1

Validating the Slate AI Classroom

Introduction to the course and the importance of market validation in the EdTech space.

• Define market validation for AI-powered EdTech
• Understand the cost of building without proof
• Overview of the 'Slate' interactive classroom vision
• Introduction to the data-first approach to product development

2

The 'Ticket Problem' and EdTech Risks

Explaining the paradox of needing to build to validate vs. needing validation to build.

• The danger of 'speed in the wrong direction'
• Why EdTech budgets are stretched by unvalidated features
• Identifying the 'Ticket Problem': Engineering time spent before answering if users care
• Distinguishing between early interest and real market demand

3

The Atomic Hypothesis

How to find the 'load-bearing wall' of your product idea using AI.

• Identifying the single assumption that makes the whole concept worthless if wrong
• Example: Do teachers trust AI enough to let it run the live classroom?
• Using AI to find the three riskiest assumptions in minutes