Education companies
286 companies assessed. 198 of them, 69.2%, sit in the two least protected bands, against 53.3% across all 10,525 companies assessed.
The picture
Education companies are splitting into two very different groups. On one side are the businesses woven into how schools and colleges actually run: student records, transcripts, admissions testing, statewide textbook contracts. Infinite Campus, College Board, Parchment, Savvas, Follett, and IXL Learning all report low pressure because districts and universities don't swap out record-keeping or accreditation systems on a whim, and AI chatbots can't replace an SAT score or a transcript network. On the other side are companies that sold content, practice questions, or one-on-one tutoring, exactly what free AI tools now do instantly. Chegg, Byju's, RYB Education, Shiksha.com, RareJob, and a long list of Chinese test-prep and English-training firms are watching revenue fall as students turn to ChatGPT, Gemini, and free government-backed AI tutors instead of paying for answers or drills. Physics Wallah's low-cost model is also carving into premium Indian coaching chains like Aakash and Allen. The one thing that decides survival here is whether a company's product is a workflow embedded in an institution or a piece of content that a language model can now generate for free. Sell the workflow and you're mostly fine. Sell the content and the ground is moving fast, even for brands that were dominant just a few years ago.
All 286 companies, most protected first
| Company | Standing |
|---|---|
| Clever, Inc. K-12 login and data-rostering hub connecting schools to hundreds of edtech apps | Hard to displace |
| College Board Nonprofit running the SAT and AP exams that colleges use for admissions and credit | Hard to displace |
| Frontline Education K-12 HR, hiring, and compliance software used by over 10,000 school districts | Hard to displace |
| Infinite Campus Infinite Campus makes the student information system K-12 districts use for records, grades, and state reporting. | Hard to displace |
| Khan Academy Nonprofit platform giving free K-12 lessons plus AI tutor Khanmigo | Hard to displace |
| Laureate Education Runs five government-accredited universities in Mexico and Peru serving ~498,000 students | Hard to displace |
| Pearson UK-based global education company running exam boards, certification testing, and skills training | Hard to displace |
| Sanoma Learning Publisher of national K-12 textbooks and digital courseware for schools across Europe | Hard to displace |
| UWorld Online question bank and test prep platform for medical, nursing, and other licensing exams | Hard to displace |
| Vernier Science Education Maker of lab sensors, data loggers, and software used in school science classes | Hard to displace |
| Alef Education UAE-listed company that runs Abu Dhabi's K-12 digital curriculum under government contract | Defensible for now |
| Amplify Makes K-12 curriculum, reading assessment tools, and screeners used in classrooms nationwide. | Defensible for now |
| Arbor Education UK cloud school management system for student records, attendance, and DfE reporting | Defensible for now |
| Articulate Articulate makes Storyline and Rise, the software companies use to build employee training courses | Defensible for now |
| Blackbaud Blackbaud makes system-of-record software nonprofits and K-12 schools run donations, admissions, and admin on. | Defensible for now |
| Bromcom UK cloud-based school management software (MIS) provider for schools and multi-academy trusts | Defensible for now |
| ClassDojo ClassDojo is a classroom communication app connecting teachers, students, and families in K-8 schools | Defensible for now |
| Classi Corp Japanese school-management and parent-communication platform, a Benesse-SoftBank joint venture | Defensible for now |
| ClassLink K-12 single sign-on and rostering platform used across 3,000+ US school districts | Defensible for now |
| Curriculum Associates Maker of i-Ready, the K-12 assessment and instruction platform used in a third of US K-8 schools | Defensible for now |
| Duolingo Duolingo is a gamified app teaching languages, mixing free AI tutoring with paid subscriptions | Defensible for now |
| EF Education First EF Education First runs language schools, study tours, and cultural exchange programs worldwide. | Defensible for now |
| Follett Corporation Follett Software runs Destiny, the library and content management platform used by most US K-12 schools | Defensible for now |
| IXL Learning K-12 personalized practice platform used in nearly every major US school district | Defensible for now |
| Kidaptive Adaptive early-childhood learning analytics maker, absorbed into McGraw Hill since 2021 | Defensible for now |
| Kumon Global franchise network teaching math and reading through daily worksheet drills | Defensible for now |
| Moodle Open-source LMS used by schools and companies to run online courses and training | Defensible for now |
