Edtech Insiders Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell
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At Edtech Insiders, we interview founders, investors, operators, educators, and thought leaders about the future of education technology. Youโll hear from leaders across the education technology industry and learn about all of the important edtech trends happening globally.
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Week in Edtech 05/29/2024: OpenAI Announces a New Safety Board, Anthropic's LLM Mapping, New Chromebooks with GenAI for Educators, Guild Education Layoffs, Microsoft Partners with Khan Academy on AI Tools and More!
Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:๐จ OpenAI announces a new safety board, strikes a $250M content deal with News Corp, and begins training its next flagship AI model๐ Anthropic unveils a new method to map large language models๐ป New AI-enhanced Chromebooks are launched for educators๐ค Microsoft partners with Khan Academy to develop AI educational tools๐ Guild Education lays off a quarter of its workforce...
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The Next Generation of Leading EdTech Companies with Tory Patterson of Owl Ventures
Tory Patterson is the co-founder of Owl Ventures and is actively involved with all facets of the firm. As one of the early pioneers in the next generation of leading EdTech companies, Tory has led investments in some of the most successful companies in the sector. As a lead investor and board member he has played a hands-on role helping leading edtech companies across all facets of development including core definition and measurement of value proposition, sales & distribution, hiring, fu...
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The Evolution of Google for Education with Shantanu Sinha
Shantanu Sinha is the VP and GM of Google for Education. In addition to bringing Google products like Workspace to schools, Shantanu and his team build educational products such as Google Classroom, which helps over 150 million students, teachers and education leaders across classrooms around the world, and new experiences such as Practice Sets and Read Along, that demonstrate the power of artificial intelligence for teaching and learning.Before Google, Shantanu was the founding President and...
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Week in Edtech 5/8/2024: OpenAI's Search Engine, Stanford University's 2024 Report on the State of AI, 4 Traits of Successful Founders by Jennifer Carolan and More! Feat. Jason Levin of WGU Labs and Brian Ashton & Van Christman of BYU-Pathway Worldwide
Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode:๐ OpenAI's rumored new search engine to challenge Google๐ค Key findings from Stanford University's 2024 report on AI advancements and challenges๐ Apple's development of AI chips and new AI features in the iPad Pro๐ Essential traits that define successful founders, according to Jennifer Carolan of Reach Capital๐ Concerns on AI in EducationPlus special guests, Jason Levin of WGU Labs and Brian As...
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Building an Inclusive AI Future in Education with Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel
Today weโre talking to Kunal Dalal and Wes Kriesel, who are administrators of AI and Innovation at the Orange County, CA, Department of Education, where they support AI education and integration for 28 school districts in California.Kunal Dalal merges education and AI, driving human-centered AI integration at the Orange County Department of Education. Educated at Oberlin, Harvard, and UC Berkeley, he's evolved from school principal to headphone entrepreneur to tech educator. Dalal's entrepren...
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Week in Edtech 5/1/2024: TIME EdTech 100, Chegg & Coursera Stocks Fall, Microsoft's Phi-3, Anthropic's New Mobile App, Penn Engineering's Masterโs Degree In AI and More! Plus Special Guest, Louisa Rosenheck of Kahoot!
Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Matthew Tower, Founder of etch.club as they explore pivotal topics in this Week in Edtech episode:๐ The TIME Edtech 100: Showcasing the leaders shaping the future of education๐ง Microsoft's groundbreaking release of Phi-3, the smallest AI model to date๐ฑ The exciting new mobile app from Anthropic๐ป Penn Engineering's pioneering online Masterโs Degree in AI - a first in the Ivy League๐ The turbulent times at Chegg following their latest earnings report and l...