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# Euan Blair's $2B AI Company Uses AI to Burn Out Its Own Teachers
- URL: https://wire.fourthweb.ai/euan-blairs-2b-ai-company-uses-ai-to-burn-out-its-own-teachers/
- Published: 2026-09-28T11:57:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T12:30:55.000Z
- Description: The apprenticeship company teaching people how to work with AI is using AI to manage its own teachers into the ground. Teachers at Multiverse, Euan Blair's £1.6bn apprenticeship firm, report being monitored by AI that transcribes their online classes and flags "errors" to management
- Author: Travis Wright
- Tags: Human Imperative

**The apprenticeship company teaching people how to work with AI is using AI to manage its own teachers into the ground.**

### The Summary

- [Teachers at Multiverse, Euan Blair's £1.6bn apprenticeship firm, report being monitored by AI that transcribes their online classes and flags "errors" to management](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/teachers-euan-blair-firm-report-horrendous-stress-ai-used-to-rate-their-work?ref=wire.fourthweb.ai)
- The system creates what staff describe as "horrendous stress" and a feeling of being constantly watched
- This is happening at a company that trains workers in AI and computer skills — the irony is not subtle

### The Signal

Multiverse bills itself as a tech-forward alternative to traditional education. The company trains apprentices in AI and software development for major employers across the UK public and private sectors. It raised over a billion dollars in funding. And now it's using AI to watch its teachers like assembly line workers.

The system transcribes live classroom sessions, analyzes what teachers say, and alerts human managers when the algorithm detects problems. Staff describe it as "remorseless" and "unnerving." One called the stress "horrendous." These aren't warehouse workers being timed on bathroom breaks. These are educators teaching complex technical skills to adults.

> "The apprenticeship company teaching people how to work with AI is using AI to manage its own teachers into the ground."

Here's what makes this story matter beyond one company's bad management:

- This is the future of knowledge work surveillance packaged as "performance optimization"
- The workers being monitored are literally training the next generation of AI-capable workers
- Multiverse operates at scale across major UK employers — this system touches thousands of apprentices

The company hasn't denied the claims. They likely see this as efficiency. Real-time feedback. Data-driven management. All the words that sound good in a board deck but feel dystopian when you're the one being transcribed.

### The Implication

If you teach, train, or transfer knowledge for a living, this is your canary in the coal mine. The knowledge workers who thought they were safe from algorithmic management because their work was "too complex" or "too human" need to recalibrate. Complexity doesn't protect you. It just means the surveillance tools are more expensive.

Watch how Multiverse's clients react. If major employers keep sending apprentices to a firm that manages teachers this way, it signals they're fine with AI surveillance creeping up the skill ladder. And if teachers at a billion-dollar EdTech company can't push back effectively, what chance do the rest of us have without building our own leverage first.

### Sources

[The Guardian Tech](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/teachers-euan-blair-firm-report-horrendous-stress-ai-used-to-rate-their-work?ref=wire.fourthweb.ai)