# Course Hero

> Course Hero is an online learning platform that gives students access to crowd-sourced study materials, AI-powered explanations, expert tutors and practice problems. Founded in 2006 at Cornell, it grew into an edtech unicorn and now anchors Learneo, the parent company that also owns QuillBot, CliffsNotes, Symbolab, LitCharts, Scribbr and LanguageTool.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Grauer (Co-founder, former CEO (now CEO of Learneo)), David Grauer (Co-founder), Jared Grauer (Co-founder), Gregor Carrigan (Co-founder, engineer)
- **Team size:** ~2,500 across the Learneo family of companies
- **Products:** Course Hero Library, Expert Q&A / Tutors, AI study tools, Flashcards & Practice, Educator tools
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status in February 2020 at a $1.1B valuation, Hit a $3.6B valuation in December 2021 after a $380M Series C, Bootstrapped for roughly eight years before taking institutional capital

## Products & services

- **Course Hero Library** — Crowd-sourced study documents, class notes, practice problems and textbook solutions covering most US college courses.
- **Expert Q&A / Tutors** — On-demand answers from subject-matter tutors, with most replies turned around in hours.
- **AI study tools** — AI-generated explanations, summaries and practice problems built on top of the library.
- **Flashcards & Practice** — Spaced-repetition flashcards and quizzes tied to specific courses and books.
- **Educator tools** — Free resources and a scholarship program for instructors who contribute and review content.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status in February 2020 at a $1.1B valuation
- Hit a $3.6B valuation in December 2021 after a $380M Series C
- Bootstrapped for roughly eight years before taking institutional capital
- Built one of the largest crowd-sourced study libraries on the internet
- Andrew Grauer named to Inc. 30 Under 30 in 2013

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — Course Hero reorganized under Learneo, a new parent company holding Course Hero, QuillBot, CliffsNotes, Symbolab, LitCharts, Scribbr and LanguageTool. Andrew Grauer moved to CEO of Learneo.
- **2023-03** — Conducted layoffs amid the post-ChatGPT reset that hit edtech hard.
- **2024** — Continued building AI-native study features and integrating QuillBot's language models across the library.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coursehero.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coursehero
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/coursehero
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/coursehero
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coursehero/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coursehero/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coursehero

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