From Ukraine to EdTech | Brighterly’s Journey with Founder Eugene Kashuk
When AI can tutor anyone, anytime, why are parents still choosing human tutors?
Live from EdTech Week 2026 at Teachers College’s Digital Futures Institute, Mike Palmer sits down with Eugene Kashuk, founder of Brighterly and the show’s first guest from Ukraine. Eugene is a serial entrepreneur with a go-to-market and operations background. Over five years he has grown Brighterly into a direct-to-consumer platform with one-on-one live tutoring in math and reading for grades 1–9. It now serves more than 20,000 American families, with over 1,200 tutors and a team of more than 250 people around the world.
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