America's wealthy bypass schools for AI tutoring startups
Forge Prep, Alpha, and similar platforms are marketing personalized AI instruction to affluent families skeptical of traditional education.
The pitch: adaptive learning, 1-on-1 attention, and curriculum tailored to each child—without the waitlists or $50K annual fees of elite prep schools.
Adoption among the wealthy contrasts sharply with broader US distrust of AI in other domains (music, food recommendations, etc.).