# Luyen Chou

> Luyen Chou is a New York education-technology founder, former classroom teacher and product executive whose career has moved from teaching history at the Dalton School to helping launch schools, leading product strategy at Pearson, overseeing learning at 2U and co-founding DeweyLearn. His current work applies multimodal AI to observed performance while keeping educators and domain experts in the loop.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at DeweyLearn
- **Organizations:** DeweyLearn, Learning.com, 2U, Trilogy Education, Pearson Education, Schoolnet, Learn Technologies Interactive, The School at Columbia University, Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools, The Dalton School
- **Education:** A.B. in Philosophy, magna cum laude, Harvard College, M.A. in Educational Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Co-founded The School at Columbia University and Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools., Led product strategy roles at Pearson, including responsibility for its global product portfolio strategy., Served as Trilogy Education's first chief product officer and later as chief learning officer at 2U.

## Career timeline

- **Late 1980s** — Began his career teaching high school history at the Dalton School in New York City.
- **1992** — Founded education software company Learn Technologies Interactive and served as CEO and president.
- **2003** — Helped design and launch The School at Columbia University and served as associate head.
- **2007** — Co-founded Brooklyn Prospect Charter School and became chair of its board of trustees.
- **2011** — Joined Pearson through its acquisition of Schoolnet, later leading global product portfolio strategy.
- **2018** — Joined Trilogy Education as its first chief product officer.
- **2019** — Moved into 2U after its acquisition of Trilogy and later served as chief learning officer.
- **2024** — Joined the board of directors of Learning.com.
- **2025** — Launched DeweyLearn with co-founder and CTO Dirk Liebich.
- **2026** — DeweyLearn won the ASU+GSV Cup and raised a $5 million Series A led by SJF Ventures.

## Achievements

- Co-founded The School at Columbia University and Brooklyn Prospect Charter Schools.
- Led product strategy roles at Pearson, including responsibility for its global product portfolio strategy.
- Served as Trilogy Education's first chief product officer and later as chief learning officer at 2U.
- Joined Learning.com's board of directors in 2024.
- Co-founded DeweyLearn, which won the 2026 ASU+GSV Cup after selection from more than 3,000 nominees.
- Raised a $5 million Series A for DeweyLearn in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — DeweyLearn announced a $5 million Series A led by SJF Ventures, with participation from Catalysis Capital, Morningside and Owl Ventures.
- **2026-07** — Teachers College profiled Chou's human-centered approach to AI and reported DeweyLearn use across culinary education, corporate competencies and professional training.
- **2026-05** — DeweyLearn was named the 2026 ASU+GSV Cup winner and Workforce category Fan Favorite.

## Links

- Website: https://www.deweylearn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luyen-chou-2647165

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Last updated: 2026-08-27