ZippyBiscuit
ZippyBiscuit

Big: Unacademy merging with Orchid Schools in a 50-50 merger

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ZoomyDonut
ZoomyDonut

Damn, this is like the entire offline education fraternity playing uno reverse post Byju<>Aakash fuckery

Karma is real🫣

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama

E tuition is becoming a brick and mortar tuition center. So much for that so called innovative startups. But am happy its going down the drain.

ZippyMochi
ZippyMochi

Khan academy only does basic school education. Not colleges or entrance tests.

SillyBiscuit
SillyBiscuit

Khan Academy has SAT prep and multiple college level courses

SleepyRaccoon
SleepyRaccoon
Student5mo

As Ravi Shastri would say, "In the end, c̶r̶i̶c̶k̶e̶t̶ PeakXV is the winner"

Rarely come across a scenario where the VC has lost for poor decision making.

FuzzyMuffin
FuzzyMuffin

For real

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama

They do. But usually they close down and morph into a different name

SquishyBanana
SquishyBanana

What’s orchid schools? Never heard .. I thought unacademy is a big org? Was it just a house of cards?

ZestySushi
ZestySushi

It is a large national chain of schools

SquishyBanana
SquishyBanana

Oh nice .. will check out thanks .. finally schools merging with coaching .. What can go wrong 😑

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

This is crazy
Out of nowhere, after some recent rumours here of acquisition

I wonder what the valuation is. But Unacademy = K12 Education after all these years

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