Squirrel AI

Squirrel AI is an artificial intelligence company in Shanghai, China, founded in 2014. It has raised $174.5M across 3 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series C in July 2021.

Bringing cutting-edge learning to all students

Headquarters
Shanghai
Employees
201–500
Founded
2014
Business Model
B2B2C
Total Funding
$174.5M
Last Round
$20.0M Series CJul 2021
Rounds
3

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About

Squirrel AI (Yixue Group) is the first K-12 EdTech company in China specializing in AI-powered adaptive education, founded in 2014 by Derek Haoyang Li in Shanghai. The company's intelligent tutoring system breaks down subjects into thousands of fine-grained knowledge points and uses machine learning algorithms to continuously adapt lesson pathways to each individual student's strengths and gaps, keeping learners more engaged and improving outcomes significantly faster than traditional methods. Trusted in over 3,000 locations worldwide and available as a franchise in the United States, Squirrel AI has provided more than 10 million free AI learning accounts to China's underserved families and maintains research teams in both Seattle and Shanghai focused on large language models, AI agents, and automated machine learning.

Summary

It lists 201–500 employees. It has raised $174.5M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series C round in Jul 2021. Investors include Susquehanna Ventures, SIG China and Qingsong Fund.

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Funding History

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Series CSeries CJul 2021
$20.0M

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Funding: Seed through Series C. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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