In 2026, Alpha will launch new schools beyond the flagship model based on the Timeback platform.

In 2026, Alpha will launch new schools beyond the flagship model based on the Timeback platform. | We're building a whole set of other schools based on it which will be different model. So we've launched Texas Sports Academy... We have a wilderness school right? So you can we have a monastery school. So you can imagine all these different models that as soon as you have this magic of two-hour learning you can start to say what should we do in the afternoon? And so next year in 2026, you're going to see all these other models beyond just alpha that roll out based on this time back software.

We're building a whole set of other schools based on it which will be different model. So we've launched Texas Sports Academy... We have a wilderness school right? So you can we have a monastery school. So you can imagine all these different models that as soon as you have this magic of two-hour learning you can start to say what should we do in the afternoon? And so next year in 2026, you're going to see all these other models beyond just alpha that roll out based on this time back software.

Alpha Schools expanding (Texas Sports Academy, wilderness school, monastery school variants).

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