About Us

Our Story

Most AI detectors were built for content marketing teams and enterprise compliance. They were designed to scan blog posts and marketing copy at scale. But classrooms are different. Student writing is messier, more personal, and more varied than corporate content.

That's a problem if you're scanning a student essay, a research paper, or a professional report, because those tools don't understand how real people write in those contexts. They flag unconventional grammar as AI. They miss paraphrased AI content that sounds polished.

Proofademic was built to solve that. We set out to build an AI detector specifically calibrated for academic writing, one that understands the difference between a formulaic five-paragraph essay and text generated by ChatGPT. And we made it accessible: free tier, no credit card, no institutional contract required. The same tool works for a high school teacher checking essays, a college student verifying their own work before submission, and a department head processing an entire class set in one upload.

Built for Academic Writing

Our models are calibrated for the patterns found in academic texts like essays, research papers, and dissertations, not marketing copy or news articles.

Calibrated for Fairness

Specifically tuned to reduce false positives for non-native English speakers, diverse writing styles, and unconventional grammar.

Accessible to Every Educator and Student

Free tier included. No credit card required. No institutional contract needed. Individual teachers and students get the same detection quality as large universities.

Our Team

A Team of Educators and Engineers

Behind Proofademic is a team of AI researchers, NLP engineers, and educators working toward the same goal: detection that is accurate enough to trust and fair enough to rely on. Our engineers bring deep experience in natural language processing and academic publishing. Our product decisions are shaped by educators who know what fairness and accuracy actually look like inside a classroom.

We are a small, focused team based at 447 Broadway, New York City, and every feature we ship starts with direct input from the teachers who use Proofademic every day.

447 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013

Our Technology

Proofademic uses an ensemble of detection models built specifically for academic writing patterns, not generic internet content. This academic-first approach is how we achieve industry-leading accuracy with the lowest false-positive rate in educational AI detection.

Ensemble Detection Engine

Multiple specialized models cross-verify each result, reducing the chance of a single model producing an incorrect classification.

Continuously Updated

Our models are retrained regularly against the latest AI writing tools including GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, Gemini Pro, and emerging open-source models.

Sentence-Level Analysis

Every sentence gets its own confidence score. You see exactly which parts of a document were flagged and why, not just a single pass/fail number.

Testimonials

Trusted by 10,000+ Educators and Students Worldwide

Jerry F.

Masters Student

As a student, I feel more confident in my work knowing it's been verified by Proofademic. It helps me ensure my writing is original.

Sarah M.

Middle School English Teacher

"I used to spend 20 minutes per essay trying to figure out if a student used AI. Proofademic gives me a clear, sentence-by-sentence breakdown in seconds."

Dr. James O.

Associate Professor of Composition

"The batch scan feature changed everything for our department. We process an entire class set of essays in one upload."

Priya S.

Graduate Student, Communications

"I run my own essays through Proofademic before submitting to make sure nothing gets wrongly flagged. It's like a safety net for my GPA."

FAQs

Most AI detectors are built for generic web content. Proofademic is different because our models are built specifically for academic writing patterns. Our reports give sentence-level scoring instead of a single pass/fail number, and our pricing makes the tool accessible to individual teachers and students, not just well-funded institutions.

Proofademic provides evidence-based detection reports with sentence-level highlighting and confidence scores. We recommend using our reports as one input in a holistic academic integrity process, never as the sole basis for disciplinary action. Our 99.8% accuracy and low false-positive rate make it one of the most reliable tools available.

Yes. Proofademic offers a free tier with 1,000 words per scan and a 3-day trial of premium features, no credit card required. Paid plans start at $8/month for 200,000 words. We designed our pricing so individual teachers and students have the same access as large institutions.

Our detection models are specifically calibrated to reduce false positives for non-native English speakers and students with diverse writing styles. We train on a wide range of academic writing samples across proficiency levels, so the tool can distinguish between unconventional grammar and AI-generated text.

Proofademic detects content generated by all major AI writing tools, including ChatGPT (GPT-4o, GPT-5), Claude 4, Gemini 3, and popular open-source models. Our detection engine is retrained regularly as new AI writing tools emerge, so coverage stays current.

Our Batch Scan feature lets you upload multiple files in a single session for bulk AI detection. It is designed for educators processing class sets, department heads auditing submissions across sections, or academic integrity officers reviewing flagged work in bulk.

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