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screenshot = | caption = Brainly | dissolved = | location = New York City, New
York, United States
Krakow, Poland | locations = | industry = Technology-based education | url =
https://brainly.com | registration = Not required | language = Hindi, English,
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Turkish, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Italian,
Indonesian | footnotes = | company_type = Private | foundation = 2009; 11 years ago
| creators = Michał Borkowski
Tomasz Kraus
Łukasz Haluch | incorporated = | parent = Brainly.com | area_served = Worldwide |
key_people = Michał Borkowski
Tomasz Kraus | website_type = Social network service
Professional network service | num_users = 200 million[1] | launch_date = |
current_status = Active | alexa = Positive decrease 4,446 (March 2019)[2] | intl
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Brainly
Stable release
iOS
4.10.1 (May 2, 2019; 12 months ago[3])

Android
4.7.0 (May 2, 2019; 12 months ago[4]) [±]
Operating system iOS, Android
Website brainly.pl Edit this on Wikidata
Brainly is a peer-to-peer learning community and educational technology company
based in New York City, New York, United States and Krakow, Poland.

Brainly operates a group of social learning networks for students, parents and
educators. Brainly advocates to share and explore knowledge in a collaborative
manner, and engaging in peer-to-peer educational assistance. The network has
elements of gamification in the form of motivational points and ranks, and
encourages users to engage in the online community by asking questions and
answering those of other students.[5] Brainly has 150 million monthly unique users
across 35 countries including the United States, Poland, India, Russia, Brazil,
Indonesia, and Turkey.[6][7]

Contents
1 History
2 Website
2.1 General overview
2.2 Gamification
3 References
History
Initially called Zadane.pl, the company was founded in 2009 in Poland by Michał
Borkowski (current chief executive officer), Tomasz Kraus and Łukasz Haluch. The
first million unique users monthly was achieved within 6 months after the release.
[8] In January 2011, the company founded Znanija.com, the first international
project dedicated to Russian language speakers.[9] Several other versions in
multiple languages for the following markets included Turkey (eodev.com), Latin
America and Spain (brainly.lat) and Brazil (brainly.com.br). In December 2013,
seven new language versions of Brainly were released, including English
(brainly.com), Indonesian (brainly.co.id), Indian (brainly.in), Filipino
(brainly.ph),[10] Romanian (brainly.ro) and Italian (brainly.it) sites. Brainly was
initially funded by the co-founders, but then raised funds from Point Nine
Capital[11][12]. In October 2014, the company announced that it had raised another
round of funding from General Catalyst Partners, Runa Capital and other venture
capital firms.[13] The total amount of the investment was $9 million and allowed
further product development, as well as the opening of the US-based headquarters in
New York City.[14][15]

In May 2016, another funding round of $18 million of combined debt and equity was
disclosed.[16] In June 2016, Brainly acquired the US-based OpenStudy.[17][18]

In March or April 2017, Zadane.pl changed to Brainly[19].

In October 2017, Brainly raised $14 million in the funding round led by Kulczyk
Investments.[20] In January 2018, Brainly announced it had acquired the video
education start-up, Bask,[21] to bring video technology to the Brainly platform.
[22] In July 2019, Brainly raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by
Naspers, with participation from Runa Capital and Manta Ray.[23] The total funds
raised by the company since its establishment is reported to be $68.5 million. [24]

Website
General overview
Brainly provides questions and answers for students and parents looking for help
with homework-related tasks. Students use Brainly to strengthen their skills across
many subjects such as math, history, science, and social science. The platform
allows them to connect with their peers, subject matter experts, and professional
educators to discuss their subjects and seek answers to their questions. Users may
post comments to every question and answer and can freely collaborate on problems.
All questions are categorized by subject, respective of country and school level.
[25]

Gamification
Each user is given a fixed amount points upon registration, which they can use to
ask questions, subsequently, one can answer questions to gain additional points.
[26]

References
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"Brainly.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com.
"Apple on the App Store". iTunes Store. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
"Brainly Homework Help & Solver". Google Play Store. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-
05-02.
"Brainly.com - For students. By students". brainly.in. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
"Brainly.com - For students. By students". brainly.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
"Too cool for school! Polish edutech apps proving a global hit". Retrieved 2019-
09-14.
Petrovich, Liesha. "With 80 Million Users, Poland-based Brainly is Changing
Education". HuffPost. The Huffington Post Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Degeler, Andrii. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/03/17/crowdsourced-school-
homework-brainly-plans-take-us-market-success-europe/ "Crowdsourced school
homework: How Brainly plans to teach the US after success in Europe", The Next Web,
17 March 2014. Retrieved on 28 May 2014
Millward, Steven. http://www.techinasia.com/crowdsourced-homework-helper-brainly-
launches-asia/ "Crowdsourced homework helper Brainly brings the answers to Asia"],
Tech in Asia, 15 April 2014. Retrieved on 20 May 2014.
O'Hear, Steve. https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/12/social-learning-network-brainly-
raises-500k-from-point-nine-capital-angels/ "Social Learning Network Brainly Raises
$500k from Point Nine Capital, Angiels", TechCrunch.com/organization/brainly-com
http://www.pointninecap.com/brainly Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine,
Point Nine Capital
O'Hear, Steve. "Schoolwork Q&A Site Brainly Scores $9M Series A To Answer The U.S.
Expansion Question". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
PRNewswire. https://www.cnbc.com/id/102089516#. "Brainly Expands to U.S. with $9M
Venture Funding Led by General Catalyst", "CNBC", 15 October 2014. Retrieved on 19
October 2014
CNBC.com, Elaine Pofeldt, special to. "Guess where a big crop of unicorns is
coming from". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
"Form D: Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities". US Securities and Exchange
Commission. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.}
"Brainly Acquires US Social Learning Platform, OpenStudy - EdSurge News". EdSurge.
2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
"Social Learning Platform OpenStudy Joins the Brainly Community". Press release.
14 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
"Zadane.pl - Uczymy się w grupie". web.archive.org. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2020-02-
11.
"EdTech Startup Brainly Closes $14 Million - NewsCenter.io". NewsCenter.io. 2017-
10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
"Bask". www.usebask.com.
"Brainly acquires Bask to add video to its peer-to-peer learning platform for
students".
"Brainly, a crowdsourced homework helper for students, raises $30M to expand in
the US". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
"Brainly Funding Rounds". Crunchbase.
Coleman, Alison. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2014/05/16/global-ed-
tech-disruption-from-poland-crowdsourced-homework/ "Global Ed-Tech Disruption From
Poland: Crowdsourced Homework", Forbes, 16 May 2014. Retrieved on 21 May 2014.
Johnson, Thomas. http://recode.net/2014/01/18/brainly-aims-to-bring-social-
learning-to-u-s/ "Brainly Aims to Bring Social Learning to U.S.", re/code, 18
January 2014. Retrieved on 28 May 2014
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