How do you teach a billion kids to read?

That’s the question shaping WGI’s next chapter. Along the way we’ve learned a few simple truths: kids love to play games; they must learn to read and write; and—for the first time—AI can give each of them a personal coach. Those truths, grounded in the science of reading, point to a different path forward.

Lyra is that path. Our goal is for Lyra to be the game that teaches this generation to read. It’ll combine evidence-based instruction, an AI tutor that listens and adapts in real time, and a story that turns practice into progress.

The demo is live today; next we’ll build a school-ready version we can pilot, prove, and scale. One question. One mission. And the best shot we’ve ever had at answering it.