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Brainly, Inc.[1]
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social network service
Professional network service
Available inHindi, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Turkish, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Italian, Indonesian
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, United States
Krakow, Poland
Area served35+ Countries
Created byMichał Borkowski
Tomasz Kraus
Łukasz Haluch
Key peopleMichał Borkowski
Tomasz Kraus
IndustryTechnology-based education.
ParentBrainly.com
URLhttps://brainly.com

https://brainly.in https://brainly.pl https://brainly.lat

https://brainly.ro
RegistrationNot required
Users200 million[2]
Current statusActive
Operating systemiOS, Android
WebsiteiOS Android

Brainly is the largest peer-to-peer learning community for students, parents and teachers. Users receive and offer help with homework problems and questions. The website receives more than 200 million users each month.

Based in Kraków, Poland, with its US headquarters in New York City, Brainly is available in 35 countries. The network has elements of gamification in the form of motivational points and ranks, and encourages users to engage in the online community by asking questions and answering those of other students.

History

Initially called Zadane.pl, the company was founded in 2009 in Poland by Michał Borkowski (current chief executive officer), Tomasz Kraus and Łukasz Haluch. The first million unique users monthly was achieved within 6 months after the release.[4] In January 2011, the company founded Znanija.com, the first international project dedicated to Russian language speakers.[5] Several other versions in multiple languages for the following markets included Turkey (eodev.com), Latin America and Spain (brainly.lat) and Brazil (brainly.com.br). In December 2013, seven new language versions of Brainly were released, including English (brainly.com), Indonesian (brainly.co.id), Indian (brainly.in), Filipino (brainly.ph),[6] Romanian (brainly.ro) and Italian (brainly.it) sites. Brainly was initially funded by the co-founders, but then raised funds from Point Nine Capital.[7][8] In October 2014, the company announced that it had raised another round of funding from General Catalyst Partners, Runa Capital and other venture capital firms.[9] The total amount of the investment was $9 million and allowed further product development, as well as the opening of the US-based headquarters in New York City.[10][11]

In May 2016, another funding round of $18 million of combined debt and equity was disclosed.[12] In June 2016, Brainly acquired the US-based OpenStudy.[13][14]

In March or April 2017, Zadane.pl changed to Brainly.[15]

In October 2017, Brainly raised $14 million in the funding round led by Kulczyk Investments.[16] In January 2018, Brainly announced it had acquired the video education start-up, Bask,[17] to bring video technology to the Brainly platform.[18] In July 2019, Brainly raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Naspers, with participation from Runa Capital and Manta Ray.[19] The total funds raised by the company since its establishment is reported to be $68.5 million. [20]

Website

General overview

Brainly provides questions and answers for students and parents looking for help with homework-related tasks. Students use Brainly to strengthen their skills across subjects such as math, history, science, and social science. The platform allows them to connect with their peers, subject matter experts, and professional educators to discuss their subjects and seek answers to their questions. Users may post comments to every question and answer and can freely collaborate on problems. All questions are categorized by subject, respective of country and school level.[21]

Gamification

Each user is given a fixed amount points upon registration, which are used to ask questions. Subsequently, one can answer questions to gain additional points.

Ranks and Ranking

Brainly awards "ranks" to users who provide frequent, high quality answers. Some ranks are automatically rewarded for earning a preset number of points or a preset number of highest-quality answers to questions. Users may also apply for "special ranks," which may be awarded for answering questions in specific subject areas or for consistently thanks from other users. Additionally, the website bestows teacher ranks to professional teachers.

The website features users who have answered the most questions or earned the most points upon a set of leaderboards. The leaderboards cover timeframes from daily to quarterly.

Content moderation

Brainly is moderated by a mix of volunteers and paid employees.[22][23] The moderators handle users who violate the site rules, including individuals who copy-paste answers from other sources, post spam, or post assessment questions. Users may volunteer for the moderation team after establishing a history of positive contributions and receiving sufficient moderation training.

References

  1. ^ Android Apps by Brainly.co on Google Play, Google Play's statement. Retrieved approx. 9-14-2020.
  2. ^ "Brainly ma już 150 mln użytkowników. Jak polska platforma zmienia rynek edukacji". Forbes.pl.
  3. ^ "Brainly.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com.
  4. ^ Petrovich, Liesha. "With 80 Million Users, Poland-based Brainly is Changing Education". HuffPost. The Huffington Post Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ Degeler, Andrii (March 17, 2014). "Crowdsourced School Homework: Brainly Plans to Teach the US". The Next Web.
  6. ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com.
  7. ^ "Social Learning Network Brainly Raises $500K From Point Nine Capital, Angels".
  8. ^ http://www.pointninecap.com/brainly Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, Point Nine Capital
  9. ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Schoolwork Q&A Site Brainly Scores $9M Series A To Answer The U.S. Expansion Question". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2017-09-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ CNBC.com, Elaine Pofeldt, special to. "Guess where a big crop of unicorns is coming from". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Form D: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities". US Securities and Exchange Commission. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.}
  13. ^ "Brainly Acquires US Social Learning Platform, OpenStudy - EdSurge News". EdSurge. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  14. ^ "Social Learning Platform OpenStudy Joins the Brainly Community". Press release. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Zadane.pl - Uczymy się w grupie". 2017-04-30. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  16. ^ "EdTech Startup Brainly Closes $14 Million - NewsCenter.io". NewsCenter.io. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  17. ^ "Bask". www.usebask.com.
  18. ^ "Brainly acquires Bask to add video to its peer-to-peer learning platform for students".
  19. ^ "Brainly, a crowdsourced homework helper for students, raises $30M to expand in the US". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  20. ^ "Brainly Funding Rounds". Crunchbase.
  21. ^ Coleman, Alison. "Global Ed-Tech Disruption From Poland: Crowdsourced Homework". Forbes.
  22. ^ Sawers, Paul (25 July 2019). "With 150 million users, Brainly raises $30 million to expand its social learning platform in the U.S." VentureBeat. Retrieved 1 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Who are Moderators?". Brainly. Retrieved 1 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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