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Accessibility at Scale: How Priyank Chodisetti and Workback.ai Cut Compliance from Months to Days


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Priyank Chodisetti is the Co-founder and CEO of Workback.ai, an AI-powered platform helping edtech organizations achieve accessibility compliance faster and at scale. A repeat founder and former engineering leader at Coursera, Priyank brings firsthand experience navigating the complexity of WCAG standards and ADA requirements.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode

  1. Why ADA Title II’s digital expansion is a game-changer for edtech companies
  2. How accessibility compliance impacts procurement—even for private vendors
  3. What makes accessibility such a strong use case for AI and automation
  4. Why traditional audits take months—and how AI can cut that to days
  5. How continuous accessibility compliance can replace one-time checklists

Episode Highlights
[00:02:28]
What ADA Title II covers and why April 2026 is a critical deadline
[00:05:22] How non-compliant vendors can put schools and districts at risk
[00:08:56] Why accessibility audits traditionally take 11+ months
[00:12:28] Using AI to automate audits, remediation, and VPAT reporting
[00:18:02] The shift from annual audits to continuous compliance
[00:25:04] The human impact of accessibility beyond regulation
[00:28:59] How Workback’s free pilot helps teams see value in days
[00:32:33] Priyank’s perspective on how generative AI is reshaping edtech

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