Friends of Parsnip

Help us design the future of learning! 🖌️

We're hiring a product designer to shape how AI transforms learning for everyone

Sep 25 • 

Andrew Mao

 and 

Dan Sosa

4

August 2025

What we've learned about learning 💡

How AI can scale up effective pedagogy and help solve the 2-sigma problem

Aug 4 • 

Andrew Mao

, 

Dan Sosa

, 

Artur Balabanskyy

, and 

Jen Goertzen

6

May 2025

Models don't have moats—products do 🏰

In the AI world, picks and shovels ⛏️ just help you dig a money pit

May 12 • 

Andrew Mao

 and 

Artur Balabanskyy

1

February 2025

The right mindset over the right resumé

Our approach to writing a more engaging, more human job description

Feb 11 • 

Andrew Mao

2

4

August 2024

Parsnip's new AI does the heavy lifting 💪

Our human-in-the-loop system creates content faster than ever, and at scale

Aug 20, 2024 • 

Andrew Mao

3

1

March 2024

Parsnip's bet on expert-trained LLMs 👩‍💻

Building a knowledge graph to power retrieval-augmented AI content generation

Mar 22, 2024 • 

Andrew Mao

3

January 2024

The "death zone" of venture capital ☠️

How Parsnip can shortcut the difficulty of a venture-scale outcome in edtech

Jan 9, 2024 • 

Andrew Mao

 and 

Dan Sosa

4

2

December 2023

Dan Sosa adds new flavors of AI to Parsnip 🫔

A symphony of LLMs, knowledge graphs, and passion for cooking & learning

Dec 5, 2023 • 

Andrew Mao

3

1

October 2023

How to personalize learning with AI 👩‍🎓

Solving Bloom's "2 sigma" problem with personalized learning for everyone

Oct 26, 2023 • 

Andrew Mao

 and 

Dan Sosa

12

February 2023

How's Parsnip doing on product-market fit ❓

Over 30,000 downloads and 1.75 million questions answered

Feb 1, 2023 • 

Andrew Mao

10

1

January 2023

New year, new generative AI 🤯

Using ChatGPT and LLMs to accelerate Parsnip

Jan 6, 2023 • 

Andrew Mao

5

3

December 2022

The beginner cooks with their hair on fire 👨‍🦱🔥

How we discovered our initial market and built a product for them

Dec 6, 2022 • 

Andrew Mao

4