Postcards from ASU+GSV 2025: On the Ground with Google, OpenAI & EdTech Changemakers

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In this special episode, EdTech Insiders hits the floor at ASU+GSV 2025—one of the world’s premier EdTech conferences—for rapid-fire conversations with the leaders reshaping learning. From AI-native campuses to multilingual agents and human-centered R&D, we go behind the scenes with the innovators driving the future of education.

🎙️ Featured Guests:

1. Siya Raj Purohit, Go-to-Market Lead for Education at OpenAI @ [00:01:25]
2. Maureen Heymans, GM of LearnX at Google @ [00:19:16]
3. Brandon Hurter, Chief Strategy Officer at Element451 @ [00:31:19]
4. Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of AERDF @ [00:39:21]
5. Jim Van Voorhis, VP of Education at Glean @ [00:45:09]
6. Summer Long, Co-Founder & CMO of Cathoven AI @ [00:54:10]
7. Yasmin Barkett, CEO and Founder of ROYO @ [01:02:47]
8. Mike Yates, Senior Designer at Teach For America’s The Reinvention Lab @ [01:08:12]
9. Julia Kelleher, Head of Market Development at WorldQuant Learning @ [01:18:09]
10. Adele Smolansky, CEO and Founder of AI-Learners @ [01:25:08]

🎥 Watch these Interviews on YouTube: LINK HERE

Special thanks to Matthew Millstein and his team at Old Soul for capturing all the video content live from the AI Show floor. 🙌

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Chapters

1. Postcards from ASU+GSV 2025: On the Ground with Google, OpenAI & EdTech Changemakers (00:00:00)

2. Siya Raj Purohit, Go-to-Market Lead for Education at OpenAI  (00:01:56)

3. Maureen Heymans, GM of LearnX at Google (00:20:10)

4. Brandon Hurter, Chief Strategy Officer at Element451 (00:32:13)

5. Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of AERDF (00:40:15)

6. Jim Van Voorhis, VP of Education at Glean  (00:46:03)

7. Summer Long, Co-Founder & CMO of Cathoven AI (00:55:04)

8. Yasmin Barkett, CEO and Founder of ROYO (01:03:41)

9. Mike Yates, Senior Designer at Teach For America’s The Reinvention Lab (01:09:06)

10. Julia Kelleher, Head of Market Development at WorldQuant Learning (01:19:03)

11. Adele Smolansky, CEO and Founder of AI-Learners  (01:26:02)