Joe Liemandt - Building Alpha School, and The Future of Education
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Published
- August 26, 2025
- Duration
- 2h 27m
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- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses business, investing, technology.
Summary
My guest today is Joe Liemandt. Joe is the Principal at Alpha School and the founder of Triliogy Software and ESW Capital. He became the youngest member of the Forbes 400 in the 1990s before vanishing from public view for two decades—only to emerge with a $1 billion bet that he can make kids learn 10x faster using AI. Joe has built an AI tutoring system s…
Show notes
My guest today is Joe Liemandt. Joe is the Principal at Alpha School and the founder of Triliogy Software and ESW Capital. He became the youngest member of the Forbes 400 in the 1990s before vanishing from public view for two decades—only to emerge with a $1 billion bet that he can make kids learn 10x faster using AI. Joe has built an AI tutoring system so effective that students at his Alpha School literally beg not to take summer breaks, achieving 2x learning outcomes in just 2 hours with stan
Themes
- business
- investing
- technology