The Journal. · Thursday, September 24, 2026
Estonia's 'AI Leap' initiative, aimed at integrating AI into high school education, has partnered with major technology companies OpenAI and Google. These partnerships provide students with access to free chatbots as part of a national experiment to understand AI's impact on learning. This follows Estonia's historical embrace of technology in education, reminiscent of its 'Tiger Leap' program in the 1990s.
“Last year, Estonia decided to launch a new experiment. They're calling it the AI Leap. The country's partnered with OpenAI and recently with Google to give tens of thousands of high schoolers access to free chatbots.”
“Estonia, since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in the 90s, was early to put the internet in classrooms. They had something called the Tiger Leap.”