{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/i-hate-flying-bugs-kawaijuku-mou","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/i-hate-flying-bugs-kawaijuku-mou.md","title":"I Hate Flying Bugs Signs MOU With Kawaijuku Group","headline":"I Hate Flying Bugs and Kawaijuku Group Sign MOU to Explore AI Education Alliance","description":"I Hate Flying Bugs signed an October 2026 MOU with Kawaijuku Group's KJ Holdings to explore bringing its AI learning platform into Japanese classrooms.","section":"Partnerships","published_at":"2026-11-06T04:52:33+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-06T04:52:33+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["KJ Holdings, the Kawaijuku Group holding company, signed an MOU with I Hate Flying Bugs in October 2026 to explore a business and capital alliance.","I Hate Flying Bugs offers Mildang PT for online tutoring and a platform for schools that includes Question Generation AI and Math Precision Diagnosis.","The two companies will jointly study adopting IHFB's AI services within the Kawaijuku Group and the possibility of an equity investment."],"companies":[{"name":"I Hate Flying Bugs","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000dm2z/i-hate-flying-bugs","website":"https://www.ihateflyingbugs.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Prtimes","title":"河合塾グループ、韓国EdTech企業 I Hate Flying Bugs Inc.と資本業務提携に向けたMOUを締結〜AIを活用した教育サービスを通じて、学習支援の充実と教育現場の業務効率化をめざす","url":"https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000425.000030937.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Partnerships","I Hate Flying Bugs"],"body_markdown":"KJ Holdings Inc., the holding company of the Kawaijuku Group, signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2026 with Korean EdTech company I Hate Flying Bugs Inc. to jointly explore a business and capital alliance. [Prtimes](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000425.000030937.html) published the announcement on November 6, 2026.\n\n## What the Kawaijuku and IHFB MOU Covers\n\nThe MOU sets out a joint study of how [I Hate Flying Bugs](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000dm2z/i-hate-flying-bugs)' AI technology and learning support services could be combined with the Kawaijuku Group's educational expertise and network. The stated aim is to enhance learning support tailored to individual learners, improve instructional quality and raise operational efficiency in educational settings.\n\nIHFB runs Mildang PT, an online education service in Korea that pairs AI tools with personalized support from human tutors. For schools, learning centers and other institutions, the company offers a platform that integrates content creation and management, class operations, learning progress monitoring and analysis, and personalized learning support.\n\nThe platform includes Question Generation AI, which creates similar questions at varying difficulty levels with explanations based on existing questions. It also includes MPD (Math Precision Diagnosis), which analyzes students' handwritten solutions to identify errors and gaps in reasoning and generates diagnostic reports, plus conversational AI that provides step-by-step learning support. The company says these functions are used in both online and in-person educational settings.\n\nUnder the MOU, the two companies will jointly explore the adoption and use of IHFB's AI technologies and services within the Kawaijuku Group, and the possibility of an equity investment. Hideki Kawai is president of KJ Holdings, and Chanyong Park is CEO of IHFB.\n\n## IHFB's Funding and School Programs\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), IHFB has raised total funding of $86.2 million through a Series D stage, with its last round dated October 27, 2025. The same records list seven funding rounds on file, including a $14.7 million round in October 2025 led by Eugene Asset Management and SV Investment Corp.\n\nThe records also show that IHFB's School PT after-school program has accumulated more than 200,000 participants. In March 2026, the company announced plans to expand globally into Latin America, Southeast Asia and Europe through B2G and B2B models, debuting AI Digital Textbook technology at the MWC 2026 4YFN startup exhibition.\n\n## IHFB's Earlier Education Partnerships\n\nIHFB's company records list earlier education partnerships. In April 2025, it signed an MOU with EduWill, a comprehensive education company led by Yang Hyung-nam, for AI-based on-tact learning innovation and talent development, focused on advancing online learning management solutions and nurturing education talent.\n\nIn October 2024, ETS Korea, IHFB and ONEDATA signed a joint MOU to develop and commercialize a generative AI-based automated grading platform for problem-solving processes. The collaboration aims to use AI for automated scoring of student work.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}