Paul Jung
Paul Jung is a physician-scientist and co-founder of Medly AI, an AI-powered tutoring platform for GCSE and A-Level students. The child of first-generation immigrant parents, Jung grew up on a council estate in Northolt, West London. From an early age, he was required to navigate complex systems on behalf of his family, serving as their translator and developing a resilience and independence that would later define his career. He was acutely aware of the educational advantages that his family could not afford, and determined to overcome the gap through his own efforts.
Jung completed both a medical degree (MBBS) and a PhD in Psychiatric Neuroscience at University College London, graduating in 2024. His doctoral research forms the direct theoretical foundation of Medly's architecture: the platform's proprietary AI system incorporates principles from neuroscience around motivation, mental state, and adaptive learning in ways that are meaningfully differentiated from generic large language model wrappers. Before co-founding Medly, he also developed a mental health tracking app, demonstrating an early instinct for applying scientific insight to consumer technology.
As the technical co-founder and CEO of Medly AI, Jung led the development of the platform's core architecture, which deploys multiple specialised AI models in parallel — including a teaching-theory model, a mental-state assessment model, and an exam-board-specific content model — to create a tutoring experience that is genuinely adaptive to each student's needs. The platform generates personalised practice papers, provides real-time marking, and enables students to take a photo of any exam question for instant, detailed feedback.
Medly AI was incubated at UCL's Hatchery programme and raised £1.7 million in seed funding led by Eka Ventures and Ada Ventures. The platform has attracted over 30,000 monthly active users and helped students achieve an average improvement of two GCSE grades. Jung and co-founder Kavi Samra were invited to 10 Downing Street to advise the Prime Minister's team on AI's potential role in UK education policy.
