Application YC di Edwin

Winter 2018Acquired

Edwin ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2018 come azienda Education. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2018
Settore: Education
Dimensione team: 14
Stato: Acquired
Lanciata: 2017

Founder

Dmitry StaviskyFounder/CEO
Dmitry AlekseevFounder

Cosa fa Edwin

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.

Application YC di Edwin, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Edwin, batch Winter 2018. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Edwin

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Virtual AI English tutor for learners

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built Edwin, a virtual English tutor that combines adaptive learning and Natural Language Understanding with curated teaching content and on-demand human instructors. It offers personalized, 1:1 English practice for students who want affordable conversational fluency with an AI-powered tutor.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco and remote locations; the company is based in San Francisco and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has deep AI and education tech talent and is where we found our initial users. Being here lets us iterate fast and recruit strong engineers.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Edwin?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Edwin (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Edwin si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.