Iraklis Mantis studied Greek Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, enriching his academic background with MA studies in Creative Writing at the Hellenic Open University. He speaks English, German, and Spanish, while his knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin further complements his linguistic foundation. Since 2008, he has been consistently teaching Modern Greek Language and Literature to high school students preparing for the National Exams. He is the founder of ExelixiForMinds Educational Center and the learning platform exelixi.online. He lives in Ioannina, Greece, and is married with two children.

He believes that the mobile phone, in terms of knowledge dissemination, can become the new printing press, capable of eliminating the educational inequalities that still persist. He envisions an innovative system of autonomous learning, fully tailored to the needs of every student, at every level, supported by reliable AI-powered digital assistants. The AnswerUnfold™ method and the exelixi.online platform aspire to bring this vision to life.