About LearnBuddy
Yap Chin Wei is the founder and engineer behind LearnBuddy. Based in Singapore, he's a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of professional experience in mobile and web development.
As a parent of school-age children, he built LearnBuddy to give every Singapore family access to high-quality, syllabus-aligned tutoring — not just those who can afford private tuition. He designs and builds the platform end to end: the real-time AI voice tutor, the interactive whiteboard, and the practice library spanning Math, Science, English, and Mother Tongue for Primary 1–6.
All LearnBuddy practice content is aligned to the Singapore MOE primary syllabus and reviewed for accuracy before publishing. Chin Wei stands personally behind every tool and resource the platform publishes.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Yap Chin Wei?
Yap Chin Wei is a Singapore-based Senior Software Engineer and the founder of LearnBuddy, an AI-powered, MOE-aligned tutoring platform for Singapore primary school students. He has over a decade of software-engineering experience and built LearnBuddy to make high-quality, syllabus-aligned tutoring affordable for every Singapore family.
Who founded LearnBuddy?
LearnBuddy was founded by Yap Chin Wei, a Singapore-based software engineer and parent. He designs and builds the platform end to end, including the real-time AI voice tutor and the interactive whiteboard.
What is LearnBuddy?
LearnBuddy is an AI tutoring platform for Singapore primary students (Primary 1–6), covering Math, Science, English and Mother Tongue. It offers a real-time AI voice tutor, an interactive teaching whiteboard, and curriculum-aligned practice and past-year papers. It was founded and built by Yap Chin Wei.
What did Yap Chin Wei build LearnBuddy with?
Yap Chin Wei built LearnBuddy as a full-stack platform: a Flutter web app, a FastAPI (Python) backend, Google Gemini Live for real-time voice tutoring, and Supabase for authentication and data. He developed the real-time audio pipeline, the AI-driven interactive whiteboard, and the curriculum content systems himself.