Coffee, Copilot & Kids-Who-Build

👋 Quick intro

I’m Alejandro “AJ” Jaegerman—CEO of Ampersand Consulting (HQ in Aventura, FL), and co-host of the Looking Forward podcast. Each Monday you’ll get:

1️⃣ One tight narrative from inside the arena

2️⃣ Two news-you-can-use signals

3️⃣ One takeaway you can apply before your coffee cools

Read time: ≈ 5 minutes. (Dog people welcome—no feline content ahead.)

① Copilot just got cheaper—and bigger

Microsoft stretched its Microsoft 365 Copilot “Getting Started” promo to 30 June 2025 and raised the seat cap from 300 to 2,400 while holding the 15 % discount.

Why it matters: Enterprises can pilot generative AI at scale without scaring the CFO. For firms like Ampersand, that’s three extra months to drive adoption and change-management.

② Bring-Your-Kids-to-Build Day

Last Thursday morning Olivia and Liam shadowed me for a couple of hours at Ampersand. Four-percent battery later they pitched and prototyped QuickThink—a study-smarter app for 7- to 14-year-olds.

• Think Bucks – virtual currency for focused study sessions, redeemable for avatar swag.

• Login Quiz – playful onboarding that spins up a learner-specific study path.

• Three-phase roadmap – MVP quizzes → gamification → parent/teacher dashboard & offline mode.

Lesson for grown-ups: incentives beat features, flowcharts trump paragraphs, and donuts close deals.

③ Deepfake laws vs. free-speech absolutists

Elon Musk’s X is suing Minnesota over its new election-deepfake ban. Twenty-two states now police AI-generated campaign media.

Why it matters: If your platform hosts generative content, track these state-by-state rules—they’re fast becoming GDPR-for-AI.

Quick hits (60-second skim)

• EdTech funding hits a decade low. Q1 ’24 global EdTech VC was just $580 M, yet 1 in 5 startups on HolonIQ’s NA EdTech 200 are under three years old—many gamified.

• Personalization crowned a 2025 “Tech Enabler.” CoSN’s new Driving K-12 Innovation report flags Personalization (plus Ethical AI) as a top accelerator.

Tool / workflow of the week

Buyer-Ready Pricing Matrix – our Google Sheet tracking every Copilot SKU, promo, and margin lever. Reply MATRIX and I’ll share a copy.

⚡ Prompt

Middle-school you + study app: what single feature would’ve kept you studying? Hit reply—Olivia & Liam will pick a winner!

Signal stack

Takeaway (TL;DR)

Align incentives with identity. For Microsoft that’s price breaks at scale; for kids it’s avatar swag; for regulators it’s voter trust. Nail the incentive and resistance fades.

Forward this to one curious friend—let’s make their Mondays more useful, too.

Have an AMAZING week,

AJ