We started Lando because the first class can change everything.

We turn “I’ve never done this” into “look what I made.”

Founded 2021 in Palo Alto100+ districts300+ teachers

How we started

Kids wanted better after-school classes. Families wanted robotics, coding, music, math, and creative programs. But access often depended on whether a parent could leave work, pick up, drive, wait, and drive again.

In 2021, our co-founder Blake was volunteering at his cousin’s after-school robotics club when he started asking a simple question: “Why don’t more schools have on campus after school enrichment?”

Since then, we’ve built Lando to make this possible. Trained teachers, building classes, ensuring reliable staffing, materials, parent updates, attendance tools, and the behind-the-scenes operations that make after-school feel easy.

We’re proud that great enrichment no longer has to be reserved for the families who can drive to them.

2021
The access problem.
Great enrichment existed. Getting to it was the hard part. Blake saw the gap while volunteering at his cousin’s robotics club in Cape Canaveral, FL.
2022
First Lando class.
One robotics class in Palo Alto where Blake and Felix taught every day, iterating on what makes kids excited to come back every day.
2023
Building the team.
As more schools asked for Lando, we hired our first teachers and built the systems behind every great class: training, curriculum, materials, staffing, and communication.
2024
More cities, same promise.
Lando opened in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Denver — keeping the same promise: joyful enrichment, right on campus.
Now
Bringing Lando to more schools.
We’re launching on new campuses every month.
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Our mission

Every kid deserves the chance to discover what they’re capable of.

HOW WE TEACH

What every Lando class is built on.

The first experience matters.

A child’s first robotics, coding, math, music, or art class can shape whether they believe the subject is “for them.” We design that first encounter to feel exciting, successful, and worth coming back to.

Kids should be proud of what they make.

A worksheet is not the same as a robot that moves, a song they can play, a game they can explain, or a sculpture they can hold. Every Lando class gives students something real to build, improve, and share.

The best learning happens at the edge.

Too easy, and kids coast. Too hard, and they shut down. Our classes meet students where they are, then guide them into challenges that feel slightly uncomfortable — but achievable.

Technology should bring kids together.

Screens should not replace human interaction. In a Lando class, technology supports the project: two students debugging a robot, a group comparing designs, or a child explaining their idea to a teacher.

Meet Lando HQ.

Lando HQ is a small team of passionate folks who handle schools, curriculum, engineering, and operations. Behind them, 300+ teachers in the field. Meet the teachers →