Week in Edtech 9/25/2024: OpenAI’s Raises $6.5B, Google’s $120M AI Education Fund, Salesforce’s $23M for AI Skills, Duolingo’s AI Surge, Udemy Layoffs, AI-Powered Celebrity Learning, Prof Jim’s $1.5M Funding, and More! Feat. Jason Palmer of TOGETHER!

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Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest in education technology, AI developments, and key edtech funding moves.

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:05:12] 👩‍🏫 OpenAI raises $6.5B and launches OpenAI Academy
[00:09:05] 📚 Google’s $120M AI Education Fund and NotebookLM tools
[00:15:03] 🦜 Duolingo’s AI strategy and record stock prices
[00:22:05] 📉 Udemy lays off hundreds and shifts to lower-cost regions
[00:25:40] 💰 Prof Jim raises $1.5M to expand AI-generated video content
[00:29:13] 🤖 AI-generated celebrity videos teaching math and science
[00:37:16] 💼 David Banks resigns as NYC Schools Chancellor
[00:45:11] 💸 TEAMology raises $1.2M for mental health; Hello Wonder raises $2.1M for safe browsing
Plus special guest:

[00:52:00] 🎙️ Jason Palmer, Former Democratic Presidential Candidate & Co-Founder of TOGETHER!, on education reform, AI, and the future of learning.

This season of Edtech Insiders is once again brought to you by Tuck Advisors, the M&A firm for Education Entrepreneurs. Founded by serial entrepreneurs with over 25 years of experience founding, investing in, and selling companies, Tuck believes you deserve M&A advisors who work just as hard as you do.

Chapters

1. Week in Edtech 9/25/2024: OpenAI’s Raises $6.5B, Google’s $120M AI Education Fund, Salesforce’s $23M for AI Skills, Duolingo’s AI Surge, Udemy Layoffs, AI-Powered Celebrity Learning, Prof Jim’s $1.5M Funding, and More! Feat. Jason Palmer of TOGETHER! (00:00:00)

2. 👩‍🏫 OpenAI raises $6.5B and launches OpenAI Academy (00:05:34)

3. 📚 Google’s $120M AI Education Fund and NotebookLM tools (00:09:27)

4. 🦜 Duolingo’s AI strategy and record stock prices (00:15:25)

5. 📉 Udemy lays off hundreds and shifts to lower-cost regions (00:22:27)

6. 💰 Prof Jim raises $1.5M to expand AI-generated video content (00:26:02)

7. 🤖 AI-generated celebrity videos teaching math and science (00:29:59)

8. 💼 David Banks resigns as NYC Schools Chancellor (00:38:02)

9. 💸 TEAMology raises $1.2M for mental health; Hello Wonder raises $2.1M for safe browsing (00:45:57)