Academic Earth - About the company
Academic Earth is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2008 by Liam Pisano, Richard Ludlow and Chris Bruner. It operates as a Free online university courses. The company has 5112 active competitors, including 162 funded and 129 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Coursera, Udemy and Seekho.
Company Details
Academic Earth is a curated platform for free educational videos from the scholars and guest lecturers at the leading academic universities. The site offers 350 full courses and over 5,000 total lectures from Yale, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Princeton that can be browsed by subject, university, or instructor. Also has a directory of degree and certificate programs offered online by respected brick, and mortar universities. Academic Earth was spotlighted in the 2010 Annual Letter of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and discussed by Gates in multiple media outlets. In 2009, the site was selected along with Google, Amazon, and Facebook as one of TIME Magazine’s Top 50 Websites. Was acquired by Ampush Media, an online marketing startup.
- Website
- academicearth.org
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@academicearth.org
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2008
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Ranked
209th among 5112 active competitors
Employee Count
1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by Ampush (Jan 10, 2012)
Academic Earth's acquisition details
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Academic Earth's funding and investors
Academic Earth is a funded company.
Academic Earth's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Academic Earth's key team members:
- Liam Pisano: Co-Founder of Academic Earth and founder of 1 other company.
- Richard Ludlow: Former Founder & CEO of Academic Earth and founder of 1 other company.
- Chris Bruner: Co Founder of Academic Earth.
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Academic Earth's employee count trend
Academic Earth has 1 - 10 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Academic Earth's employee count trend over the years:
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Academic Earth's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Academic Earth include Coursera, Udemy and Seekho. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Academic Earth, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Coursera 2012, Mountain View (United States), Public | Provider of online courses, professional certificates, and degree programs | $443M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Udemy 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of a marketplace offering online courses | $274M | 79/100 | |
3rd | Platform offers short-form educational videos in Hindi and regional languages | $42.3M | 79/100 | ||
4th | Higher education and upskilling platform | $329M | 72/100 | ||
5th | MasterClass 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Provider of online courses delivered by celebrity experts | $461M | 77/100 | |
6th | Great Learning 2013, Gurugram (India), Acquired | Provides online learning programs for IT | - | - | 73/100 |
7th | Provider of an online test preparation platform | $64.4M | 71/100 | ||
8th |  Degreed 2012, Pleasanton (United States), Series D | Provider of a learning experience platform for workforce skill development | $367M | 70/100 | |
9th | edX 2012, Boston (United States), Acquired | Online learning platform offering courses, certificates, and degrees from top institutions | - | 68/100 | |
10th | Platzi 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Online courses in web and app development | $78.5M | 63/100 | |
209th | Academic Earth 2008, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Free online university courses | - | - | 35/100 |
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