2022年9月19日

這家總部位於維也納的初創公司得到了軟銀、Coatue和騰訊等投資巨頭的支持。它加入了其他32家在全球經濟衰退中裁員的教育科技公司的行列。教育科技獨角獸公司GoStudent的首席執行官表示，該公司將裁員十分之一。該公司得到了一些全球最大的科技投資者的支持。這家總部位於維也納的輔導平台今年1月籌集了3.4億美元，聯合創始人菲利克斯•奧赫斯瓦爾德在接受德語網站Trending Topics采訪時表示，該公司計劃在整個業務領域裁減200個職位，並關閉美國業務。該公司大幅削減了增長計劃，現在的目標是在2023年實現盈利。日本軟銀、中國科技投資者騰訊和紐約對衝基金Coatue都對估值30億歐元(約30億美元)的GoStudent投了資。這個一對一的輔導平台利用人工智能和情緒跟蹤軟件，在一個人學習時繪製注意力水平，然後將其輸入未來的課程中。該公司的一位發言人表示，自今年1月籌集資金以來，經濟形勢發生了很大變化，因此該公司改變了2023年的戰略。這位發言人說:“為了確保我們在這個不可預測的時期保持充足的資金，我們對我們的業務計劃做了一些調整。”“因此，我們做出了裁員的艱難決定，非常遺憾的是，這意味著解雇了不到10%的員工。” In March, GoStudent opened an office in Austin, Texas , and planned to grow its US workforce to 130 people across the areas of tutoring, customer support, and sales. GoStudent has now stepped back from the US and will manage its American customers from Canada. The US market caught GoStudent's eye due its top universities and size, assuming tutor supply will come from students taking on jobs while still studying and demand will come from families in rural areas where physical tutors are limited. Students in the US sit SAT exams, an educational model that required "more investment and experimentation" to adequately target the US market, Ohswald said in an interview with Trending Topics. He said this was not the right move for the company's business model and that it would instead pivot to "focus on profitability in the core markets." It joins some 32 other edtech companies, such as Skillshare and On Deck, that have made layoffs this year, according to the Layoffs.fyi tracker. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notifications