| Parchment Runs the digital transcript network connecting 15,000+ schools and colleges to exchange academic credentials | Defensible for now |
| Physics Wallah Indian low-cost exam-prep platform teaching JEE/NEET students online and offline | Defensible for now |
| Savvas Learning Company K-12 textbook and digital curriculum publisher spun off from Pearson, sold to districts nationwide | Defensible for now |
| Seesaw K-12 student portfolio and family messaging app for schools | Defensible for now |
| Skyward Skyward makes student information and ERP software for K-12 school districts | Defensible for now |
| Absorb LMS Canadian corporate learning management system for employee training and compliance | Protection under test |
| Adtalem Global Education Covista (formerly Adtalem) runs accredited nursing, medical, and vet schools including Walden and Chamberlain | Protection under test |
| Anthology Higher-ed learning management software, now the debt-free Blackboard Inc. after Anthology's 2025 bankruptcy. | Protection under test |
| BrainPOP BrainPOP makes animated K-12 curriculum videos used in most US school districts | Protection under test |
| BrainStation Digital skills bootcamp and corporate AI-training provider based in NYC and Toronto | Protection under test |
| Bright Scholar Education Chinese operator of international K-12 schools and overseas study counseling | Protection under test |
| Busuu Language-learning app with enterprise contracts, owned by Chegg since 2022 | Protection under test |
| China Distance Education Holdings Online prep courses for China's professional exams: accounting, CPA, healthcare, construction licenses | Protection under test |
| Civitas Learning Analytics platform that helps colleges predict and improve student retention | Protection under test |
| D2L D2L makes Brightspace, a cloud learning management system for schools and workplaces | Protection under test |
| DreamBox Learning DreamBox makes adaptive K-8 math software, now a shrinking brand inside PE-owned Discovery Education | Protection under test |
| Ellucian Ellucian sells ERP and student records software to colleges worldwide. | Protection under test |
| Etoos Korean exam-prep video lecture company for college entrance test students | Protection under test |
| ETS (Educational Testing Service) Nonprofit test maker behind TOEFL, GRE, Praxis, and K-12 state assessments | Protection under test |
| Extramarks Reliance-backed provider of K-12 digital content and Smart Class hardware to Indian schools | Protection under test |
| freeCodeCamp Nonprofit platform teaching coding for free via curriculum, YouTube, and certifications | Protection under test |
| GeeksforGeeks India-based coding tutorial and CS interview-prep site for students and job seekers | Protection under test |
| GeoGebra Free interactive geometry and math visualization tool used in classrooms worldwide | Protection under test |
| Grand Canyon Education GCE runs marketing, enrollment, and back-office services for Grand Canyon University and 20+ other schools | Protection under test |
| Illuminate Education K-12 assessment and data platform, now a Renaissance Learning subsidiary since 2022 | Protection under test |
| Instructure Instructure makes Canvas, the learning management system used by most North American colleges | Protection under test |
| Kahoot! Norwegian game-based quiz platform for classrooms and workplaces, private since 2023 | Protection under test |
| Kajabi All-in-one platform for hosting online courses, memberships, and digital products | Protection under test |
| Kaplan Global test-prep and higher-ed services company owned by Graham Holdings | Protection under test |
| Kira Learning Builds AI-driven K-12 curriculum and CS courseware sold into school districts and states | Protection under test |
| Le Wagon Le Wagon runs coding bootcamps and AI upskilling programs across 40 campuses in ~24-27 countries | Protection under test |
| Learning A-Z K-6 reading platform (Raz-Kids, Reading A-Z) used in most U.S. school districts | Protection under test |
| Lexia Learning K-12 structured literacy software brand under PE-owned Cambium Learning Group | Protection under test |
| Manhattan Prep Kaplan-owned test prep brand teaching GMAT, GRE, and LSAT courses | Protection under test |
| McGraw Hill Education Publisher of K-12 and college textbooks, now selling digital courseware and tutoring tools | Protection under test |
| Nerdy Inc. Nerdy Inc. is the parent of Varsity Tutors, an online tutoring marketplace. | Protection under test |
| New Oriental Education & Technology Group China's largest private tutoring and education company, spanning test prep, overseas consulting, and livestreaming | Protection under test |
| NWEA Nonprofit maker of MAP Growth, a K-12 adaptive test used to track student progress | Protection under test |
| OpenSesame Marketplace aggregating 60,000+ third-party e-learning courses for enterprises | Protection under test |
| Paper On-demand tutoring platform selling 24/7 text homework help to school districts | Protection under test |
