What it sells
Connecting low-income HS students with free, 24/7 online tutoring
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Schools/districts (Title I) and corporate partners fund it; students pay nothing.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Third-party tutoring is too expensive and teachers are at capacity at the schools that need it most.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Student checks eligibility, is matched with a volunteer coach in an online chat classroom in under 5 minutes, gets 24/7 help in 20+ subjects.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Nonprofit; volunteer-powered, about $5 per student per year cost; funded by donations and paid school/company partnerships.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct to students (free signup), school partnerships (60+ schools/districts), corporate volunteering.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2021 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.