Alpha aims to build 10,000 schools and reach a billion kids over 20 years.

Alpha aims to build 10,000 schools and reach a billion kids over 20 years. | the biggest one that I think to hit scale, building schools and rebuilding from scratch is, you know, I got 20 years, so we're going to build 10,000 schools, you know, and that's going to be great and I love it. Um but how do I get to a billion kids, right? How do we drive this out to a billion kids?

the biggest one that I think to hit scale, building schools and rebuilding from scratch is, you know, I got 20 years, so we're going to build 10,000 schools, you know, and that's going to be great and I love it. Um but how do I get to a billion kids, right? How do we drive this out to a billion kids?

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