
Estonia’s AI Leap: Teach Students to Think With AI, Not Instead of It
Estonia’s AI Leap uses Socratic tutoring and teacher training to strengthen student thinking instead of outsourcing it to AI.

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Founder & AI Product Leader
Yash Thakker is a Generative AI expert with over 12 years of experience in product leadership and technical strategy. As the founder of explainx.ai, he has taught over 300,000 learners and built AI platforms serving millions of users globally. He specializes in Agentic AI, Multimodal RAG, and the intersection of LLMs with consumer hardware.

Estonia’s AI Leap uses Socratic tutoring and teacher training to strengthen student thinking instead of outsourcing it to AI.

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