Pandai

YC S21 · 500 Global 2021 · Active · Learning app for school students in Southeast Asia

Competitors

Companies closest to Pandai
Company	Category	Status	Program
AOneShared: southeast asia, educationNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2023
FinantierShared: southeast asiaInactiveOther	Other	Inactive	YCW21
ErudiFiShared: southeast asia, education, studentActiveOther	Other	Active	YC +1W18
PantheonShared: school student, education, competitiveInactiveOther	Other	Inactive	YCW20
ShipperShared: southeast asiaActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW19

Adjacent

Companies next to Pandai
Company	Category	Status	Program
GotradeShared: southeast asiaActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS19
AtlasShared: southeast asia, systemActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS21
CodeNowShared: school student, education, learningActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW14
Circle AsiaShared: southeast asiaNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2025
My College OptionsShared: school student, educationNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2015

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LitnerdReading + Writing Club App for KidsActiveAI	AI	Active
Safer ManagementStudent Attendance tracking for Public SchoolsActiveAI	AI	Active
Spark StudioThe most magical personal Voice-Led AI English Learning Buddy for KidsActiveAI	AI	Active

Programs

Programs Pandai went through
Program	Cohort	Source
Y Combinator	S21 · Summer 2021	YC Page
500 Global	2021	500 Global Page

About Pandai

💡 What is Pandai? Pandai is an app that helps students get better grades in school. Pandai provides gamified quizzes aligned to a specific school curriculum, from which students can learn, practice, get feedback, and diagnose their weaknesses. 🔥 Why do we build this? In Southeast Asia, the education system is competitive and exam-oriented. There is a huge demand for interventions (tutors, workbooks, and extra classes) to help students perform better in school. Pandai fills the demand with a solution that is better than the alternatives. 👨‍🏫 Who We Are The three founders are based in Malaysia and have known each other since high school, 23 years ago. After we graduated (from MIT & other US colleges), we started our first education company in 2007, focusing on coaching school students in STEM subjects. We worked closely with students (many of them from underprivileged backgrounds) and saw firsthand the impact we’ve had on them. We then realized that with technology, we could reach more students and bring more impact. Hence, we released Pandai in 2020. 🚀 Present & Future Currently, we have launched in our home ground Malaysia in 2020. So far, 280,000 students have completed 83 million questions on Pandai, and 92% of users have seen some improvement in their academic performance. We plan to expand to Southeast Asia and other emerging markets, a market of 100M+ school students. Pandai is designed to be scalable, and our content (also available in English) can be mapped to other curricula from other countries.

YC batch: S21 · Summer 2021
Status, per YC: Active
Category: Other
Team size: 32
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Checked: 34m ago

YC tags: Education, SaaS, Subscriptions

Pandai in S21: 391 companies, 34% AI

Pandai: questions

Which YC batch was Pandai in?

Pandai was in Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch (S21).

Which accelerators did Pandai go through?

Pandai is listed by Y Combinator (S21), 500 Global (Global 2021).

Is Pandai still active?

Y Combinator lists Pandai as active.

Where is Pandai based?

Pandai lists Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as its location on YC's directory.

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