Week in Edtech 4/5/23: Byju's Valuation Haircut, ChatGPT Craze, $80K College Tuition and Tiktok, with Guest Kian Katanforoosh of Workera.ai
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In this episode, we speak to special guest Kian Katanforoosh, whose company Workera just raised a $23.5M Series B. We also talk about:AI Push and Pull

• Call for a pause on AI training met with skepticism)
• Ed tech experts urge caution on ChatGPT’s student data privacy)
• Italy blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns)
• Hello Dolly: Democratizing the magic of ChatGPT with open models)** **

Higher Ed's Price Hikes in the Face of Uncertainty

• Ivy League tuition costs over $80K)
• A look at trends in college consolidation since 2016)
• Rising Tuition? It’s Not About Sticker Prices)
• Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers?)
• ** **The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma)

TikTok Ban Debate

• TikTok hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before US Congress amid looming ban – as it happened)

Luben Pampoulov's Evaluation of Public Edtechs

• Learning with Copilots)

**Big Haircut for Byju's Valuation **

• Some Investors Cut Byju's Valuation) (from $22B to $11B)
• Byju's Raising $700M on Original $22B Valuation)