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Edtech Insiders

Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell

At Edtech Insiders, we interview founders, investors, operators, educators, and thought leaders about the future of education technology. You’ll hear from leaders across the education technology industry and learn about all of the important edtech trends happening globally.

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44:44

How Buddy.ai Became the Leading AI Tutors for Kids...

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2025/09/15

Send us a text Ivan Crewkov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Buddy.ai, the leading AI tutor for kids under 12, reaching over 20 million students annually from all over the world. Buddy is not just a chatbot. It’s an AI-powered talking animated character in a mobile app teaching English as a foreign language to students all over the world. Buddy is unique because it operates in a highly regulated environment where most off-the-shelf AIs like Chat GPT can't be used. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in...

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63:55

Week in Edtech 9/3/25: Google’s AI Surge Hits...

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2025/09/12

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down the latest shifts in education technology, from Google’s aggressive AI push to early childhood challenges and new federal initiatives. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:04:48] Google’s AI surge disrupts Duolingo with gamified language learning in Google Translate [00:12:14] Google’s edge in practical AI tools versus the AGI race [00:17:28] Competitive landscape across OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and predictions for Chinese challe...

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61:20

How EdTech Leaders Earn Trust Through Responsible AI...

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2025/09/10

Send us a text In this special episode, we speak with Daphne Li, CEO of Common Sense Privacy, alongside leaders from Prodigy Education, AI for Equity, MagicSchool AI, and ClassDojo—recipients of the Privacy Seal. Together, we explore how the edtech sector is tackling one of its biggest challenges: earning trust through responsible AI and data privacy practices. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: The purpose of the Privacy SealHow Prodigy builds trust through privacy-by-designHow AI for

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46:49

How Abhay Gupta and Frizzle Are Saving Teachers 20...

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2025/09/09

Send us a text Abhay Gupta is the Co-Founder and CEO of Frizzle. He was Previously a Product Manager at Coinbase, where he drove $50M of incremental revenue, as well as Tesla, and Meta and helped scale an online e-learning platform to millions in revenue. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Economics from Vanderbilt University. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How Frizzle saves teachers up to 20 hours a weekWhy Agile Learning can transform student progressThe surprising

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44:51

Building AI School Teams: How Leading Educators is...

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2025/09/08

Send us a text Chong-Hao Fu is the CEO of Leading Educators, a national nonprofit specializing in comprehensive instructional improvement. Over the past 14 years, he’s worked to scale exceptional teaching and leadership in some of the country’s fastest-improving districts while exploring how emergent technology like AI can bring new possibilities to instruction. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why instructional coherence is the backbone of school improvement.How Leading Educat...

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33:28

Week in Edtech 8/27/25: Teen Suicide Linked to...

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2025/09/05

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they navigate a week of heavy headlines in education technology—from AI risks and teen safety to global expansion moves by OpenAI and new research from Anthropic. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:02:20] AI panic in the headlines with concerns about teen mental health, suicide, and youth dependency [00:06:33] AI’s impact on job opportunities for new college graduates [00:08:00] Comparing AI anxieties with past moral panics about video games, mu...

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54:05

Reimagining Math Education in the Age of AI with Ted...

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2025/09/01

Send us a text While you spent thousands of hours studying math in high school, odds are you never use any of it. There is math that really matters – it’s just not covered in school. Just as Freakonomics made us rethink economics, Aftermath does the same for math. Today’s guest, Ted Dintersmith, is a bestselling author, education advocate, and former venture capitalist who believes math has been weaponized—and it’s time to set things right. If you’re curious about the math you missed, and how...

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114:03

Week in EdTech 8/20/25: GPT-5 Fallout & GPT-6 Memory,...

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2025/08/29

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they dive into the biggest headlines shaping the future of education technology, from AI breakthroughs to new models of learning challenges. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:03:23] GPT-5 fallout and Altman’s vision for GPT-6 [00:08:14] AI risks: AGI fears, scams, misinformation [00:14:37] Post-COVID learning gaps and inequities [00:18:33] Students solving problems with AI [00:21:42] AI updates from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Grammarly [00:2...

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56:48

AI + No-Code: How Thunkable Supercharges Student...

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2025/08/25

Send us a text Arun Saigal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thunkable, the no-code platform where anyone — from students to startups to enterprise teams — can build powerful, native mobile apps. With an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and integrated Gen AI tools, Thunkable empowers creators to go from idea to real, publishable app without writing a single line of code. Arun has an S.B. and M.Eng. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT and has held various leading roles at techn...

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100:45

Week in EdTech 8/13/25: Back-to-School Uncertainty,...

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2025/08/22

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin, Ben Kornell, and guest co-host Matt Tower from Whiteboard Advisors for a back-to-school edition of Week in EdTech, covering market shifts, Big Tech’s push into education, the GPT-5 rollout, and the rising challenge of deepfake abuse in schools. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:03:40] Back-to-school funding uncertainty and “back-to-basics” mentality [00:06:40] B2C vs. B2B: consumer learning grows while institutions tighten [00:09:31] Big Tech moves from infrastr...

