Opinion

September 30, 2026

A day in the life… with Imagi founder Dora Palfi

The Swedish founder on her love of sleep masks, the Daily AI Brief and bike rides with husband and AI luminary Anton Osika

Éanna Kelly

4 min read

Dora Palfi is the cofounder and CEO of Swedish edtech Imagi, which has developed an AI education platform for schools.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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