| Photomath Camera-based math solver app, owned by Google since 2022, step-by-step homework help | Protection under test |
| PlanetSpark Live online tutoring platform teaching Indian kids English and soft skills via human coaches | Protection under test |
| Proctorio Proctorio makes remote exam proctoring software that watches students taking online tests | Protection under test |
| Remind School-to-family messaging app, now a shrinking sub-brand inside ParentSquare | Protection under test |
| Ruangguru Indonesia's largest K-12 tutoring and edtech platform, online and in-person | Protection under test |
| SAP Litmos PE-owned corporate learning management software for compliance and employee training | Protection under test |
| Scaler Bengaluru coding bootcamp (ex-InterviewBit) selling cohort-based upskilling with job-placement support | Protection under test |
| Scholastic Corporation Publisher and distributor of children's books, book fairs, and classroom education materials. | Protection under test |
| Sofatutor German subscription platform with video lessons and exercises for school subjects, grades 1-12 | Protection under test |
| Sony Global Education Sony subsidiary making STEM coding kits like KOOV and math contests for K-12 students | Protection under test |
| Studocu Studocu runs a peer-to-peer study notes platform used by 60M students monthly | Protection under test |
| Teachable Online platform letting creators build and sell courses, coaching, and memberships | Protection under test |
| The Princeton Review US test-prep and tutoring company running SAT/ACT courses and the Tutor.com service | Protection under test |
| Turnitin Turnitin checks student papers for plagiarism and AI-generated text at 16,000+ schools worldwide | Protection under test |
| Vedantu Live, online K-12 tutoring and JEE/NEET exam prep platform in India | Protection under test |
| Wiley Education Services Wiley's courseware and professional learning division, now the shrinking Learning segment after divestitures | Protection under test |
| Wolfram Research (Wolfram Alpha) Wolfram Research builds Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, computational engines for math and STEM. | Protection under test |
| Wyzant Online marketplace connecting students with private tutors, owned by IXL Learning | Protection under test |
| YBM Education Korea's exclusive TOEIC licensee since 1982, now a shrinking education and publishing conglomerate | Protection under test |
| YOLA Education Vietnamese English-language and college-prep center chain, founded 2008. | Protection under test |
| Yousician Helsinki app for learning guitar, piano, and other instruments via real-time audio feedback | Protection under test |
| 360Learning French corporate learning platform where employees co-create training courses | Losing its protection |
| 3P Learning Australian maker of Mathletics and Reading Eggs, K-12 drill and practice edtech | Losing its protection |
| 42 Tuition-free, peer-to-peer coding school network founded in Paris, now in 31 countries | Losing its protection |
| Aakash Educational Services Physical coaching chain for India's JEE/NEET exam prep, majority owned by Manipal, once Byju's | Losing its protection |
| ACT, Inc. Nonprofit-turned-for-profit behind the ACT college admissions test | Losing its protection |
| Adda247 Indian test-prep platform for government job exams, online video and 450+ physical centres | Losing its protection |
| Age of Learning Age of Learning makes ABCmouse and school programs for early childhood reading and math. | Losing its protection |
| Alison Free online course and certification platform for job seekers worldwide | Losing its protection |
| Allen Career Institute Kota-based coaching giant preparing Indian students for JEE and NEET entrance exams | Losing its protection |
| ApplyBoard ApplyBoard helps international students find and apply to schools abroad | Losing its protection |
| atama plus Runs an AI adaptive-learning engine used inside Japanese cram schools (juku) | Losing its protection |
| Babbel German subscription app teaching languages via app lessons and live tutoring | Losing its protection |
| Benesse Holdings Japanese conglomerate behind Shinken Zemi correspondence courses, Shimajiro, and nursing care | Losing its protection |
| Berlitz Global language-training company running in-person and online lessons in 76 countries | Losing its protection |
| Brainly Brainly runs a homework help Q&A site now rebuilt around an AI answer engine | Losing its protection |
| Brilliant.org Subscription app teaching math and science through interactive, hands-on problems | Losing its protection |
| Cambium Learning Group K-12 reading intervention and state assessment provider (Lexia, Cambium Assessment), owned by Veritas Capital | Losing its protection |
| Cambly On-demand video platform connecting English learners to live tutors for conversation practice | Losing its protection |
