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This special EdTech Insiders episode features the four Shark Tank winners from EdTech Week. Each founder shares how their breakthrough approach is transforming learning, teaching, and workforce development across K–12, higher education, and global training environments.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

1. Lirvana Labs’ multilingual, trauma-informed AI companion.
2. Socrait’s voice-powered automation of teacher admin work.
3. Skillmaker.ai’s XR training that cuts years to days.
4. Glimmer’s personalized formative assessment and insights.
5. How these innovators are scaling impact across continents and industries.

✨ Episode Highlights:

[00:03:18] Christie Pang, CEO & Co-Founder of Lirvana Labs on Global AI learning companion & teacher “Mission Control”
[00:21:42] Jason Palmer, Co-Founder & President of Socrait on Turning teacher talk into structured data
[00:35:53] Robin Cowie, Founder & CEO of Skillmaker.ai on XR & smart glasses accelerating technical training
[00:50:48] Neel Rao, Co-Founder & CEO of Glimmer on AI-powered personalized math scaffolding and insights

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