2U Buys edX for $800M, In Surprise End to Nonprofit MOOC Provider Started by MIT and Harvard
Edsurge
JUNE 29, 2021
Anant Agarwal, founder and CEO of edX, said at a webinar for the media on Tuesday that he initially “had some misgivings” when 2U approached him about a possible acquisition. As an investment, the $30 million each that Harvard and MIT contributed in 2012 did pay off. We have to do right by the stakeholders every single day,” he added.
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