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Q and then by college, I was just like focused on startup stuff. So my, I didn't feel like I had a great experience, um, with my education, uh, how much better can it be? And sort of what's your broader vision, obviously. Synthesis can be a big part of, uh, a child, uh, and a kid's education, but you know, what is the full stack look like in the future?

A Yeah. Yeah. That's funny. I, I also had a bad experience with my education and it's, uh, you know, it's, I, I got like Psy opt into, uh, you know, devoting the rest of my life to changing the whole system because I hated it, uh, so much. Uh, so, so, so maybe similar to you in that regard. I, I think The big problem is you start with this original elite education is, is with one-on-one tutors. And I, I don't know, but I don't think it was like eight hours a day plus homework with, with one-on-one tutors. I think you can learn a lot more efficiently than that. Uh, then you have like the one room schoolhouses, which again, we're like, kids are like working on the farm and then they come to the schoolhouse, you know, a couple hours a day, maybe a couple of times a week and that's it. And then all the parents go to work and these, the school day expands. And instead of just sticking to that, like, well, we'll teach a little bit and then we'll kind of have fun for the rest of the day. They just expanded the teaching to make it, it somehow encompass all the hours from like eight to three, uh, eight AM to three PM and homework. And I think what we're going to see, I think AI tutors are going to drive this. Um, 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 fundam…

AI assessment note: “I think AI tutors are going to drive this. Um, I think you could actually”

Q So right now you have the subscription. What, what is synthesis look like longterm starting digital makes a lot of sense, but over time is there, you know, desire to kind of almost verticalize and go into the real world or what does that look like?

A I don't know about going into the real world. I think it's, there've been some, You know, Silicon Valley startups have been really well funded that tried to do the software piece and the real world piece at the same time. I think it's really hard to pull off both. Like if you're going into the real world for schools, you're doing like a real estate play essentially. Um, and, and, you know, I think when it comes to learning, you know, math, science, engineering, the fundamentals, these are, this is information. And so information can be transmitted, uh, through computers. Um, In a lot of ways, you know, better than, than a human can do it. And so I think if we want to reach a billion kids, then, you know, it makes sense to go vertical, but within, you know, software, like things that can be delivered purely software, never say never, because it is attractive to, uh, you know, the idea of like opening up physical in-person schools. If we did something like that, we'd probably do something like an academy. Uh, 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 or eight. There's a guy who's a star now for Barcelona that they brought in at eight years old, and now he's, like, 18, and he's just, he's amazing. I think if you really want, like, incredible…

AI assessment note: “I don't know about going into the real world. I think it's really hard”