Peaks presents AscentA personal academic partner

Studying was neverthe hard part.

Finding the right thingto study was.

Ascent turns your real courses into a useful next move—so the time you choose to spend studying goes somewhere relevant.

NAU beta · opens August 24

A product from Peaks

Ascent

A personal academic partner for the semester you are actually living.

Ascent learns from your courses, remembers what you have practiced, and helps you decide what deserves your attention next.

  1. Give it the course

    Turn scattered materials into one course picture.

    Add your syllabus, class notes, assignments, and practice exams. Ascent scans them together and hands back one connected report: what is next, what you are practicing, and what may still be missing.

    A syllabus, class notes, an assignment, and a practice exam gather into one stack. Ascent scans them together and issues a unified course report connecting the next exam, current methods, and missing practice.

  2. Show what you understand

    As you learn, Ascent learns where you are.

    Work through fresh examples with the coach. Ascent asks why, listens to your reasoning, and updates its picture of your mastery when you demonstrate the method for yourself.

    A student solves a fresh Laplace transform problem and explains why the shift rule applies. Ascent asks one follow-up question, then the Laplace transforms mastery tag advances from practicing toward solid evidence.

  3. Choose the next hour

    When something matters, Ascent says so.

    Ascent looks across your courses, upcoming work, and recent practice. When an exam is close, it interrupts the noise with one useful move—what to study now and how long to spend on it.

    Ascent interrupts with an alert that a Differential Equations exam is in two days, then replaces the alert with one direct instruction: practice Laplace transforms for forty focused minutes now.

  4. Practice without running out

    One assignment can become as much practice as you need.

    Ascent scans your homework to recognize the method while keeping its answer protected. Then it builds fresh, source-independent problems with new variables and values, so you can practice before returning to your own work.

    The student's homework is scanned only to identify its method, while its answer remains protected. Ascent then prints a continuing supply of fresh, source-independent practice problems that use the same second-order linear equation method with new variables and values.

Inside Ascent · The ship atlas

Your Education,
A Voyage.

Ascent turns your education into a place you can understand and move through.

Each room has one job. The Bridge brings the semester together. Navigation moves the ship. The Library keeps the evidence. The Engine Room makes the system yours.

Room 1See

The Bridge

The place to study, and see your education at a glance.

Your courses, your work, and what comes next—all in one place. When you are ready, take a seat.

The whole voyage, from one room.

Room 2Move

The Navigation Room

Where every course becomes an adventure.

The same star map everyone else sees, but no one takes quite the same journey.

Pick a star. Plot a course.

Room 3Remember

The Library

Where everything you learn has somewhere to live.

Every class leaves something behind. The Library keeps it, connects it, and makes it easier to return.

What you learn stays with you.

Room 4Tune

The Engine Room

Where the ship becomes yours.

I'll be honest, this one is kinda just settings. You can do cool stuff I guess, like change to a dyslexic font, and deal with account stuff like password/billing/etc.

Settings have never sounded so cool:

Why I made Peaks

I was ready to study. I was tired of guessing what deserved the effort.

The act of studying was never the hard part for me. I was willing to put in the time. What frustrated me was everything before it: finding material I could trust, turning it into something useful, and still wondering whether I was studying the wrong thing.

At NAU, I study Mechanical Engineering and French. What I need from one course can be completely different from what I need in the other. Education is already personal. The tools around it should be personal too.

I started Peaks and built Ascent to close that gap. It learns from the courses in front of you, remembers where you left off, and helps the effort you choose to give land somewhere relevant.

Ahlten SencanFounder of Peaks · NAU Mechanical Engineering + French
The San Francisco Peaks viewed from Elden Mountain in winter
USGS photograph · Public domain

Flagstaff, Arizona

This is where Peaks began.

The San Francisco Peaks rise above campus and gave the company its name. Peaks and Ascent were made here, among Flagstaff's ponderosa pines. Ascent is launching here first, for NAU students.

What it costs

Free while you settle in. One flat price after.

Every new student starts with 14 free days — the clock starts when your school email verifies, not when you pay. After that, Ascent is one simple monthly price for every course you are carrying. This is a small beta built by one NAU student. It will not be perfect, it will get better every week, and subscribing is how you keep a student project alive.

Ascent membership

$10per month

  • First 14 days free — nothing is charged during the trial.
  • Cancel anytime. Access continues through the time you have already paid for.
  • Checkout and cards are handled by Stripe — Peaks never sees your card number.
  • Every subscription directly supports a student-built project — no fund behind it, just the work.

The NAU beta opens August 24

One good move. Then the next.

Start with a syllabus, a set of notes, or the assignment in front of you. Ascent will build the context from there. It's a small beta from one student — rough in places, better every week.

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