Future of Education Podcast S2E255: Turning Class Time Into Career Time: A Conversation With Student CEO Elle
Aug 22, 2025
A teen CEO discusses how a unique learning environment helped her craft an AI-powered dating advice app for teens. The conversation dives into how high school students balance academics with creative pursuits and the challenges of modern dating shaped by social media. Amid the complexities of superficial connections, the app emphasizes healthy relationships and communication skills. The discussion also highlights the importance of entrepreneurial experiences in high school, promoting personal growth over traditional college pressures.
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Ask Elle: A Teen Dating App
- Elle is building an AI-powered safe teen dating coach called Ask Elle as her Olympic-level masterpiece.
- She describes teen dating as currently unsafe and declining due to social media and COVID disruptions.
Digital Shift Stunted Social Practice
- Social media and COVID moved early relationship experiences online and reduced in-person practice.
- Missing those formative moments has left teens without basic dating social skills.
WYLL Warrior Example
- Elle illustrates poor online pickup habits with the Gen Z term 'WYLL warrior' where boys message strangers asking "W-Y-L-L".
- She explains it reduces people to looks and encourages dehumanizing photo exchanges.