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If you're at Stanford, meet Ello Co-Founder Catalin Moreno Voss and our ML Team PM Andrew Wooler at the StartX Campus Demo Day tomorrow!

Why did the elephant win an award? Because it never forgets to make reading fun! ??? We're thrilled to share that Ello has received a Special Mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024. It's a huge milestone for our mission to help children develop a lifelong love of reading, and we couldn't be more excited. Every day, we're working to empower kids with personalized, joyful reading experiences—and we’re just getting started. To everyone who has supported us along the way, thank you for believing in Ello and helping us reach new heights. We’re looking forward to making reading magic for even more young readers! https://lnkd.in/eHuPSqnD #TIMEBestInventions

Check out Ello co-founder Catalin Moreno Voss?sharing about Ello’s journey on the new Education Entrepreneurship Hub from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning! #EducationInnovation #Entrepreneurship #EdLeaders

We are so incredibly honored to be named No. 5 on Fortune’s Change the World List 2024! https://lnkd.in/epfsi6wA. We are truly humbled to be featured alongside companies making such an incredible impact! ?? ?? Fortune's 10th annual Change the World 2024 list showcases 52 companies globally that have created significant social or environmental impact through their profit-driven strategies and operations, spanning a range of industries including technology, space, e-commerce, and healthcare. This year's list includes 30 from?North America, 12 from?Europe, 8 from?Asia?and?Australia, one from?Africa, and one from South America. Fortune Executive Features Editor?Matt Heimer?said, "This year's edition, our 10th, showcases 52 businesses that continue the Change the World list's legacy of combining public-spiritedness with the profit motive. These companies let their actions speak for themselves—harnessing the creative impulses of capitalism to address social problems and generating revenue while doing so." Alongside space innovation, the Fortune Change the World list highlights technology companies that showcase AI's potential for positive impact and that are dedicated to using technology for the greater good. Companies showcasing innovative approaches include?Ello?(No. 5), which deploys AI to address childhood literacy gaps with personalized reading tutorials;?Alibaba Group?(No. 8), which detects pancreatic cancer lesions with advanced technology;?Samsara?(No. 23), which uses AI to detect and automatically notify drivers of unsafe driving behaviors; and?Kayrros?(No. 30), which maps wildfire patterns for improved fire prevention and disaster management. Meanwhile,?Levi Strauss?(no. 13) is recognized for its efforts to increase voter turnout and encourage employees in retail to exercise their right to vote. The top 10 on the?Fortune 2024 Change the World?List?are: GHGSat, Rocket Lab, SpaceX; (Canada, U.S., U.S.) Grab (Singapore) Viettel Group (Vietnam) Maven Clinic (U.S.) Ello (U.S.) Globant (Argentina) Cognizant and Cisco (U.S.) Alibaba Group (China) Commercial International Bank (Egypt) Honeywell (U.S.) The Change the World list was selected and sequenced by the editors of Fortune based on the magazine's own reporting and analysis.?The final list was selected from a field of 250 nominees.

Our favorite Olympian and teammate Peter Chatain made the front page news of the Chicago Tribune before his big race tomorrow! Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e3xyzBEu "This is a job that hits all my bullet points,” Chatain said. “I get to work on an interesting problem with AI. I get to do actual technical work and I get to have a positive impact. AI has such a potential for good. I am excited to be at a place to make that happen...It’s just amazing to have a company that’s super excited about what I’m doing at the Olympics and how much work I’ve put in,” he said. “I know I’m very lucky.” Peter, we know that we're the lucky ones to have someone as driven, hard-working, and talented as you are. So excited to cheer you on in the finals tomorrow morning! ????

Our mission at Ello is to maximize the potential of every child, so it was very fulfilling to partner with Dent Education this summer, a Baltimore non-profit dedicated to empowering youth to discover & develop their innate creative potential to shape the world around them. We hired their high school interns to design, build, and install Little Free Libraries full of Ello books all over Baltimore & DC to promote literacy! Thanks to WJZ | CBS News Baltimore for sharing our story here: https://lnkd.in/eiZG-_w8 Thank you to all the partners that made this happen, including Little Free Library for their mission to build community, inspire readers, and expand book access globally; Micky Wolf for his leadership at Dent; Maria Vogelei for being the mastermind behind this campaign, and to Big Swing Communications for being incredible champions of our work. It takes a village! (And a library!) ??

?? Welcome to our newest teammate and platform engineer, Ken Wanjohi! Ken is a self-taught full-stack engineer who graduated with a degree in Education, specializing in Mathematics and Geography. He began learning programming during his undergraduate studies and has continued to pursue it passionately ever since. After graduating and working briefly as a high school teacher, Ken transitioned into software engineering, working as a product engineer in health tech at Access Afya. As a self-taught developer, Ken strongly believes in the transformative power of education and the many pathways it opens, leading to positive outcomes. He views technology as an enabler in education, expanding possibilities and bridging gaps. Looking ahead, Ken is excited to continue leveraging technology to solve real-world problems and make an impact. Ken is based in Nairobi, Kenya. He loves spending time with friends and family and enjoys watching movies and sports—he is a huge fan of tennis, Formula 1, and football. Favorite children’s Book:?Tortoise Wings ??

Our favorite Olympian and teammate Peter Chatain made the front page news of the Chicago Tribune before his big race tomorrow! Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e3xyzBEu "This is a job that hits all my bullet points,” Chatain said. “I get to work on an interesting problem with AI. I get to do actual technical work and I get to have a positive impact. AI has such a potential for good. I am excited to be at a place to make that happen...It’s just amazing to have a company that’s super excited about what I’m doing at the Olympics and how much work I’ve put in,” he said. “I know I’m very lucky.” Peter, we know that we're the lucky ones to have someone as driven, hard-working, and talented as you are. So excited to cheer you on in the finals tomorrow morning! ????

?? Our very own Ello teammate Peter Chatain won his first heat for the USA men's eight rowing team this morning! ???? We are so excited to be cheering him on in the OLYMPIC FINALS on Saturday. To celebrate the biggest race of his life, we wrote an Ello original children's book about Peter -- learn more about this inspiring Machine Learning engineer and Olympian here! https://lnkd.in/e7DKMQuG Thank you to author Sarah Tenney and illustrator liane nichole fernando for their great work on this project. And don't forget to check out this NBC news story about how Peter juggles life both in the boat and in the office: https://lnkd.in/eWu6ukie We're all so proud of you, Peter! ??♀? ??