Is it naive to build a teaching business right now when AI is advancing so fast?

It is not naive — but it does require building the right model. The teaching business models most vulnerable to AI are those built purely around content: pre-recorded courses with no live interaction, community, or coaching component. If you are building a model centered on live facilitation, outcomes, accountability, and community, you are building something that AI makes more valuable, not less. The teachers who are thriving in 2026 are the ones who treat AI as a tool inside their programs rather than a competitor outside them.