# Nhon Ma

> Nhon Ma is the CEO and co-founder of Numerade, a Los Angeles-based education technology company building AI-powered STEM tutoring at scale. The son of Vietnamese refugees who grew up in south-central LA, he turned a full-scholarship private-school education and a two-tour stint at Google into a mission to close the educational opportunity gap. Numerade hosts one of the largest STEM video libraries online and an AI tutor named Ace, and raised a $26M Series A at a roughly $100M valuation.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Numerade
- **Organizations:** Numerade, Google, OpenX, Rubicon Project, Tenka / Rolling.FM, Tutorcast
- **From:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Economics and Psychology, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Built Numerade into one of the largest STEM video libraries online, with over 100 million videos, Raised $26M in Series A funding at an approximately $100M valuation, Created Ace, an AI tutor reported to increase student retention by 33%

## Career timeline

- **earlier** — Earns a full scholarship to a private college-prep high school in Los Angeles
- **earlier** — Graduates from Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics and Psychology
- **Google** — Two stints at Google across product, strategy, operations and analytics; meets co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in his first year
- **later** — VP of Business Operations & Analytics at Rubicon Project
- **later** — VP of Revenue Operations at OpenX
- **earlier venture** — CEO & Co-Founder of Tenka / Rolling.FM
- **pre-Numerade** — Co-founds Tutorcast, a synchronous online tutoring model aimed at lowering tutoring cost
- **founding** — Co-founds Numerade after observing students repeatedly replaying recorded tutoring sessions
- **2021-07** — Numerade raises a $26M Series A at a roughly $100M valuation

## Achievements

- Built Numerade into one of the largest STEM video libraries online, with over 100 million videos
- Raised $26M in Series A funding at an approximately $100M valuation
- Created Ace, an AI tutor reported to increase student retention by 33%
- Scaled Numerade to roughly 470 employees serving a global B2C audience
- Contributing writer to Built In on generative AI in professional development

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Discussed how AI is reshaping the learning environment, arguing AI tutors should make students do the learning rather than hand over answers.

## Links

- Website: https://numerade.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nhon-ma-622bb922
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nhonma
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAQxadgkPbU

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Last updated: 2026-06-10