This Week in Edtech, 3/8/23: Chat GPT APIs, Acquisitions & Tiktok

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1. ChatGPT, Pt. 1: APIs

• OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers | TechCrunch
• Introducing Q-Chat, the world’s first AI tutor built with OpenAI’s ChatGPT | Quizlet

ChatGT, Pt 2: Ramifications of ChatGPT

• The evolution of ChatGPT will fuel the future of higher education, says Udacity's Sebastian Thrun
• Will ChatGPT Make Students Turn Away From Homework-Help Services? | EdSurge News

2. Federal Guidelines on TPS Delayed

• Department of Education Delays Guidance on TPS Expansion

3. Interesting Acquisitions

• IXL Learning Acquires Teachers Pay Teachers, the World's Largest Platform for Educator-Created Content
• Paper™ acquires MajorClarity to Create a Comprehensive Career & College Readiness Platform
• Education services company Perdoceo acquires coding bootcamp school Coding Dojo for $52.8M

4. TikTok Launches New Edtech Platform GeniusJoy for Math

• TikTok's parent ByteDance is building a new 'AI-based' edtech platform called GeniusJoy and is hiring in Los Angeles and Singapore
• From TikTok to Trigonometry: Could ByteDance Corner the Market on Edtech?

Funding Rounds

• New Markets Venture Partners Raises Over $160 Million 
• Chinese platform Nowcoder raises $50m
• StudentFinance secures $41m for ISAs in Europe