startup.bid
EN
EnglishEspañolPortuguêsFrançaisDeutschItalianoNederlandsSvenskaDanskNorskPolskiSlovenščinaTürkçeРусскийBahasa IndonesiaBahasa MelayuFilipinoTiếng ViệtKiswahiliहिन्दीاردوالعربيةעברית日本語한국어中文繁體中文

Edwin

Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning…

Acquired

About

It combines the latest adaptive learning and Natural Language Understanding technology with pedagogical content as well as on-demand human instructors to offer its students affordable, personalized, 1:1 learning. Based in San Francisco, the company was funded by General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Google Assistant Investments Program, and several other investors. Over 800 thousand students have improved their English with Edwin.

In early 2020 Edwin merged with MyBuddy.ai. The resulting company kept the name “Buddy.ai”. Headquartered in San Francisco, it focuses on building a virtual English conversation partner for over 500 million children around the globe who are trying to learn English, but can't reach fluency because they lack genuine practice speaking the language. The company doubled down on its mobile app Buddy, the voice-based English tutor for kids, organically combining solutions developed by Buddy.ai and Edwin.

Topics

Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Team size
14 employees
YC batch
Winter 2018
Status
Acquired
Stage
Early stage

Similar startups & competitors

Questions and answers

What does Edwin do?

Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning…

Where is Edwin based?

San Francisco, CA, United States

How many people work at Edwin?

14 employees, according to the company profile.

Has Edwin raised money?

There are no funding rounds for Edwin in our data.

What are the alternatives to Edwin?

Similar startups: Platzi, Bloomy, and Read Bean.