Scaler
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| Founded 📆 | 2019 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , India |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Anshuman Singh (co-founder) Abhimanyu Saxena (co-founder) Abhinav Vijayvargiya (CFO)[1] |
 ₹317 crore (US$44 million) (FY23) | |
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Scaler (also known as Scaler Academy) is an Indian educational technology company, Founded by IIIT-Hyderabad alumni Anshuman_Singh & Abhimanyu Saxena, evolving from their earlier venture, InterviewBit. It headquartered in Bengaluru, India, focused on skill training and development and practical software engineering and data science skills with mentorship from industry experts. In 2024, the company was included in Time World's Top EdTech Rising Stars, a list of edtech organizations with high revenue growth.[2]
History
Scaler was founded in 2019 by International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad alumni Anshuman Singh and Abhimanyu Saxena.[citation needed]
Singh and Saxena started working together in late 2014 when Saxena, who used to work at Fab.com, partnered with Singh, who had previously worked at Facebook and Directi, to start Interview Bit, a company aimed at preparing students for jobs.[3] In early 2019, Interview Bit was renamed to Scaler Academy, and started operating like a college, offering training, mentorship, and job placement services.[3]
The company offers three upskilling courses: Scaler Academy, which focuses on software development and engineering; Scaler DSML, which covers data science and machine learning; and Scaler DevOPS, which covers DevOps and cloud computing. The company also provides community hubs where students can live and work together during the one-year program.[4] As of 2023, it enrolls 30,000 students each year in its programs.[5] They also offer undergraduate degrees in affiliation with BITS Pilani.[6][7] The residential campus is based in Electronic City and in May 2024, Scaler School of Business launched an 18-month residential postgraduate business program.[8]
In 2024 Scaler laid off 150 employees.[9][10] The following year, they entered into a collaboration with IIT Madras on digital learning tools for students in the Bachelor of Science (BS) programme in Data Science and Applications.[11]
In media
- Scaler was featured in The Indian EdTech Story (Season 1, Episode 8), a 2024 documentary series on Disney+ Hotstar.[12]
See also
- Professional certification (computer technology)
- NIIT
- Aptech
- FutureLearn
- Pluralsight
- EdX
- Coursera
- Udemy
- Udacity
- LinkedIn Learning
References
- ↑ "Edtech firm Scaler ropes in Abhinav Vijayvargiya as its new CFO". ETCFO.com. The Economic Times. Jun 9, 2025.
- ↑ "World's Top EdTech Companies of 2024". TIME. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 2024-10-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chakraborty, Sayan. "These 'Job-centred Universities' Guarantee Placements". Forbes India. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ Makridis, Christos (28 June 2022). "How EdTech Firms Are Bringing Higher Education To The Metaverse". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ Banthia, Jyoti (2023-08-19). "Scaler eyes to turn profitable in FY24". Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ Pandey, Nishtha (2023-03-29). "Bengaluru edtech startup Scaler launches computer science undergraduate course - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ "Scaler launches four-year undergrad course". Hindu Business Line. 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ "Scaler Diversifies Its Educational Offering, Launches Scaler School Of Business". Outlook Business & Money. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ "Edtech start-up Scaler lays off nearly 150 employees". Hindu Business Line. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ Bera, Ayanti (2024-04-11). "Ed-tech startup Scaler lays off 100-150 employees". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ↑ Mansi. "IIT Madras partners with scaler to enhance BS Data science learning through digital tools". bestcolleges.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ "The Indian Edtech Story S1 Episode 8: Acing the game of 'Upskilling', Scaler". Disney+ Hotstar. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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