| Careers360 Indian site for exam results, college cutoffs, and admissions leads | Losing its protection |
| Carnegie Learning Makes adaptive math software (MATHia) and print curriculum for K-12 schools | Losing its protection |
| Cengage Learning Cengage sells digital textbooks and courseware to colleges, owned by Apollo Global Management | Losing its protection |
| Century Tech UK platform using AI to personalize school lessons and track student learning data | Losing its protection |
| China Online Education Group (51Talk) Online platform teaching English to kids in emerging markets via live human tutors | Losing its protection |
| CK-12 Foundation Nonprofit offering free K-12 STEM textbooks, practice questions, and an AI tutor called Flexi | Losing its protection |
| Class Technologies Virtual classroom software built on Zoom, adding attendance and engagement tools for schools | Losing its protection |
| Class101 Korean subscription platform where creators sell hobby and skills video classes | Losing its protection |
| ClassIn Chinese-made live video classroom software used by schools worldwide | Losing its protection |
| Classplus SaaS platform giving Indian tutors apps to run classes, payments, and content | Losing its protection |
| CodeHS CodeHS sells K-12 computer science curriculum and coding tools to schools and districts | Losing its protection |
| Coding Ninjas Coding Ninjas is an Indian coding bootcamp teaching DSA and interview prep, now fully owned by Info Edge | Losing its protection |
| CollegeDekho Indian college discovery and admissions platform with a loan and enrollment-finance layer | Losing its protection |
| Coursedog Coursedog builds curriculum, catalog, and scheduling software for colleges and universities | Losing its protection |
| DataCamp DataCamp teaches Python, SQL, and R skills to individuals and enterprise teams online. | Losing its protection |
| Discovery Education PE-owned K-12 digital curriculum provider reaching 45% of US schools | Losing its protection |
| DMM Eikaiwa Japanese online platform for 25-minute live English conversation lessons with global teachers | Losing its protection |
| Edmentum Edmentum sells online K-12 curriculum, credit recovery, and practice software to 40,000+ schools | Losing its protection |
| Edpuzzle Edpuzzle turns any video into an interactive quiz lesson for K-12 teachers | Losing its protection |
| Edrolo Video lesson and practice platform for VCE, HSC and other Australian school curricula | Losing its protection |
| Edsby Canadian K-12 learning management and parent communication platform for school boards | Losing its protection |
| Education Perfect New Zealand-based K-12 platform for curriculum content and assessment across 5,000+ ANZ schools | Losing its protection |
| Edulastic Pear Assessment (formerly Edulastic) makes standards-aligned online tests for K-12 schools | Losing its protection |
| Elice Korean online coding and AI education platform serving companies, schools, and government | Losing its protection |
| ELSA Corp AI app teaching non-native speakers, mostly Vietnamese and Asian users, to fix English pronunciation | Losing its protection |
| Emeritus Online executive education platform pairing universities like MIT and Wharton with corporate learners | Losing its protection |
| Epic! Epic! is a digital reading app for kids under 12, used free by many US schools and teachers | Losing its protection |
| Epignosis (TalentLMS) Epignosis makes TalentLMS, a cloud learning management system for corporate training and compliance | Losing its protection |
| Eruditus Licenses university brands like Harvard and MIT to sell online executive courses | Losing its protection |
| ExploreLearning Maker of Gizmos, a library of 550+ online STEM simulations used in K-12 classrooms | Losing its protection |
| Firefly Learning UK platform schools use for homework, resources, and parent communication | Losing its protection |
| Formative Real-time K-12 formative assessment platform, now a Newsela subsidiary | Losing its protection |
| Frog Education UK virtual learning platform (VLE) for K-12 schools, running since 1999 | Losing its protection |
| Frontend Masters Video courses teaching web and AI engineering skills from named expert instructors | Losing its protection |
| Gaggle Gaggle monitors K-12 student devices and flags self-harm, violence, and bullying risks for schools. | Losing its protection |
| Gaotu Techedu Gaotu runs online and offline tutoring in China after surviving the 2021 regulatory crackdown | Losing its protection |
| Geniebook Singapore AI-driven K-12 tutoring platform pairing personalized online lessons with physical Campus centres | Losing its protection |
| GoGuardian Maker of classroom monitoring and student safety software used in over 10,000 K-12 schools | Losing its protection |
| GoStudent Vienna-based marketplace matching families with online and in-person tutors | Losing its protection |
| Great Learning Indian online learning platform offering university-branded certificates and degrees | Losing its protection |
