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Janak Panchal and Rishan Dutia are cofounders of CoGuide, an AI classroom assistant that plans lessons and runs live discussions in 30+ languages. Janak, a former assistant guide with 250+ socratic discussions sessions within the Acton Academy Network, built the first MVP. Rishan leads engineering and builds the Vision OS for hand-raising and participation analytics.
đĄ 5 Things Youâll Learn in This Episode:
- How a teacherpreneur and a student founder teamed up to build CoGuide
- Why AI facilitation goes beyond lesson planning to live classroom discussions
- How Vision OS tracks participation and supports teachers with actionable data
- The balance between teacher augmentation and student privacy
- Where Janak and Rishan see AI in classrooms heading in the next three years
⨠Episode Highlights:
[00:02:12] Janak Panchal on turning classroom struggles into CoGuideâs first MVP
[00:04:18] Rishan Dutia on becoming one of the youngest edtech founders at 12
[00:05:55] How CoGuide evolved into Vision OS with live classroom facilitation
[00:09:51] Janak explains âstandby modeâ and real-time analytics for teachers
[00:11:17] Rishan on building privacy-first AI that works in 30+ languages
[00:16:03] Why CoGuide focuses on collaboration, not one-on-one AI tutoring
[00:27:39] Janak shares how CoGuide could reduce teacher burnout
[00:29:04] Rishan on augmenting, not automating, the teacherâs role
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