Teacher training
as it should be

Hi, I'm Sebastián Marambio. In 2010, I created a Model United Nations–style debate club at Instituto Nacional of Chile. I ran it as a fun after-work project (at the time I worked in Government). For three years I supported students from Instituto and later from Carmela Carvajal as they competed in an international tournament. I saw how the experience changed their lives—and mine. That's when I fell in love with education.

With that spark, my Harvard friend David García and I created the Summer Academy. We borrowed Instituto Nacional during the school break to build our own alternative school. Students chose courses ranging from 'Mars Colonization' and 'Physics for Future Presidents' to 'Ornithology and Theater.' We learned that all children and young people love learning when there is a good course, with solid pedagogy, and a teacher who is passionate about what they do.

Many schools asked if we could help them bring the Academy courses to their own students. That's how Aula 42 was born: a training program so teachers from any school could teach these courses themselves. We designed the materials, trained teachers, and supported them during implementation. We began testing how to scale great learning experiences without losing quality.

Together with a remarkable team, I had the fortune to lead the transformation of Enlaces into the Ministry of Education's new Innovation Center. During that time, the pandemic hit and, with partners like Google and Microsoft, we deployed nationwide training on digital tools for remote teaching. Thousands of teachers enrolled, but only about 4% completed the courses. They were self-paced courses with excellent content—but click-based learning has very low impact.

Together with my co-founder and friend Aanu Olakunle—a brilliant developer and person, originally from Nigeria and now based in Sweden—we brought to life our vision of a new way to deliver education at scale: one that preserves the connection between peers, an undervalued yet fundamental ingredient of powerful learning experiences.

For years, after every teacher-training program, the same questions lingered: 'Does it actually work?', 'Does anything really change in the classroom?' TeachView was born to begin answering those questions: using AI to analyze what happens in lessons and give teachers and school leaders simple, actionable evidence about their practice. For the first time, thanks to the LLM revolution, we have a real way to connect teacher training with what happens in the classroom. Over time, an extraordinary team has joined this mission—people who share our commitment to education and who are building what we believe is the best teacher-development tool out there.

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