our founders combine deep industry insight with modern AI engineering to build technology grounded in real student needs, not abstract theory. Every conversation Kate has is informed by years of proven educational excellence.
Meet Our Co-Founders
Sean Steele, Co-Founder
Sean has spent more than 15 years scaling education companies. He has led major sales and advisory teams, built large student-facing operations, and redesigned the conversations that drive enrolment and student confidence.
- • Grew annual enrolments from 5,000 to 12,000 in 3 years
- • Built and ran a 70-seat call centre handling over $1m monthly
- • Former Group CEO scaling portfolio from A$3m to A$50m
- • Led revenue growth from A$80m to A$123m
Mario Lucas, Co-Founder
Mario is an automation and applied-AI specialist who has spent years designing systems that connect large-scale human processes with modern AI capability. He leads the engineering, architecture and agent development behind Kate.
His work turns Sean's behavioural, compliance and conversational expertise into a stable, scalable AI voice platform that education providers can trust.
How Our AI Works
Advanced Language Models
Natural language voice agent powered by LLMs with behavioural models based on real student motivations and proven patterns.
Compliance-Safe Knowledge
RTO-aligned responses with secure data handling meeting Privacy Act and Australian education standards requirements.
Real-Time Adaptability
Handles interruptions, hesitations, pivots and uncertainty with emotional sensitivity and vulnerability protocols built in.
Scalable Infrastructure
Cloud-based system capable of thousands of calls daily whilst maintaining consistent quality and complete security.
This is applied AI for real-world student support, not research for its own sake.
The Impact
For Students
- More accessible pathways into education
- Faster guidance when motivation is highest
- Supportive conversations that build confidence
- Reduced procrastination and drop-off
For Institutions
- Increased enrolment opportunities
- Higher engagement from existing leads
- Reduced advisor workload
- Consistent, compliant, high-quality conversations
Kate helps more people step into education, and helps providers serve them with care, accuracy and scale. Together, we're transforming the student journey.
