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| Industry | E-learning |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Key people | Babur Habib, Osman Rashid |
| Services | Kno Learning Platform |
| Website | kno |
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Kno, Inc. is a software company in Silicon Valley that sells into the education market. The company is working with major academic publishers including McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Pearson, and Cengage Learning to make their textbooks available to Kno users.
History
Kno was founded in May 2009 by Babur Habib and Osman Rashid. Kno's largest investor is venture capitalist and Netscape creator Marc Andreessen. The Company first announced a line of tablet computers at the D: All Things Digital conference in June 2010. In April 2011, the Company announced that it had licensed its hardware design to Intel and would focus on developing software "to make learning engaging, effective, and social for students."
Products and Services
Digital Textbook Catalog
Kno has reported that McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Pearson, and Cengage Learning will be making their textbooks available for the Company's beta program.
References
- "Intel Capital, Condé Nast Owner Invest $30 Million in Kno; Intel Licenses Student Tablet Hardware Design". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- Ganapati, Priya (2010-09-27). "Kno Creates 14-inch Tablet for Students". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- "Kno: Andreessen Horowitz, others invest $46M in digital textbook startup". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- "Kno Wants a Slice of Apple". Time Magazine. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- Helft, Miguel (2010-06-10). "A Tablet to Let Students Replace Notebooks and Textbooks". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- "Intel Capital, Advance Publications, Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE and SV Angels Invest $30 Million In Kno". Press release. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- "Kno tablet touted as next-gen textbook". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
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