| Hahow Taiwanese online course marketplace teaching skills like languages, software, and business basics | Losing its protection |
| HelloTalk App matching native speakers worldwide to practice languages via chat and voice | Losing its protection |
| Honorlock Online exam proctoring software that watches students take tests remotely | Losing its protection |
| Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12 curriculum and assessment publisher, now private under Veritas Capital | Losing its protection |
| Imagine Learning K-12 curriculum and digital learning platform owned by Silver Lake, serving over half of US school districts | Losing its protection |
| InStride Runs employer-paid tuition and degree programs for corporate workforces, built with ASU | Losing its protection |
| italki Marketplace connecting language learners with human tutors for paid lessons online | Losing its protection |
| Kiddom K-12 curriculum platform selling standards-aligned lessons and AI tools to districts | Losing its protection |
| Kip McGrath Education Centres Australia-based franchise network running in-person tutoring centres for kids in maths and English | Losing its protection |
| LEAD School Runs full-stack curriculum, books, and teacher training inside Indian private schools | Losing its protection |
| LearnUpon LearnUpon sells extended-enterprise LMS software for corporate and partner training | Losing its protection |
| LearnWorlds Cyprus-based platform for creating and selling online courses under your own brand | Losing its protection |
| LeetCode Online platform where engineers drill algorithm puzzles to pass coding interviews | Losing its protection |
| Leverage Edu Indian platform helping students plan, finance, and move abroad for study | Losing its protection |
| Lingoda German subscription platform for live online language classes with real teachers | Losing its protection |
| Magoosh Bootstrapped online test prep for GRE, GMAT, SAT, LSAT and other exams since 2009 | Losing its protection |
| MasterClass Subscription video platform where celebrities and experts teach skills online | Losing its protection |
| Mathnasium In-person franchise chain of 1,300+ math tutoring centers for K-12 students | Losing its protection |
| Mathpresso Mathpresso runs QANDA, an AI photo-solve homework app big in Southeast Asia | Losing its protection |
| Mathspace Australian adaptive K-12 math platform with AI tutor Milo, used by schools worldwide | Losing its protection |
| Megastudy South Korea's largest online exam-prep video platform for school students | Losing its protection |
| MindChamps Singapore premium preschool chain with patented pedagogy, betting growth on an unopened California JV | Losing its protection |
| Mindvalley Bootstrapped Malaysia-based subscription platform for personal growth and coaching courses | Losing its protection |
| Mometrix Test-prep publisher selling study guides and courses for 1,500+ standardized exams | Losing its protection |
| Multiverse UK apprenticeship and reskilling platform funded via the government levy | Losing its protection |
| N2Y N2Y makes Unique Learning System, a special education curriculum platform now part of Everway | Losing its protection |
| Nearpod Interactive lesson platform for K-12 teachers, owned by Renaissance Learning | Losing its protection |
| Newsela Newsela sells leveled reading and now a K-12 platform of content, quizzes, and data tools | Losing its protection |
| Open English LatAm online English platform pairing live teachers with students since 2006 | Losing its protection |
| OpenClassrooms French online school offering government-recognized diplomas and job placement, now pushing into the US | Losing its protection |
| Outschool Marketplace for live, teacher-led online classes for K-12 kids outside school | Losing its protection |
| Panopto Panopto sells video capture and management software for university lectures and corporate training | Losing its protection |
| Panorama Education K-12 survey and analytics platform tracking student wellbeing and academic risk for districts | Losing its protection |
| Perdoceo Education Corporation For-profit online university operator running CTU and AIU under federal student-aid eligibility | Losing its protection |
| Pimsleur Pimsleur is a 60-year-old audio-based language learning method, now owned by Simon & Schuster | Losing its protection |
| PowerSchool Largest student records and grading software provider for US K-12 school districts | Losing its protection |
| Preply Online marketplace connecting language learners with human tutors in 180+ countries | Losing its protection |
| ProctorU ProctorU (Meazure Learning) provides live human online exam proctoring for schools and licensure bodies | Losing its protection |
| Prodigy Education Free gamified math (and English) platform reaching 20M+ students via teacher-first RPG learning | Losing its protection |
