Is Snapask still operating in 2026?

It is unclear. Wikipedia lists Snapask as inactive since 2022, but Google Play showed app updates and 50,000+ installs as of August 2025, and snapask.com course pages show pricing dated May 2025. No source confirms a formal shutdown or a relaunch as of mid 2026.

Is Snapask profitable?

No audited or press confirmed revenue or profit figure exists for Snapask. A third party aggregator (Growjo) estimates annual revenue around $9.4 million, but this is a low confidence estimate, not a company disclosed or audited figure.

Could AI replace Snapask?

Snapask's core workflow, photographing homework for a human tutor's explanation, is directly replicable by free LLM tools and by rival QANDA/Mathpresso's MathGPT, launched January 2024. No Snapask AI-tutor feature has been found in sources from 2024 through 2026.

Who is Snapask's biggest competitor?

QANDA (Mathpresso), a South Korea based AI homework app with 10 million plus monthly active users as of May 2024 across Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, and its own MathGPT LLM launched January 2024, is the most direct and better funded rival.

Has Snapask raised funding recently?

No disclosed funding round has been reported since a small roughly $30,000 bridge round in February 2023. Its last major raise was a $35 million Series B in February 2020 led by Asia Partners and InterVest.

Snapask is a privately held, venture backed company founded in January 2015 by Timothy Yu and Bradley Chiang in Hong Kong. Investors reportedly include Asia Partners, InterVest, Kejora Ventures and others; no valuation has ever been publicly disclosed.

Education companies · Hong Kong

Snapask

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Hong Kong app connecting students to tutors for on-demand homework help.

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Assessed 22 July 2026 · Evidence as of 22 July 2026

Not much stands between this business and its pressures.

On the recordSince 22 July 2026 · Checkable from unclear, watch for 2026 update · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Confirmation of whether Snapask is operating, relaunching, or winding down

The call

Snapask built a human-tutor-on-demand app that free AI tools can now replicate for nothing, and it has gone quiet while a rival shipped the AI feature it needed.

Snapask lets students photograph homework questions and get explanations from tutors. It is easy to replace because free tools like ChatGPT, Google's Photomath, and Khan Academy's Khanmigo do the same thing at no cost, and a competitor called QANDA already added its own AI tutor (MathGPT) in early 2024 while Snapask has not. The company has gone quiet on funding and hiring for over two years, suggesting it may be shrinking or shutting down rather than growing. The one thing that could change this picture is if Snapask comes forward publicly to confirm it is still operating at full strength, hiring, and building new AI features, because right now no one knows if it is still a real business or just coasting.

Why

AI pressure: ChatGPT, Google Photomath, Khan Academy's Khanmigo, and QANDA's MathGPT. Free AI now solves and explains homework instantly, the exact photograph-and-ask job Snapask built its app around. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: Google (Photomath) and Mathpresso (QANDA). QANDA has 10M+ monthly users and shipped its own MathGPT tutor in January 2024; Snapask has not matched it. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. A large pool of vetted human tutors for students who want a real person, not just an answer.

What would change this call

Snapask announces new funding or a shutdown within the next 12 months. Would resolve whether it is an active going concern or winding down.
Snapask ships an AI-tutor feature comparable to QANDA's MathGPT. Would show it can still compete on core product against better-funded rivals.
Snapask's app stops receiving updates or is pulled from app stores. Would confirm a quiet shutdown rather than continued normal operation.

Key numbers

No new funding disclosed since Feb 2023 (2023-02)
Employee count down ~26% year over year to ~75 (2025)
Wikipedia lists status as inactive since 2022 (2025-06)

Named risks

Operational status unclear, possible wind-down conflicting with Wikipedia inactive since 2022 label. Severity: high
No disclosed funding since February 2023, raising going concern questions. Severity: high
Core photo-to-tutor workflow directly replaceable by free LLM tools and better funded AI rivals. Severity: high
Estimated headcount decline of roughly 26% year over year per aggregator data. Severity: medium
No named AI tutor feature shipped since 2016 IBM Watson experiment, falling behind regional peers. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
QANDA (Mathpresso)	losing to	QANDA has 10M+ MAU (May 2024) and shipped MathGPT LLM in Jan 2024; Snapask has no equivalent AI feature
Google Photomath	losing to	Photomath integrates LLM step solving, directly replacing Snapask's photo homework help workflow
Khan Academy (Khanmigo)	losing to	Well funded AI tutor product targets the same instant homework help use case as Snapask
Filo	contesting	India based instant tutoring app with 60,000+ tutors as of early 2025 competing in same on-demand tutoring segment
Brainly	contesting	Community Q&A homework help platform cited with 350M+ MAUs and a live Brainly Tutor offering

Questions people ask

Is Snapask still operating in 2026?: It is unclear. Wikipedia lists Snapask as inactive since 2022, but Google Play showed app updates and 50,000+ installs as of August 2025, and snapask.com course pages show pricing dated May 2025. No source confirms a formal shutdown or a relaunch as of mid 2026.
Is Snapask profitable?: No audited or press confirmed revenue or profit figure exists for Snapask. A third party aggregator (Growjo) estimates annual revenue around $9.4 million, but this is a low confidence estimate, not a company disclosed or audited figure.
Could AI replace Snapask?: Snapask's core workflow, photographing homework for a human tutor's explanation, is directly replicable by free LLM tools and by rival QANDA/Mathpresso's MathGPT, launched January 2024. No Snapask AI-tutor feature has been found in sources from 2024 through 2026.
Who is Snapask's biggest competitor?: QANDA (Mathpresso), a South Korea based AI homework app with 10 million plus monthly active users as of May 2024 across Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, and its own MathGPT LLM launched January 2024, is the most direct and better funded rival.
Has Snapask raised funding recently?: No disclosed funding round has been reported since a small roughly $30,000 bridge round in February 2023. Its last major raise was a $35 million Series B in February 2020 led by Asia Partners and InterVest.
Who owns Snapask?: Snapask is a privately held, venture backed company founded in January 2015 by Timothy Yu and Bradley Chiang in Hong Kong. Investors reportedly include Asia Partners, InterVest, Kejora Ventures and others; no valuation has ever been publicly disclosed.

Timeline

2025-08-20Google Play listing shows continued app updates and 50,000+ installs
2025-05-31Snapask regional course pages show content and pricing dated
2024-05-02Rival QANDA named to TIME's inaugural World's Top EdTech Companies list
2024-01QANDA/Mathpresso launches MathGPT LLM with Upstage and KT
2023-08-06Snapask self-reports more than 4 million students across 9 regions
2023-02-09Snapask raises small bridge round of roughly $30,000, last known funding
2022Last known Snapask marketing campaign (metaverse-themed Planet of the Plants)
2020-02-25Snapask raises $35M Series B led by Asia Partners and InterVest
2018Snapask launches Learning Planner feature for personalized study recommendations
2015-01Snapask founded in Hong Kong by Timothy Yu and Bradley Chiang

Revision history

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