Can AI Replace Teachers? Inside the $40M Company Using AI Tutors to Teach 200% Faster | #233
February 25, 2026
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5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: Panel-style interview on a podcast called Moonshots, hosted by Peter Diamandis with co-hosts Salim Ismail and Dave, featuring guests discussing education reform.
- The Key Players:
- McKenzie Price: Co-founder and CEO of Alpha Schools, Stanford psych grad turned edtech pioneer; started after seeing her kids lose love for learning.
- Joe Lamont: Billionaire founder of ESW Capital/Trilogy, now funding/principal at Alpha Schools; applies software scaling playbook to education.
- Hosts: Peter (visionary entrepreneur), Salim, Dave—banter on AI trends, personal schooling regrets, with electric chemistry hyping disruption.
- The Vibe: Optimistic and revolutionary—fun, data-driven takedown of failing schools, mixed with awe at kids crushing SATs as freshmen.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: McKenzie Price & Joe Lamont**
- 2 (03:20) **Crisis in US Education**
- 3 (06:39) **Alpha Schools Academic Results**
- 4 (09:01) **Learning Science Foundations**
- 5 (11:04) **Five Dimensions of 10x Better Schools**
- 6 (17:40) **Life Skills Curriculum**
- 7 (19:03) **Daily School Experience**
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Show Notes
The hosts spotlight Alpha Schools' exponential leap: AI mastery academics in 2 hours daily - top 1% SATs - plus life skills workshops to thrive in an AI world. With CEO Mackenzie Price and principal Joe Lamont, they dismantle failing systems for a 10X future.
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Learn about Alpha School: https://alpha.school/
Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360
MacKenzie Price is the co-founder of Alpha School
Joe Liemandt is principal at Alpha School
Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO
Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
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