Founded by an educator fascinated by the educational potential of ChatGPT, MagicSchool AI leads off a series of articles featuring startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies.
Education tech
Los Angeles-based startup EdVisorly tells Crunchbase News exclusively that it has secured a $13.3 million Series A funding round to scale its AI...
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A fixture in Silicon Valley for decades, Tim Draper has built a reputation for bold, often contrarian bets that have yielded some of the industry’s...
A total of 31 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022...
Venture investors' thirst for AI isn’t close to quenched yet. That’s the takeaway from this week’s lineup of large U.S. funding rounds, which was...
Funding to startups specifically focused on education technology remains at depressed levels relative to a few years ago. However, the tallies —...
There’s no degree requirement to be founder of a venture-backed startup. Nevertheless, our annual look at which U.S. colleges and universities...
Harvard ranks high in most metrics related to academic prestige and alumni success. So, it’s not surprising that the 389-year-old institution does...
While AI has a role to play in education, it is not the lifeline the American education system needs, argues Aron Solomon of Amplify. What does it...
Language learning apps aren’t made for kids, writes guest author Ivan Crewkov, who shares what led him and his team to develop Buddy.ai, an...
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It looks like SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is coming back strong. In the last nearly two quarters, the fund has participated in 13 funding rounds — many...
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