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Bill Ackman’s New Pet Project Is a School That Embraces AI and Rejects DEI

Alpha School, with locations in Texas, Florida and California, launching in New York in September

Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman.
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman. Photo: patrick t. fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Billionaire Bill Ackman has a new fascination: a fast-growing private school that eschews lessons on diversity, equity and inclusion and uses artificial intelligence to speed-teach children in two hours.

Alpha School is launching a New York City location in September, and the investor and social-media commentator has been acting as something of an ambassador for the institution, according to people familiar with the matter.

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