About Walt Warner
A chemist, then an educator,
then a business person.
Over 40 years of hands-on classroom and school administration experience — not theory.
“I was a chemist before I was an educator, and an educator before I was a business person.” His minimalist, methodical approach to AI comes directly from that background — he took structured courses “from zero” rather than just experimenting casually.
History
Walt personally brings the first Apple IIe into his school's science labs.
Instructor/Assistant Director of the Taft Education Center. Led graphing calculator with calculator-based lab interface workshops for public and private school science and math teachers, and chemistry training for chemistry instructors.
Ohio Governor's Award for Excellence in Research-Related Youth Science Education.
Southwest Ohio Science Teacher of the Year.
Wrote a $50,000 matching grant that procured 100 laptops. Introduced the school's first faculty laptop program. Designed and led the training for 100 teachers.
Wrote and raised the funds for a $25,000 matching grant to raise the endowment for a public STEM magnet school.
Led the process for installing a new LMS; designed and led the training for 50+ faculty and administrative support staff.
San Antonio Chapter, American Chemical Society — Outstanding Chemistry Teacher.
He starts experimenting with AI while still teaching full-time, automating administrative tasks that didn't require professional judgment — freeing up time for direct student interaction.
He retires. Two weeks later, his wife tells him: “Walt, you've got to find something to do — you're driving me nuts.” That pushed him to take AI courses from the ground up, from August to January, until the idea for this business came together.
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Credentials
40+ years in the classroom
Hands-on classroom and school administration experience — not theory.
Tested before sold
He tested AI in his own classroom before ever selling anything.
Two charter schools
Head or president of two different charter schools.
A cohort built to avoid blind spots
An advisory cohort across public, charter, and private school leadership.
His stance on AI
Walt pushes back on treating AI as either a pure threat or a pure magic fix.
He insists AI use should never “shortcut critical thinking and
productive struggle” for students.
The Razor's Edge
Walt's newsletter,
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Published on Substack, cross-posted to LinkedIn and Facebook — Walt's thinking on AI, judgment, and the classroom.
AI education consulting for school leaders, teachers, and parents.
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