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2026
WISE opens applications for its 2026-2027 EdTech Accelerator cohort
The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation, has opened applications for the 2026-2027 cohort of its EdTech Accelerator, Qatar…
Reach Capital closes $265 million fifth fund for AI in learning, health and work
Reach Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, announced on August 24, 2026 that it had closed its fifth fund, Reach V, at $265 million. The fund will invest in…
EdVisorly raises $13.3 million Series A for AI college transfer platform
EdVisorly, a Los Angeles startup that applies artificial intelligence to college transfer and admissions paperwork, has raised a $13.3 million Series A round…
KAIST sets out vision for new College of AI with four departments and 300 students
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a vision declaration ceremony for its newly established College of AI on June 1, 2026 at its main…
Egypt's iSchool acquires software firm Rubikal to build AI tools for schools
Egyptian education technology company iSchool has acquired Rubikal, a software engineering firm also based in Egypt, according to a report dated April 22, 2026. The…
All 20 Malaysian public universities enable Google Gemini for Education
Google announced on March 9, 2026, that all 20 of Malaysia's public universities had enabled Gemini for Education, in a rollout carried out with the country's Ministry…
Preply raises $150 million Series D at $1.2 billion valuation
Preply, an online language-tutoring marketplace started by Ukrainian founders and headquartered in the United States, announced on January 21, 2026 that it had raised…
SUTD to build design AI training into all first-year courses from 2026
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) announced on January 6, 2026 that all first-year students will receive structured training in design AI from…
2025
Cisco and KAUST launch an AI institute on the Saudi university's campus
Cisco and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) announced the launch of the Cisco AI Institute at KAUST on October 29, 2025, at an event in Riyadh.…
Workday agrees to acquire Swedish AI learning company Sana for $1.1 billion
Workday announced on September 16, 2025 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sana, a Stockholm-based artificial intelligence company, for approximately…
IE University partners with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Edu across campus
IE University, which has a campus in Madrid, Spain, announced on February 18, 2025, an initiative with OpenAI to deploy AI tools across its academic ecosystem. Under…
MagicSchool raises $45 million Series B for AI tools for teachers
MagicSchool, a Denver company that builds generative AI tools for teachers and students, announced a $45 million Series B round on February 11, 2025. Valor Equity…
2024
Chulalongkorn University and Google Cloud unveil ChulaGENIE AI platform
Chulalongkorn University in Thailand unveiled ChulaGENIE, a generative AI platform built with Google Cloud, in an announcement made in Bangkok on November 28, 2024. The…
Alef Education raises AED 1.89 billion in Abu Dhabi IPO
Alef Education, an Abu Dhabi-based education technology provider, completed the bookbuilding for its initial public offering on June 6, 2024, raising AED 1.89 billion…
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia launches Malaysia's first AI faculty
Malaysia's first Faculty of Artificial Intelligence was launched at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on May 10, 2024. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officiated at the…
Arizona State University announces collaboration with OpenAI on ChatGPT Enterprise
Arizona State University announced on January 18, 2024 that it had entered a collaboration with OpenAI, the company that develops ChatGPT, to bring ChatGPT Enterprise…
2023
Johns Hopkins to create data science and AI institute with 110 new faculty posts
Johns Hopkins University announced on August 3, 2023 that it would create a new institute for data science and artificial intelligence, led by its Whiting School of…
Vietnam's Vuihoc raises $6 million Series A led by TNB Aura
Vuihoc, an online learning platform for school students in Vietnam, announced on July 31, 2023, that it had raised US$6 million in a Series A round led by the Singapore…
Khan Academy launches pilot of Khanmigo, a GPT-4 AI tutor
Khan Academy, the nonprofit online learning organization, introduced Khanmigo on March 14, 2023. The experimental tool is built on OpenAI's GPT-4 model, which was…
2022
CoLearn closes Series A at $27 million with $17 million extension
Indonesian education technology company CoLearn announced on February 3, 2022, that it had raised US$17 million in follow-on Series A funding, closing the round at a…
2021
Harvard launches Kempner Institute for intelligence research with $500 million gift
Harvard University on December 7, 2021 launched the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, a university-wide initiative that links…
TU Delft adds eight AI labs, bringing its cross-faculty total to 24
Delft University of Technology announced on November 17, 2021, that it would add eight new TU Delft AI Labs to the 16 already operating, bringing the total to 24.…
Benesse sets up 5 billion yen Digital Innovation Fund for education and care startups
Benesse Holdings, the Japanese education and nursing care group, established the Benesse Digital Innovation Fund on November 5, 2021 with an investment allocation of 5…
Geniebook raises $16.6 million Series A for personalized learning
Singapore-based online learning company Geniebook said on October 19, 2021, that it had raised US$16.6 million in a Series A round led jointly by East Ventures and…
Riiid secures $175 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Riiid, a Seoul-based company that builds artificial intelligence software for education, announced on May 25, 2021 that it had raised $175 million in new funding. The…
2020
Brainly raises $80 million Series D led by Learn Capital
Brainly, the Poland-based operator of a peer-to-peer homework help platform, has raised $80 million in a Series D funding round. The financing was reported on December…
Dubai initiative launches The Digital School to reach one million students
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) launched The Digital School in Dubai on November 11, 2020. The initiative, announced by UAE Vice President and…
Zuoyebang raises $750 million in Series E round led by Tiger Global and FountainVest
Zuoyebang, a Beijing-based online learning company serving school-age students, announced on June 29, 2020 that it had raised $750 million in a Series E financing…
Zenius raises $20 million Series A led by Northstar Group
Indonesian online learning company Zenius Education announced on February 5, 2020, that it had raised US$20 million in a Series A round led by Northstar Group, a…
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