| Quipper K-12 video lesson and grading platform in Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, owned by Recruit | Losing its protection |
| Quizizz Wayground (formerly Quizizz) makes gamified quizzes and assessments for K-12 classrooms | Losing its protection |
| ReadWorks Nonprofit that gives K-8 teachers free leveled reading passages and comprehension questions | Losing its protection |
| Renaissance Learning K-12 reading and assessment software maker (Star, Accelerated Reader, myON). | Losing its protection |
| Rosetta Stone Language-learning software brand for consumers, schools, and government, owned by IXL Learning | Losing its protection |
| Satchel UK homework and classroom platform used by about a third of secondary schools | Losing its protection |
| Schoo Schoo runs live online video courses for adult learners and corporate training in Japan. | Losing its protection |
| Schoology K-12 learning management system owned by PowerSchool, used by 18,000+ school districts | Losing its protection |
| Scrimba Norwegian platform teaching coding through interactive, in-browser video lessons | Losing its protection |
| Seneca Learning Free UK revision and quiz platform used in most secondary schools, owned by GoStudent | Losing its protection |
| Shiksha.com India's leading college and course discovery site, owned by Info Edge (Naukri parent) | Losing its protection |
| Simpleclub German app teaching school and vocational exam content, now pushing into corporate training | Losing its protection |
| Speak AI app for practicing spoken English, dominant in Korea, expanding into US and enterprise | Losing its protection |
| Speexx German platform selling corporate language training and coaching to large European employers | Losing its protection |
| SplashLearn SplashLearn is a K-8 math and reading practice app made by StudyPad, Inc. | Losing its protection |
| Springboard Online bootcamp offering mentor-led coding, data, and design courses with a job guarantee | Losing its protection |
| Strategic Education, Inc. Parent of Strayer University and Capella University, for-profit online degree provider | Losing its protection |
| Stride, Inc. Runs online public K-12 schools and career/adult learning programs across the US | Losing its protection |
| Studiosity Australian online tutoring platform giving university students human-reviewed writing feedback | Losing its protection |
| Study.com Online video courses and test prep, plus college credit-transfer partnerships | Losing its protection |
| Studyflix German video platform teaching students free lessons while funneling them to corporate recruiters | Losing its protection |
| Sylvan Learning 45-year-old K-12 tutoring franchise chain with in-person centers, now PE-owned | Losing its protection |
| Synthesis Paid AI math tutor app and live problem-solving classes for kids, spun out of Musk-linked Ad Astra school | Losing its protection |
| TAL Education Group Chinese K-12 tutoring company selling licensed classes and AI learning devices | Losing its protection |
| Teachmint Indian school ERP and management platform now selling AI smart classroom hardware panels | Losing its protection |
| Tes Global UK teacher jobs board, CPD training, and teaching-resources marketplace | Losing its protection |
| Testbook Indian platform for government job exam prep with video, mock tests, and AI doubt-solving | Losing its protection |
| Thinkific Canadian SaaS platform where creators build, host and sell online courses | Losing its protection |
| Time4Learning Online homeschool and after-school curriculum platform for K-12 families | Losing its protection |
| Top Hat Top Hat sells interactive courseware and engagement tools to college professors and students. | Losing its protection |
| Topica Edtech Group Vietnam online education group offering English tutoring, course marketplace, and accredited degree programs | Losing its protection |
| Tutor.com On-demand online tutoring service selling homework help to schools, libraries, and the military | Losing its protection |
| Twinkl Twinkl sells a subscription library of premade lesson resources to teachers and schools worldwide. | Losing its protection |
| Udacity Online tech skills nanodegree platform, now a wholly owned Accenture subsidiary | Losing its protection |
| uLesson Nigerian mobile app for K-12 video lessons, now parent of Miva Open University | Losing its protection |
| upGrad Indian online higher-ed platform selling degrees, certificates, and upskilling courses to consumers and enterprises | Losing its protection |
| Voxy Voxy sells corporate English-language training software to companies. | Losing its protection |
| Wall Street English Global English-language training franchise mixing in-person centers with digital lessons | Losing its protection |
| Whizz Education Maths-Whizz: adaptive maths tutoring software for schools, used since 2004 | Losing its protection |
| Xello K-12 college and career readiness software sold to school districts and states | Losing its protection |
