Epic has 50 million kids using its platform to learn how to read.
Epic has 50 million kids using its platform to learn how to read.
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Byju’s acquires kids online reading platform Epic for $500M

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Byju’s is storming into the U.S. kids education market with the $500 million acquisition of Epic, a digital reading platform for children. Their common mission is to make education more personal, interactive, and fun for children.

The deal comes right after Bangalore, India-based Byju’s announced its major product launch for the U.S. last week with the introduction of Learning App featuring Disney as a digital learning app for kids. The effort is part of a plan to invest more than $1 billion in the U.S. educational market, said Byju Raveendran, the cofounder and CEO of Byju’s, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.