Michael Yuen
Founder & CEO
About Us
At StarCoach AI, we believe high-quality curriculum deserves high-quality implementation.
Districts invest heavily in curriculum adoption, yet classroom execution often varies. Teachers face daily pressures—lesson preparation, real-time assessment, differentiation, and progress monitoring—without a unified system to support the full instructional cycle. As a result, leaders lack clear visibility into instructional practice and student learning trends across schools.
StarCoach AI is the first integrated AI system built to support the entire instructional cycle. Our platform connects lesson planning, presentation, assessment, differentiation, and reflection into one cohesive workflow—aligned to the curriculum teachers are already using.
For district leaders, this means:
- Greater consistency in curriculum delivery
- Real-time insight into student progress and misconceptions
- Actionable data to inform instructional decisions
- Reduced teacher workload without sacrificing rigor
- Scalable support across classrooms and schools
Unlike general-purpose AI tools that address isolated tasks, StarCoach AI is built as instructional infrastructure. Instead of adding another tool to manage, we provide a unified system that strengthens implementation and generates meaningful data at every step of teaching and learning.
Purposeful AI, built by educators for educators—empowering teachers and enabling district leaders to drive measurable impact.
Paul Conley
VP of Education
Michael is a technology entrepreneur and screenwriter who believes the most powerful innovations begin with a compelling story.
He previously founded Apptera, a pioneer in enterprise voice automation. Under his leadership, the company secured 20 patents, raised $40 million in venture capital, partnered with Fortune 500 companies including AT&T, and signed Bank of America as its first enterprise customer before a successful acquisition.
Today, Michael leads StarCoach AI, building an AI-powered curriculum implementation platform designed to automate the instructional cycle and give teachers back their time. His approach combines deep technical execution with a storyteller’s focus on clarity, usability, and human impact.
An award-recognized screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America, Michael brings narrative thinking to product design—ensuring that technology serves people, not the other way around.
Paul is a veteran math educator and curriculum implementation leader with deep experience in Illustrative Mathematics (IM) classrooms.
For six years, Paul worked directly with middle school math teachers implementing IM, supporting lesson delivery, professional learning, classroom observation, and data-driven instructional improvement. He has seen firsthand the daily challenges teachers face—time-intensive lesson preparation, tracking student misconceptions, differentiating effectively, and aligning instruction to standards while maintaining strong classroom culture.
Those experiences led him to join StarCoach AI with a clear mission: build a system that doesn’t just patch one problem, but supports the entire instructional cycle in one integrated solution.
In addition to his classroom and district leadership experience, Paul holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus in Mathematics Education. At StarCoach AI, he ensures the platform reflects real classroom realities and delivers practical, research-aligned support for teachers and school leaders.