Week in Edtech 4/26/23: ASU GSV, AI eats the world, and special guest Jennifer Carolan of Reach Capital

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We speak with legendary Edtech investor Jennifer Carolan, Managing Director of Reach Capital, and cover topics like:

ASU GSV Takeaways

• Ben and Alex discuss some of the big takeaways from ASU GSV: Gen AI, Skills-based hiring and assessment +  shorter runways & potential for consolidation

AI Tools continue to Proliferate in Edtech: 

• Edtech is going crazy for AI (Josh Bersin)
• Chegg announces CheggMate, the new AI companion, built with GPT-4
• Schoolytics: Building an AI Co-teacher for every classroom
• Brainly Announces Beta Access to New AI Features
• HiLink Unveils AI-Powered Lesson Planning Feature Purpose-Built for Educators
• Labster Announces Automatic User Experience Upgrade to its Virtual Science Lab Simulation EdTech Platform
• Workera launches Generative AI and ChatGPT benchmarking

The Edtech Websites That Power LLMs Like ChatGPT

• Inside the secret list of websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound smart
  
  
• We unpack, via WaPo, which Edtech tools are being used to train Large Language Models

1. Wikipedia (#2)
2. Scribd (#3)
3. Coursera (#12)
4. Instructables (#15)
5. Wikihow (#41)
6. Edweek (#91)
7. Youtube (#104)
8. Edweek Blogs (#182)
9. Quizlet (#1,447)
10. Udemy (#5165)
11. Skillshare (#14,528)
12. Course Hero (#15,996)
13. Pearson (#16,709)
14. Unacademy (26,507)
15. Chegg (75,565)
16. Kahoot (133,209)
17. Byju’s (330,315)
18. Duolingo (#507,900)
19. Khan Academy (#570,781)
20. Edx (#646,320)

Guild Rebrands and Expands

• Guild Unveils New Brand and Product, Evolving Beyond Education to Accelerate Career Mobility for America’s Workforce