High-quality curriculum deserves high-quality implementation.
StarCoach AI is the first integrated AI system designed to support the entire instructional cycle - built by educators, for educators. Now it puts expert AI math coaching in front of every student — in class, after school, and all year.
Coaching that doesn't quit on kids - at the scale of a classroom.
Districts invest heavily in great curriculum, yet classroom execution varies. Teachers face daily pressure - lesson prep, real-time assessment, differentiation, progress monitoring - without a unified system for the full instructional cycle.
StarCoach AI connects lesson planning, presentation, assessment, differentiation, and reflection into one cohesive workflow, aligned to the curriculum teachers already use. It now brings that same coaching engine home - so every student gets a coach that stays with them until they understand.
Unlike general-purpose AI tools that handle isolated tasks, StarCoach AI is built as instructional infrastructure: a unified system that strengthens implementation and generates meaningful data at every step. Purposeful AI, built by educators for educators.
Principles behind the product
Coach, don't just assess
Stay with the student to the end of every problem instead of marking it wrong and serving an easier one.
Grounded in real curriculum
Built on and aligned to Illustrative Mathematics - every workshop cites its IM lesson and Common Core standard.
Give teachers back their time
Reduce workload without sacrificing rigor, and surface insight into where students actually are.
Built by educators and builders
Michael Yuen · Founder & CEO
A technology entrepreneur and screenwriter who believes the most powerful innovations begin with a compelling story. He previously founded Apptera, a pioneer in enterprise voice automation - 20 patents, $40M raised, Fortune 500 partners including AT&T, and Bank of America as its first enterprise customer before a successful acquisition. An award-recognized member of the Writers Guild of America, Michael brings narrative thinking to product design - ensuring technology serves people, not the other way around.
Paul Conley · VP of Education
A veteran math educator and curriculum implementation leader with deep experience in Illustrative Mathematics classrooms. For six years Paul worked directly with middle-school math teachers implementing IM - supporting lesson delivery, professional learning, classroom observation, and data-driven improvement. He holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Mathematics Education, and ensures the platform reflects real classroom realities.
Phil Daro · Advisor & Curriculum Architect
Phil Daro is a lead author of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and one of the foremost experts on how students learn math and why they disengage. As StarCoach AI's Curriculum Architect he selects the review topics, signs off on workshops, and anchors the program's design in decades of research on what actually works.
"A coach is on your side. We want to teach students not to quit on themselves, so we don't quit on them."
The Everett pilot
In Spring 2026, across 3 Everett middle schools, 10 teachers and 506 engaged students used StarCoach as part of their daily math. Students logged 64,527 AI coaching exchanges - including 1,764 voluntary sessions over two weekends - and students improved +10.1 points on average, pre to post, with 68% improving their score.
Press, partnerships & districts
For media inquiries, district licensing, or partnership questions, email support@starcoach.ai.
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