
Matt Pasternak
Founder and CEO of Once, a company that combines software, coaching, and human tutors to deliver one-on-one early reading instruction; previously worked on Teach to One and co-founded Clever.
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Apr 15, 2026 • 0sec
How AI Can Help Educators—and High Schoolers—Tutor Students So They Learn to Read
Matt Pasternak, founder and CEO of Once, builds AI-powered tools and coaching for one-on-one early reading instruction. He shares how a low-tech start grew into software that supports paraprofessionals, uses AI for fluency assessment and highlight reels, tackles kid speech recognition, and trains high school tutors to teach kindergartners.


