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Alex Peters

Co-founder & Co-CEO, Prodigy Education

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Alex Peters is co-founder and co-CEO of Prodigy Education, the maker of the Prodigy Math game, which he started with Rohan Mahimker in 2011. A mechatronics engineering graduate of the University of Waterloo, he has said the company began as a fourth-year university project, with its original business plan written in a technical entrepreneurship class.

Alex hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Alex co-founded Prodigy Education, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Mr. Alex Peters, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Prodigy Education, talks about student engagementIndia Didactics Association
2020
Interview
Canada's Entrepreneurs Need GritTheFutureEconomy.ca
2019
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Alex Peters at The Walrus Talks Humanity and TechnologyThe Walrus
2018
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Off the Cuff: Alex Peters, co-CEO of ProdigyMaRS Discovery District
2013

Quick answers

Did Alex Peters co-found Prodigy Education?

Yes. Prodigy's about page, checked September 23, 2026, signs its founders' statement "Alex Peters & Rohan Mahimker, Co-Founders & Co-CEOs". BetaKit reported on February 14, 2024 that Prodigy was "Founded in 2011 by Mahimker and co-CEO Alex Peters".

What is his role at Prodigy today?

Co-CEO, a role he shares with Rohan Mahimker. Prodigy's about page, checked September 23, 2026, names both men as "Co-Founders & Co-CEOs".

How did Prodigy start?

As a university project. In an interview published by TheFutureEconomy.ca on October 7, 2019, Peters said "What eventually became Prodigy started out as a fourth-year project at the University of Waterloo" and that its original business plan was written in a technical entrepreneurship class. MaRS Discovery District's profile of July 30, 2013 notes the company was formerly known as SMARTeacher.

What is his background?

Engineering. MaRS Discovery District's July 30, 2013 profile describes him as "a graduate of mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo" who "has loved math since elementary school".

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