| Yuanfudao Chinese K-12 app maker pivoting to AI tutoring after regulators killed its core tutoring business | Losing its protection |
| Z-kai 94-year-old Japanese correspondence school known for red-pen essay grading and exam prep | Losing its protection |
| Zearn Nonprofit platform delivering guided video math lessons to K-8 students nationwide | Losing its protection |
| Zhihuishu Chinese platform hosting credit-bearing university courses, quizzes, and lectures | Losing its protection |
| 17zuoye Chinese K-12 platform now pivoting to Yiqi Aixue, a consumer AI tutoring app | Little protection left |
| 2U Online degree program manager, owns edX, now privately held after bankruptcy | Little protection left |
| App Academy Deferred-tuition coding bootcamp now run behind the scenes by rival Coding Temple | Little protection left |
| ATA Inc. Chinese art-portfolio coaching company helping students apply to overseas art schools | Little protection left |
| BloomTech A coding bootcamp that trained developers through income-share agreements instead of tuition | Little protection left |
| Byju's Collapsed Indian K-12 edtech app, once worth $22B, now in insolvency with no operating product | Little protection left |
| Chegg Chegg rents textbooks and sells subscription homework help online | Little protection left |
| Cluey Learning Cluey Learning is an ASX-listed online tutoring service for Australian school students | Little protection left |
| Codecademy Interactive coding lesson platform owned by Skillsoft, teaches syntax and skills step-by-step | Little protection left |
| Codewars Free community site where coders practice puzzles called kata for skill building | Little protection left |
| Coding Dojo Coding Dojo teaches entry-level coding bootcamps online, owned by Perdoceo/CTU since 2023 | Little protection left |
| Course Hero Study platform selling access to crowdsourced homework answers and course documents | Little protection left |
| CreativeLive CreativeLive sells online video courses on creative and business skills | Little protection left |
| Cuemath India-based online platform offering 1:1 live math tutoring for K-12 students | Little protection left |
| DaDaABC (Dada) Chinese online platform that paired foreign tutors with kids for English lessons | Little protection left |
| Domestika Spanish online platform selling curated video courses in design, illustration, and craft skills | Little protection left |
| Doubtnut Indian app that solves math/science problems from a photo, now owned by Allen Career Institute | Little protection left |
| Edmodo K-12 platform whose free product shut down in 2022, now a shell chasing government contracts | Little protection left |
| Educative Subscription library of text-based coding courses and interview prep for developers | Little protection left |
| edX edX is an online course platform owned by 2U, offering university certificates and degrees | Little protection left |
| Embibe AI exam-prep platform for Indian students, fully absorbed into Reliance's Jio in April 2025 | Little protection left |
| Examity Remote exam proctoring service being phased out and merged into ProctorU | Little protection left |
| Explain Everything Explain Everything makes a whiteboard app for classroom teaching, owned by Promethean/Mynd.ai | Little protection left |
| Flatiron School Flatiron School is a private coding, data, and cybersecurity bootcamp owned by Carrick Capital. | Little protection left |
| FutureLearn UK online course platform (MOOCs) owned by Global University Systems, offering university short courses | Little protection left |
| GoConqr GoConqr is a small Dublin-founded platform for manually building flashcards, quizzes, and mind maps. | Little protection left |
| Hujiang Education Shanghai platform teaching English, Japanese, Korean via recorded courses, drills, and an app. | Little protection left |
| Ironhack Spanish-founded coding bootcamp training junior developers and, now, AI skills for professionals | Little protection left |
| iTutorGroup Online 1:1 tutoring platform, mainly English learning, formerly TutorABC, owned via Ping An/private groups | Little protection left |
| Juni Learning Online coding and academic tutoring for kids, now pivoting toward AI test prep | Little protection left |
| Koolearn Livestream e-commerce retailer under New Oriental, formerly the Koolearn education brand. | Little protection left |
| LearnDash WordPress plugin for building and selling online courses | Little protection left |
| Memrise UK app teaching languages via spaced repetition and native-speaker video clips | Little protection left |
| Meritnation Indian K-12 tutoring site with videos, NCERT solutions, and practice tests, owned via Aakash/BYJU'S | Little protection left |
| Meten EdtechX Former China English-tutoring chain, now a tiny bitcoin miner and AI hosting shell (BTC Digital) | Little protection left |
| Nucamp Low-cost, part-time coding bootcamp with online hubs in 200+ cities | Little protection left |
