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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | App, website |
| Created by | Chris Pedregal, Shreyans Bhansali |
| Industry | Education, Internet, Mobile Learning |
| Parent | Google LLC |
| URL | socratic |
| Users | 11 million (estimated)[1] |
| Launched | 2013 |
Socratic is an education tech company that offers a mobile app for students. The app uses AI technology to help students with their homework by providing educational resources like videos, definitions, Q&A, links and more.[2]
Socratic was first launched as a web product in 2013 by Chris Pedregal and Shreyans Bhansali, in New York City, United States. They launched their app under the same name in 2016.
In March 2018, Socratic was acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition was made public in August 2019, when the Founder and CTO (now engineering manager) Shreyans Bhansali announced that the company had joined Google. The wake of news was accompanied by a redesigned iOS app.[3]
Starting from August 2018, Socratic became no longer available for user contributions; past contributions were kept, but it was no longer possible to ask, answer, or edit questions.[4]
- ^ "Socratic". Socratic.org.
- ^ Bhansali, Shreyans (July 14, 2016). "Making learning way easier — Introducing the Socratic app". Building Socratic. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (August 16, 2019). "Google discloses its acquisition of mobile learning app Socratic as it relaunches on iOS". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Socratic.org website will close to new contributions". blog.socratic.org/. Retrieved January 2, 2019.