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This Week in Edtech, 3/8/23: Chat GPT APIs, Acquisitions & Tiktok

2023/3/8
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  1. ChatGPT, Pt. 1: APIs
  • OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers | TechCrunch)
  • Introducing Q-Chat, the world’s first AI tutor built with OpenAI’s ChatGPT | Quizlet)

ChatGT, Pt 2: Ramifications of ChatGPT

  • The evolution of ChatGPT will fuel the future of higher education, says Udacity's Sebastian Thrun)
  • Will ChatGPT Make Students Turn Away From Homework-Help Services? | EdSurge News)
  1. Federal Guidelines on TPS Delayed
  • Department of Education Delays Guidance on TPS Expansion)
  1. Interesting Acquisitions
  • IXL Learning Acquires Teachers Pay Teachers, the World's Largest Platform for Educator-Created Content)
  • Paper™ acquires MajorClarity to Create a Comprehensive Career & College Readiness Platform)
  • Education services company Perdoceo acquires coding bootcamp school Coding Dojo for $52.8M)
  1. TikTok Launches New Edtech Platform GeniusJoy for Math
  • TikTok's parent ByteDance is building a new 'AI-based' edtech platform called GeniusJoy and is hiring in Los Angeles and Singapore)
  • From TikTok to Trigonometry: Could ByteDance Corner the Market on Edtech?)

Funding Rounds

  • New Markets Venture Partners Raises Over $160 Million)** **
  • Chinese platform Nowcoder raises $50m)
  • **StudentFinance secures $41m for ISAs in Europe **)
  • )