Project Overview
Rubico partnered with Firefly to create a UNIQUE AI-DRIVEN GLOBAL HOMESCHOOLING ECOSYSTEM with smart AI tools and AI driven accessibility features that make personalized, multilingual education accessible to a global audience.
Firefly Education Network aimed to revolutionize the decentralized education market by creating a unified, advanced platform. Rubico partnered with them to architect an all-in-one digital marketplace, built on a robust ecosystem leveraging AI and future Web3 capabilities. Key deliverables included the AI-powered Firefly Chalkboard for custom curriculum development and Firefly Translate+ for making content globally accessible to any audience. We also delivered Firefly Connect, a branded, white-label webinar service, further bridging geographical gaps and enabling Firefly to become a personalized, accessible homeschooling leader.
AI-Powered
Curriculum
Rubico integrated OpenAI into Firefly’s existing LMS, allowing instructors to rapidly create high-quality, customized courses. This feature, named “Firefly Chalkboard,” will help create a rich and expanding library of available courses for students to learn from.
Global
Language Accessibility
The platform features “Translate+,” offering advanced AI-powered dubbing that includes dynamic lip-syncing for all instructional videos. This ensures content is fully accessible and engaging for students in international markets regardless of their native language.
Seamless
Live Instruction
Rubico integrated a third-party solution with a white-labeled solution, enabling Firefly instructors to host global, high-quality webinar classes. This integration effectively bridges geographical gaps, making live instruction easily accessible to the worldwide community.
Strategic
Revenue Model
Rubico provided critical consultation on Firefly’s planned crypto-backed rewards system, scrutinizing its long-term viability. This resulted in a necessary and strategic change in business direction, focusing Firefly on a path to greater success.
Firefly’s Challenge
Before engaging with Rubico, Firefly faced significant struggles in reproducing their groundbreaking business vision. They relied on a basic, off-the-shelf LMS that provided no native AI capabilities, making it impossible for instructors to efficiently generate personalized curricula at the required global scale. Crucially, the platform’s existing pages and features failed to reflect the premium, unified experience of the Firefly brand and ecosystem, creating a disjointed user journey. To fulfill its mission as a global-ready network, the platform required advanced accessibility features, notably dynamic multilingual translation with accurate lip-syncing, which was vital for international student engagement. To unify these critical AI, strategic (including Web3 concepts for rewards), and branding requirements into a single, high-performance digital marketplace, Firefly needed a specialized partner capable of building a custom, comprehensive solution.
Rubico’s Software Solution
Rubico engineered a custom digital education marketplace, replacing their basic LMS with a highly branded, AI-powered scalable solution. The platform features cutting-edge AI for personalized curriculum generation and dynamic, lip-syncing translation, ensuring global accessibility. This comprehensive phase successfully helped Firefly move towards their vision for a robust, future-proof homeschooling ecosystem.
- Rubico integrated OpenAI into Firefly's existing LMS that helped create a rich and expanding library of available courses for students to learn from.
- Translate+ offers advanced AI-powered dubbing that includes dynamic lip-syncing for all instructional videos.
- Rubico integrated a third-party solution with a white-labeled solution, enabling Firefly instructors to host global, high-quality webinar classes, effectively bridging geographical gaps, making live instruction easily accessible to the worldwide community.
What We Delivered
Unified Brand Experience
Rubico established a cohesive Firefly brand identity across the entire platform. We developed and applied unified, high-quality styling to all new AI-powered tools. This approach was then implemented across previously un-styled pages, resulting in a seamless and professional look that truly reflects Firefly’s modern ecosystem vision.
Suite of Smart AI-Tools
We integrated the Firefly Chalkboard (OpenAI-powered) for rapid, customized course generation and Translate+ for global accessibility via AI dubbing with dynamic lip-syncing. Furthermore, we provided crucial consultation on the original crypto-backed revenue model, leading to a viable strategic business pivot.
Services Provided by Rubico
Project Management
Managed the technical roadmap to ensure rapid, high-quality AI ecosystem deployment.
Custom Development
Engineered AI-LMS integration for course creation and dynamic, lip-syncing translation.
UI/UX Design
Implemented unified branding and intuitive navigation for a professional global experience.
Business Consultation
Provided critical guidance to pivot the Web3 financial strategy for growth.
Technologies We Used
Customized CMS to integrate all AI tools and deliver the cohesive global brand.
Integrated AI tools for curriculum creation and dynamic, lip-syncing translation.
Used Figma in UI/UX design to implement a unified, professional brand across all pages.
Rubico customized the WordPress CMS to create a flexible global education marketplace. AI APIs power the Firefly Chalkboard for curriculum creation and Translate+ for lip-syncing video dubbing, enabling vast global access. Figma ensured a professional, unified brand identity across all pages for an intuitive user experience.
Who is Firefly?
Firefly is a mission-driven global education marketplace and community revolutionizing the traditional homeschooling experience. They empower families and educators with a unified platform integrating cutting-edge AI for personalized curriculum and dynamic translation, alongside Web3 incentives. Firefly is the future of accessible, high-quality, and decentralized home education.
Consultative Partnership
Having successfully launched the core platform, Rubico is available in a consultative role, to advise Firefly on strategic direction, platform evolution, and achieving their future global growth targets.
Start Your Success Story
The translation interface is looking beautiful and thank you for your hard work and expertise. I have really come to care about the team and felt like we established a great relationship. The deliverables are wonderful and I'm feeling good about it. Thank you!!!
Jordan Page
Founder, Firefly