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

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