| Numerade Video-based STEM homework help platform pivoting toward AI training data licensing | Little protection left |
| Piazza Q&A platform for university courses where students post questions, answers, and notes | Little protection left |
| Promethean UK maker of interactive classroom displays and teaching software, owned by Mynd.ai | Little protection left |
| Quizlet Quizlet is an online flashcard and study app where students memorize and quiz themselves on course material. | Little protection left |
| RareJob Philippines-based online English tutoring company, listed in Japan, run from Manila | Little protection left |
| RYB Education Ex-China childcare company, now folded into Mynd.ai's classroom display business | Little protection left |
| Shaw Academy Irish online provider of pre-recorded skills courses under the Shaw Academy and Upskillist brands | Little protection left |
| Simplilearn Online skills bootcamp selling certification courses and corporate training, majority owned by Blackstone | Little protection left |
| Skill-Lync Chennai online platform teaching hands-on engineering skills like CAD and CFD | Little protection left |
| Skillshare Subscription video platform teaching creative and practical skills | Little protection left |
| Snapask Hong Kong app connecting students to tutors for on-demand homework help | Little protection left |
| Thinkful Mentor-led coding and data bootcamp, now a small Chegg business unit sold via employers | Little protection left |
| Toppr Toppr is a dormant Indian K-12 test-prep app trapped inside Byju's parent's bankruptcy estate | Little protection left |
| Treehouse Treehouse teaches beginners to code online through subscription courses and bootcamp tracks | Little protection left |
| Unacademy Indian test-prep and online learning platform for competitive exams and skills | Little protection left |
| VIPKid China-based platform pairing kids with online English tutors, now pivoting globally | Little protection left |
| WhiteHat Jr Once a kids' coding brand, now a zero-employee shell inside bankrupt Byju's | Little protection left |
| Woongjin Thinkbig Korean publisher selling home-tutoring kits and digital learning programs for kids | Little protection left |
| Zenius Indonesian online learning and exam-prep platform, suspended since January 2024 | Little protection left |
| Zhangmen Former Chinese online K-12 tutoring firm, now private after regulatory wipeout | Little protection left |
| Zuoyebang Chinese K-12 homework-help app, now pushing overseas AI tutoring apps Question.AI and Poly.AI | Little protection left |
Questions people ask
- Which education companies are safest from AI disruption?
- Companies tied to institutional record-keeping and accreditation are holding up best, including Infinite Campus for student records, College Board for the SAT and AP exams, and Parchment for transcript exchange. These businesses aren't easily replaced by a chatbot because they're wired into how schools and colleges actually operate.
- Is Byju's still operating in 2026?
- No, Byju's has ceased operating and is going through insolvency, with Physics Wallah and free AI tutoring tools like ChatGPT and Khanmigo picking up its former student base.
- Why is Physics Wallah taking market share from Aakash and Allen?
- Physics Wallah is undercutting Aakash Educational Services and Allen Career Institute with cheaper hybrid online and offline JEE/NEET coaching, and Kota's coaching hub has reportedly seen enrollment drop 35 to 40 percent as a result.
- Are test prep and tutoring companies losing money to AI tutors?
- Yes, across multiple countries. Megastudy and Etoos in South Korea face pressure from free AI tutoring apps, China Distance Education Holdings faces iFlytek's state-backed AI suite, and RareJob's core English tutoring revenue fell 21.4% year over year as AI apps like Speak and ELSA pulled users away.
- What happened to coding bootcamps like BloomTech and App Academy?
- BloomTech's income-share agreement model was banned and its placement claims discredited, pushing students toward peers and AI coding tutors like Copilot and Claude. App Academy is now run behind the scenes by rival Coding Temple, which absorbed its admissions and teaching operations.
- Which learning management system companies are winning against Canvas?
- Instructure's Canvas is rated protection under test because D2L Brightspace has already won system-level migrations from Blackboard at SUNY and CUNY and appears positioned to exploit fallout from a Canvas data breach.
What to watch
- A major US school district or university system announces it is switching its student information or ERP system, similar to Workday Student's wins against Ellucian
- A free government-backed AI tutoring platform, like EBS's DANCHOO+ in Korea or China's higher.smartedu.cn, reports large user growth numbers
- Physics Wallah reports quarterly enrollment or revenue figures that overtake Aakash or Allen's reported numbers
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