About Deskspace

Why Deskspace exists

If you've ever sat down at 9pm with a rubric in one tab, three half-finished notes in others, a SAC next week and no idea where to start — Deskspace is for you. Studying isn't short on information. It's short on someone who can look at your course, your task sheet and your calendar and say: here's what matters, here's what to do next, and here's how to check you've really got it.

General AI chatbots are clever, but they don't know you're in Year 11, that your teacher marks against a particular criterion, or that “analyse” means something specific in your subject. And they're very happy to just write the essay for you — which feels great until the exam, when you're on your own. We wanted something that does the opposite: makes you better at the work, not better at avoiding it.

So everything in Deskspace is built to teach. Explanations show the why, not just the answer. When it writes part of something for you — a paragraph, a worked solution — it tells you why it works, so you can write the next one yourself. And practice comes back until you've actually got it.

What it's like to use

Pick your subjects once and everything after that is pitched at your level, in Australian spelling and with the conventions your school uses. Upload your notes, slides or the task sheet, and Deskspace works from them — with a citation back to the page it used. Ask a question like you would a friend who's great at the subject. Turn a chapter into flashcards or a practice exam. Get your draft marked against the actual rubric, with comments on what would lift it a band.

Every question you get wrong goes into your mistake notebook, so it comes back until it sticks. Before an exam, a cram pack pulls together the things you've found hardest. And the planner keeps an eye on due dates, so you're working on the right thing on the right day — not just the thing that's loudest.

It works on your phone and your computer — in the browser, with nothing to install. Plan an essay on your laptop, then run through flashcards on the bus; everything stays in sync.

What we believe

• Learning beats shortcutsDeskspace quizzes, explains, marks and plans. When work is graded, assessment mode coaches you instead of writing it for you.
• Your level, your subjectsA Year 9 science question and a VCE Chemistry question deserve different answers. Deskspace knows the difference.
• Privacy by defaultMost of our students are under 18. We collect as little as we can, never sell data, and run no ads — not now, not later.
• Honest AIClear labels, sources from your own materials, a report button on every answer, and an AI use log you can share with your teachers.
• Look after yourselfGood marks matter, and so does sleep. The study timer builds in breaks, and if things feel heavy Deskspace points you to people who can help.

For parents and teachers

We know AI in schools raises real questions, and we'd rather answer them up front. Deskspace is designed to sit alongside teaching, not replace it: it follows your school's rules about AI, keeps a log students can share to declare how they used it, and never puts a student's name or email in front of the AI. The full detail is on how Deskspace uses AI.

Independent and Australian

• Sydneywhere your work is stored
• 0 adsand no data sold, ever
• Year 9 → unione desk the whole way
• Phone + laptopnothing to install, always in sync

Deskspace is built independently in Australia, for the Australian curriculum, VCE and Australian universities. Your work is stored in Sydney. We're funded by subscriptions — not advertising, not selling data — so the only people we answer to are the students who use it.

It's still early, and we're improving it every week based on what students tell us. If something's wrong, confusing or missing, press Report on any answer or get in touch using the details in our privacy policy. We read everything.