Our Story

Built by students who were tired of studying the wrong way

Coast was born at Maastricht University from a simple frustration: everyone studies from past papers, so why doesn't our technology?

The Problem We Saw

Every student knows the drill. The exam is in two weeks, you open ChatGPT and ask it to explain a concept. It gives you a generic answer. Textbook definitions. No context about your specific course, your professor's style, or what actually shows up on the exam.

Meanwhile, the real gold sits right there. Past papers, marking schemes, the exact patterns your lecturers repeat. All of it scattered in group chats, outdated drives, and dusty filing cabinets.

"Everyone studies from past papers. There's a reason. So why aren't our AI tools using this ground truth?"

How It Started

It started with a conversation over the summer. Rio came to Andrea with an idea. What if we could build something that actually understood how students prepare for exams? Not another generic AI chatbot, but a system built on real exam data.

Andrea gave it some thought but wasn't ready to commit. Then September came, a new semester started, and the same old cycle repeated: scrambling for past papers, finding outdated solutions, guessing what would be on the exam. Seeing it from a different perspective, it clicked. This wasn't just an idea. It was something that needed to exist.

That's when Coast was born.

What We're Building

Coast takes the thing every student already does, studying from past papers, and supercharges it with AI. But not any AI. Our system is grounded in real exam data: your university's past papers, verified marking schemes, and structured course content.

We package this into an experience that actually makes studying engaging:

Smart Notes are generated from your actual lecture content and structured around what really gets examined.

Past Paper Quizzes are matched to your notes, so you practice exactly what you've learned, with questions pulled from real exams.

Gamified Leaderboards let you compete with your classmates, build study streaks, collect rewards. Studying shouldn't feel like a chore.

And the long-term vision? Generate exam-level questions for any level. University, IB, Cambridge, SAT. For any course, anywhere in the world.

The Team

Andrea Fraschetti

Co-Founder

3rd year Data Science at Maastricht University. Currently writing his thesis on adaptive AI tutors using different conversational guidance styles. Turns research into product.

Rio Mauss

Co-Founder

Former International Business student at Maastricht. Dropped out in his 2nd year to pursue building what he saw students needed. The one who started the conversation that became Coast.

Where We're Going

We're starting at Maastricht University because it's where we study and where we can validate every detail. But Coast isn't a Maastricht product. It's a student product. Our roadmap is clear:

Maastricht University

Dutch Universities

European Universities

Every Exam, Everywhere

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