How Abhay Gupta and Frizzle Are Saving Teachers 20 Hours a Week

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Abhay Gupta is the Co-Founder and CEO of Frizzle. He was Previously a Product Manager at Coinbase, where he drove $50M of incremental revenue, as well as Tesla, and Meta and helped scale an online e-learning platform to millions in revenue. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Economics from Vanderbilt University.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

How Frizzle saves teachers up to 20 hours a week
Why Agile Learning can transform student progress
The surprising comeback of pen-and-paper learning
How AI delivers personalized assignments at scale
What’s next for Frizzle in subjects and global expansion

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:00:00] Abhay Gupta on Frizzle’s mission to eliminate grading and lesson planning time.
[00:02:17] From Tesla and Coinbase to EdTech: Abhay’s journey.
[00:04:14] Frizzle instantly grades handwritten math worksheets.
[00:06:56] The story behind the name “Frizzle.”
[00:09:39] Applying product management to classroom workflows.
[00:12:22] Agile Learning: real-time feedback and personalization.
[00:17:46] Why schools are returning to pen and paper.
[00:22:19] Expanding Frizzle to new subjects and countries.
[00:29:26] The future of teaching with AI as a helper.
[00:41:19] How teachers and administrators can try Frizzle.
[00:42:07] The biggest AI trend: schools driving adoption.

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Chapters

1. Abhay Gupta on Frizzle’s mission to eliminate grading and lesson planning time. (00:00:00)

2. From Tesla and Coinbase to EdTech: Abhay’s journey. (00:02:50)

3. Frizzle instantly grades handwritten math worksheets. (00:04:47)

4. The story behind the name “Frizzle.” (00:07:29)

5. Applying product management to classroom workflows. (00:10:54)

6. Agile Learning: real-time feedback and personalization. (00:13:37)

7. Why schools are returning to pen and paper. (00:19:01)

8. Expanding Frizzle to new subjects and countries. (00:23:34)

9. The future of teaching with AI as a helper. (00:30:41)

10. How teachers and administrators can try Frizzle. (00:42:34)

11. The biggest AI trend: schools driving adoption. (00:43:22)

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