Former NASA engineer creates AI platform to help students land spot at elite universities

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Artificial intelligence is transforming college applications and admissions. Now, two former NASA engineers have created an AI platform specifically to help students land a spot at elite universities, ethically.

ABC7 News anchor Kristen Sze sat down with Ajay Natarajan, co-founder of Athena AI, to talk about the platform.

Natarajan detailed how their system acts as a college admissions consultant or essay coach to help students during the college application process.

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