About Us

Teacher +

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Friends since 2015. Building what they'd want for their own kids.

Ian Bravo

Ian Bravo

Co-founder · Instruction

20 years in K–12 education. Started teaching in NYC through Teach For America. Worked at KIPP NYC for 8 years as a 5th grade teacher and founding assistant principal. Selected for the KIPP Fisher Fellowship. Founded Florida's first School of Hope in Miami. Helped design a Yass Prize–winning microschool model at a Series A startup.

Samir Rayani

Samir Rayani

Co-founder · Technology

20 years building data-driven technology. Co-founded Next Big Sound in 2008 and served as CTO until Pandora acquired the company in 2015. Featured in Fast Company, Billboard, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The New York Times. Spent seven years as a guest lecturer at NYU Steinhardt, co-teaching a course on data analysis in the music industry.

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