Kaiwen Education's AI Agent Platform Reaches 80+ Schools in Haidian

An AI agent platform built by a subsidiary of Beijing Kaiwen Dexin Education Technology (002659.SZ) has spread from five pilot schools to more than 80 across Beijing’s Haidian district, with over 3,000 agents live, according to a 3 November report by Jiemodui. Haidian Daily reported on 23 October that the Zhiqi platform serves more than 150,000 teachers and students; a brokerage note in late October put the user count at more than 120,000. The rollout covers primary, junior secondary and senior secondary grades, and the venture says it intends to expand to schools inside and outside Beijing.

The platform is run by Beijing Zhiqi Wenhua Education Technology, a joint venture created in September 2025 with RMB 50 million in registered capital. Kaiwen contributed RMB 32.5 million for 65%; Zhipu Huazhang, the company behind the GLM large language models, put in RMB 10 million for 20%; and Hongzhi Ruishi, an employee holding partnership, RMB 7.5 million for 15%. Under the shareholder agreement, Kaiwen names three of five directors plus the chairman and the CFO, while Zhipu names two directors and the general manager. Kaiwen is controlled by the Haidian district state-owned assets authority and operates international schools, giving the venture both a local school network and a route into district procurement.

Technically, the product combines Zhipu’s GLM-5 model with resources from the Haidian teacher training school and the district education research institute, plus lesson plans and question banks from local teachers. It has three modules — learning support, teaching support and administration — and an agent centre where staff build their own tools. Usage differs by school: the primary school affiliated with Renmin University co-developed an agent for interdisciplinary lesson design, teachers at a Haidian experimental school trained an agent on when to intervene in class, and Beijing No. 57 Middle School encoded subject experience and teaching methods into agents. In effect, teachers are training the system how to teach.

The expansion sits alongside a modest but improving set of financials. For the first nine months of 2026, Kaiwen reported revenue of RMB 270.9 million, up 8.44% year on year, with third-quarter revenue of RMB 87.4 million, up 11.17%. Net profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 1.86 million, up 94.33%, and adjusted net profit RMB 1.45 million, up 554.43%; operating cash flow was RMB 102.6 million, up 4.99%. Brokerage coverage attributes the top-line acceleration to enrolment growth at its schools and to debt reduction and asset disposals that have cut finance costs.

Kaiwen’s interim report is candid about the risks: technology and tutoring companies already sell AI hardware and software into schools, and the venture may miss its expansion and sales targets or fall behind on product iteration. Haidian’s state-owned education platform has meanwhile taken control through a voting-rights entrustment and proposed to acquire a further 14.42% stake. For readers tracking AI agents in public education, Zhiqi is a useful case of a district-scale deployment backed by a model developer, a listed school operator and a local education authority — and of how slowly a five-school pilot becomes a measurable business line.