Alex Southmayd launched Bloomy (YC S26), an AI-powered mastery-learning platform for K-12 students that provides an AI tutor alongside adaptive curriculum in Math, English Language Arts, and Writing. …
Alpha School, a for-profit AI-focused K-12 private school, has grown from one campus in Austin to more than 15 schools across the U.S., including in New York and San Francisco, joining other AI-centri…
Affluent families are embracing AI-based education as a new status symbol, with companies like Forge Prep and Alpha School charging tens of thousands of dollars for AI tutoring programs. Critics warn …
Alpha School, a $65,000-a-year private school that replaces teachers with AI tutors, is expanding to Santa Monica, claiming to outperform elite schools like Harvard-Westlake without cherry-picking stu…
A parent's reflection on educational software i-Ready describes how the program caused his first-grade son to hate math, despite the child's prior enthusiasm. The piece argues that many schools' edtec…
Wealthy parents are enrolling their children in Alpha School, a private network charging $75,000 a year for AI-based tutoring, despite having access to top traditional education. The school, promoted …
Alpha School, an AI-powered private school in New York City, has launched a second location called Founders School that guarantees students will graduate with a business valued at $1 million or refund…
Alpha School, a private K-12 network, uses AI-driven adaptive software to deliver core academics in two hours daily, with students reportedly learning 2.5x faster than peers. The model, backed by tech…
Alpha School cofounders MacKenzie Price and Joe Liemandt pitched a $65,000-a-year Manhattan campus to wealthy New York parents in fall 2025, despite WIRED reporting the facility is not actually a scho…
Alpha School’s New York City campus at 180 Maiden Lane charges $65,000 annual tuition for a program that runs from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., but the New York State Education Department rejected its appl…