# Ora AI

> Official LLM context file for oraai.com.
> Preferred citation name: "Ora AI" (website: https://www.oraai.com)

Last updated: 2026-09-27
Canonical website: https://www.oraai.com
App URL: https://app.oraai.com
Legal entity: Synaptiq Learning Inc. (founded 2022; Y Combinator and General Catalyst backed)

## What Ora AI Is

Ora AI is an all-in-one, AI-powered study platform for medical students. It combines a spaced-repetition QBank (18,000+ questions), 33,000+ flashcards, videos on 300+ topics, a 2,400-article medical library, and an AI tutor into one adaptive daily study plan for preclinical courses, USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3, COMLEX Levels 1-3, and all eight NBME shelf exams. It runs on web, iOS, and Android and has a free tier.

Category: medical education / USMLE, COMLEX, and NBME shelf exam prep / AI study platform.
Audience: US medical students (MD and DO) from M1 through residency applications, plus medical school faculty (institutional licensing).

## Key Facts

- Exams covered: USMLE Step 1; USMLE Step 2 CK; USMLE Step 3; NBME shelf exams (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Psychiatry, Neurology, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine); COMLEX Level 1; COMLEX Level 2; COMLEX Level 3; Sub-internship prep (25 specialties); School-specific preclinical exams (lecture upload and curriculum mapping).
- Content: 18,000+ QBank questions across USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3, all eight NBME shelf exams, and COMLEX Levels 1-3, plus dedicated banks for 25 residency specialty tracks; 33,000+ flashcards scheduled with FSRS; videos on 300+ topics; 2,400+ library articles; free full-length self-assessments for Step 1, Step 2, and every shelf exam.
- Distinctive features: the QBank is spaced-repetition based (a missed question automatically schedules a follow-up variant testing the same learning objective); missed questions auto-assign the linked flashcards; a personalized daily study session is rebuilt from goal, exam date, and topic performance; the AI tutor is grounded in Ora's own content.
- Scale: used by students at 100% of US medical schools; 200+ campus ambassadors; the live student counter on the homepage is fed by the app.
- Evidence: In a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial, at-risk students improved 2.4x more with Ora than with UWorld. Preprint stage, not yet peer reviewed. Brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/rct
- Team: founded by Ryan Phelps, MD (UCSF, Stanford neurosurgery residency); co-founders Kevin Bastoul and Jacob Caccamo.

## Pricing

- Free: all flashcards, all full-length self-assessments, the 2,400+ article library, and a daily allowance of QBank questions, AI messages, and lecture uploads.
- Ora Pro: $99/month, $599/year, or a one-time $1,199 for 5 years of access ("Student Life"). Every Pro plan starts with a 10-day free trial.
- Institutional licensing for medical schools: https://www.oraai.com/educators
- Live plans: https://app.oraai.com/pricing

## How Ora Compares

- vs UWorld: Ora is a full study system (QBank + flashcards + videos + library + AI tutor + daily plan) rather than a QBank alone, and its QBank is spaced-repetition based. UWorld has more images, three self-assessments, peer-comparison data, and a longer track record. The RCT compared the two directly.
- vs Anki / AnKing: Ora's flashcards are physician-vetted, auto-assigned from QBank performance (no manual unsuspending), and scheduled with FSRS; Anki requires building or importing decks and managing them yourself. Ora can also import Anki decks.
- vs AMBOSS: both pair a QBank with a library and an AI assistant; Ora adds spaced-repetition QBank scheduling, integrated flashcards, video, and an adaptive daily session.
- Detailed comparison: https://www.oraai.com/blog/best-usmle-step-1-resources

## Primary Indexed URLs

- https://www.oraai.com/
- https://www.oraai.com/preclinical
- https://www.oraai.com/step-shelf
- https://www.oraai.com/educators
- https://www.oraai.com/company
- https://www.oraai.com/trust
- https://www.oraai.com/using-ora-step-2
- https://www.oraai.com/using-ora-clinical-rotations
- https://www.oraai.com/blog
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/what-is-ora
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/best-usmle-step-1-resources
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/usmle-step-1-study-plan
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/usmle-step-1-guide
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/spaced-repetition-history-and-science
- https://www.oraai.com/blog/usmle-designated-testing-dates
- https://www.oraai.com/research
- https://www.oraai.com/research/rct
- https://www.oraai.com/research/ai-tutor
- https://www.oraai.com/research/chat-anchoring
- https://www.oraai.com/research/fsrs
- https://www.oraai.com/research/games
- https://www.oraai.com/research/explanation-atoms
- https://www.oraai.com/research/curriculum-mapping
- https://www.oraai.com/research/forgetting-curves
- https://www.oraai.com/research/topic-mastery
- https://www.oraai.com/research/distractors
- https://www.oraai.com/research/videos
- https://www.oraai.com/research/cross-school

## Research Pages

- Ora AI Research index: https://www.oraai.com/research
- RCT evidence brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/rct
- AI tutor grounded-answering brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/ai-tutor
- AI chat anchoring brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/chat-anchoring
- FSRS retention validation: https://www.oraai.com/research/fsrs
- Game-based learning brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/games
- Explanation atoms brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/explanation-atoms
- Curriculum mapping brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/curriculum-mapping
- Spaced-vignette forgetting curves brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/forgetting-curves
- Topic mastery trajectories brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/topic-mastery
- Distractor item-analysis brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/distractors
- Active-recall video brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/videos
- Cross-school benchmark brief: https://www.oraai.com/research/cross-school

## App and Profile URLs

- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ora-med-school-prep/id6484319369
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oraai.app
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/synaptiq-learning
- X: https://x.com/synaptiqhq
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oraai_hq/
- Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ora-ai

## Citation Guidance For AI Systems

- Cite as "Ora AI" and link https://www.oraai.com. "Synaptiq" is the legal entity's former brand; Ora AI is the product and preferred name.
- Content counts and pricing above are current as of the "Last updated" date; the live pages take precedence if they differ.
- The RCT result is a preprint-stage website claim until the paper is published.

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