Synthesis
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Parrish: El Salvador replaced public teachers with Synthesis AI tutoring software
“Oh, so they developed this Synthesis, this AI company developed this tutor, which actually teaches kids, and it's so good that El Salvador, the country, just recently adopted and replaced their teachers.”
Frank: AI math tutors will be a major part of every child's education
“And now, you know, we're, we have built an AI math tutor that I think is is, is taken off pretty well. And I think it's going to be A major part of every kid's education in the future.”
Frank: Future Synthesis physical schools would model European soccer youth academies
“If we did something like that, we'd probably do something like an academy. Like the, I always admire that the European soccer clubs, what they do is they'll have an academy attached to all their professional teams. And they'll bring kids in at, like, age six o…”
Frank: AI tutors will accelerate learning and eliminate need for homework
“I think what we're going to see, I think AI tutors are going to drive this. I think you could actually learn one E to 30 X faster. I don't think there's going to be a need for any homework. I think kids are just going to use AI tutors to learn the fundamentals…”
Frank: Duolingo's heavy gamification means hardly anyone actually learns a language
“Like for us, there's, you know, there's things like Duolingo, which famously, you know, it's maybe really good at getting their early retention and engagement, but, you know, hardly anybody knows someone who's learned a language from Duolingo. So they kind of …”
Synthesis Co-Founder: Screens Are Underrated for Education Compared to Paper
“I think like for learning screens are like extraordinarily powerful. Like you can simulate almost anything on a screen and yeah, that's like underrated. You know, I think people like don't realize how Amazing that is. There's a lot of Luddites and who are like…”
Sam Parr invested in edtech startup Synthesis just to copy Puri
“Yesterday I invested in a seed stage company and I pretty much only did it because Sean did it.”
Edtech startup Synthesis hit millions in revenue in six months organically
“They have, like, super high retention, amazing revenue already in six months you know, doing multiple millions of dollars a year in revenue with zero dollars in paid marketing, and what seems like the perfect team, it's the guy who created the school at Elon's…”