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Brainly

Crowd plus AI homework help

We publish a full Four-Mismatches fit assessment for the student-facing exam tools first. For this one, the facts below are what we have verified — run the Four Mismatches Test on it yourself for your own students.

Independence: Addestra builds learning products too (MathsTutor, TinkerWell). We never review or score our own, and no tool pays to be listed or to rank higher — how we assess fit.

What it does

What the AI actually does — An 'AI Tutor' uses NLP/ML to parse a question and generate step-by-step answers from the expert-verified knowledge base, with handoff to human tutors.

Why it was built — A peer-to-peer platform where students ask and answer each other's homework questions, crowdsourcing a verified knowledge base.

Who built it

Company
Brainly (launched as Zadane.pl)
Founders
Michał Borkowski · Tomasz Kraus · Łukasz Haluch
HQ / origin
Kraków, Poland (US office New York City)
Founded
2009
Model
B2C
Languages
Multiple (35+ markets)
Pricing
Freemium + ads + B2B data licensing

We record durable facts only — no funding-raised or user-count figures. Unverified fields are marked [TBD] rather than guessed.

Where it sits

Brainly is on the EdTech AI 100 map, in study & homework help, built in Poland.

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