Dr. Ayinde Rudolph, Ed.D.
I spent 25 years in education. I was a teacher. A principal. A superintendent of Mountain View Whisman School District. I lived the problem I'm now solving.
I watched teachers drown in paperwork when they should have been connecting with students. I saw brilliant educators leave the profession—not because they stopped caring, but because the system made it impossible to care and survive.
44% of teachers leave within five years. That's not a retention problem. That's a system failure.
A Lifelong Tech Enthusiast
I've always been drawn to technology's potential. From coding in GW-BASIC in high school, to building websites in college, to becoming the only non-superintendent recognized by President Obama and Secretary Duncan for my approach to Digital Learning, to leading the development of a city-wide CBRS network in Mountain View—I've spent my career at the intersection of education and technology.
But watching Jean come to life has been different. In 10 months, I've built a new version every single month—each one more sophisticated than the last. The current iteration, built with Rust and Tauri, represents not just technical evolution but a fundamental reimagining of how AI should work.
This isn't a tech founder who read about education problems. This is an educator who became a tech founder because no one else was building what we actually needed.
