
Week in Edtech 7/29/26: Gates Foundation Shakeup, OpenAI's AI Workforce Push, Y Combinator Backs AI Tutors, Coursera Invests $100M on AI Learning, and More! Feat. Kavitta Ghai of Nectir & Aidan McDowell of UniqLearn
1 hour 33 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
] Bridges AI Summit brings district leaders together to discuss AI adoption, pilots, and edtech purchasing [00:05:19] Imagi raises $4.5M with backing from OpenAI, Lovable, Will.i.am, Kahoot!, and ElevenLabs [00:09:18] AI, cross-sector platforms, and portfolio consolidation drive e...
Bridges AI Summit brings district leaders together to discuss AI adoption, pilots, and edtech purchasing
Imagi raises $4.5M with backing from OpenAI, Lovable, Will.i.am, Kahoot!, and ElevenLabs
AI, cross-sector platforms, and portfolio consolidation drive edtech investment trends
Gates Foundation leadership shakeup signals a new chapter for education philanthropy
Gates Foundation and the future of philanthropy in an era of AI wealth
OpenAI report explores how AI is expanding workers’ roles beyond traditional job boundaries
OpenAI launches a campus leaders program to build student communities around AI tools
Y Combinator calls for startups building personalized AI tutors
Coursera invests $100M in a new AI-native learning company founded by Andrew Ng
Time’s top edtech companies list sparks debate over how the industry is ranked
Kavitta Ghai, CEO and Co-founder of Nectir, on AI in higher ed and K–12, student outcomes, and privacy
Aidan McDowell, Founder and CEO of UniqLearn, on personalized learning, career exploration, and student curiosity
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