From Course Hero to QuillBot: Andrew Grauer on Building the Alphabet of EdTech

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Andrew Grauer is the co-founder and CEO of Learneo Inc., a leading productivity and learning platform that includes QuillBot, Course Hero, CliffsNotes, LitCharts, Scribbr, LanguageTool, and Symbolab. He also serves as CEO of QuillBot, an AI-powered writing and communications tool. Andrew launched Course Hero in 2006 while at Cornell University and has since grown Learneo into a global platform recognized as one of Inc.’s Best Led Companies.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

The journey from Course Hero to Learnio’s EdTech portfolio
How QuillBot is reshaping AI-powered writing
The ongoing tension between learning, doing, and integrity
Why “translation” is central to AI across text and media
Andrew’s vision for the future of multimodal EdTech

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:02:27] Andrew Grauer shares the origins of Course Hero
[00:07:47] Building Learnio’s family of EdTech brands
[00:08:24] Why QuillBot stood out and was acquired in 2021
[00:14:18] Bridging learning and doing through AI-powered writing
[00:20:31] Lessons from two decades of integrity and plagiarism debates
[00:26:18] The multimodal future of QuillBot beyond text
[00:30:39] Translation as the core of AI’s power
[00:37:43] How AI can help learners move seamlessly from learning to doing

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Chapters

1. From Course Hero to QuillBot: Andrew Grauer on Building the Alphabet of EdTech (00:00:00)

2. Andrew Grauer shares the origins of Course Hero (00:03:00)

3. Building Learnio’s family of EdTech brands (00:08:20)

4. Why QuillBot stood out and was acquired in 2021 (00:08:57)

5. Bridging learning and doing through AI-powered writing (00:15:33)

6. Lessons from two decades of integrity and plagiarism debates (00:21:46)

7. The multimodal future of QuillBot beyond text (00:27:33)

8. Translation as the core of AI’s power (00:31:54)

9. How AI can help learners move seamlessly from learning to doing (00:38:58)

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