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29:41

Claude for Education: How Anthropic is Shaping AI’s...

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2025/08/21

Send us a text Drew Bent leads Education as part of Anthropic's Beneficial Deployments. He also co-founded the tutoring non-profit Schoolhouse.world with Sal Khan. Prior to that, he wrote code at Khan Academy, taught high school math, and has been tutoring students for over a decade. Drew has degrees in physics & CS from MIT, and an education master's from Stanford. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why Anthropic made education one of Claude’s first real-world focus areasInsights

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38:46

How AI Agents Are Transforming Learning at Scale with...

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2025/08/18

Send us a text Julia Stiglitz is the CEO and Co-Founder of Uplimit, an AI learning platform helping companies equip their talent with the skills of tomorrow. She previously was a Partner at GSV Ventures, where she invested and partnered with some of the most innovative entrepreneurs in edtech. Prior to GSV, Julia was one of the first hires at Coursera and led many groundbreaking initiatives, mostly notably as Vice President of Enterprise, where she founded and led Coursera's enterprise busine...

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102:37

Week in Edtech 8/6/25: Google's Guided Learning vs...

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2025/08/15

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and guest host Claire Zau of GSV Ventures as they unpack a huge week for AI in education, major edtech mergers, and new funding opportunities. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:00:00] Claire Zau on AI tutor memory, personalization, and data contamination risks [00:01:58] Google Guided Learning Mode vs OpenAI Study Mode – Socratic AI tools compared [00:14:07] Google Classroom integration and the personalization edge from LMS data [00:15:16] Instructure and OpenAI ...

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52:31

Why Personalized Education Hasn’t Happened and How...

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2025/08/11

Send us a text Amir Nathoo is CEO of Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes for K-12 learners, and an advocate for expanding education access. Previously, he led product development at Square and co-founded Trigger.io, a platform for creating native mobile apps. Amir holds an MEng in Electrical and Information Sciences from The University of Cambridge and lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children. Justin Dent is the founding Executive Director of Outschool.org. Jus...

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54:49

Why AI Literacy Alone Isn’t Enough and What We Can Do...

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2025/08/04

Send us a text Katy Knight is President and Executive Director of Siegel Family Endowment, where she leads bold, systems-focused philanthropy at the intersection of technology and society. Since 2017, she has advanced equity, flexible funding, and inquiry-driven grantmaking grounded in the scientific method, and centered on reframing big questions and learning alongside grant investments. Dr. Allison Scott is CEO of the Kapor Foundation, leading work at the intersection of racial justic...

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90:09

Week in EdTech 7/23/25: Quizlet AI Usage Hits 85%, AI...

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2025/08/01

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down a pivotal week in EdTech, from AI breakthroughs to Roblox’s education push and the future of personalized learning. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:00:33] Quizlet report shows 85% of students and nearly 90% of teachers using AI, with different adoption patterns. [00:02:24] International Math Olympiad highlights AI’s reasoning advances, earning a gold medal and raising assessment questions. [00:11:16] OpenAI agents and AI-nativ...

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49:34

Exploring Science in Virtual Reality with FotonVR’s...

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2025/07/28

Send us a text Vijay Thakkar is a visionary entrepreneur, educator, and the CEO & Co-founder of FotonVR. He’s transforming the way children learn by bringing immersive Virtual Reality experiences into classrooms around the world. With a deep passion for innovation in education, Vijay has pioneered immersive Virtual Reality solutions designed specifically for school learning. Nisha Panchal is the Head of Global Business Development at fotonVR. With a strong focus on international bus...

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92:42

Week in EdTech 7/16/2025: ChatGPT Agents, AI...

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2025/07/25

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Claire Zau, a Partner and AI Lead at GSV Ventures as they explores the latest developments in education technology, from AI agents to teacher co-pilots, talent wars, and shifts in global AI strategies. ✨ Episode Highlights [00:00:00] AI teacher co-pilots evolve into agentic workflows. [00:02:15] OpenAI launches ChatGPT Agent for autonomous tasks. [00:04:24] Meta, Google, and OpenAI escalate AI talent wars. [00:07:38] Privacy guardrails eme...

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50:04

Securly’s Vision for Safer, Smarter School Technology...

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2025/07/22

Send us a text Tammy Wincup has served for over 25 years as a business executive at the intersection of technology and education. Tammy is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Securly, the leading digital safety and wellness company serving over 22,000 K-12 schools globally to keep students safe, secure, and ready to learn. Before Securly, Tammy was a partner at Rethink Education, an impact venture fund investing in global education technology. For almost a decade, Tammy was the Chi...

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97:34

Week in Edtech 7/9/25: OpenAI’s $28M K-12 Push,...

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2025/07/18

Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI showdowns to immersive learning pilots and funding updates. ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:02:00] OpenAI announces $28M K-12 AI training initiative with AFT, UFT, and Microsoft [00:04:34] Gallup-Walton poll reveals 68% of teachers lack AI training despite high usage [00:07:11] OpenAI takes a bottom-up approach as teachers criticize Google’s AI rollout [00:23:41] Meta forms...

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