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Udacity company history timeline

2011

Udacity is the outgrowth of free computer science classes offered in 2011 through Stanford University.

2012

In October 2012, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the investment of another $15 million in Udacity.

Udacity was announced at the 2012 Digital Life Design conference.

2014

In 2014, the Georgia Institute of Technology launched the first "massive online open degree" in computer science by partnering with Udacity and AT&T; a complete master's degree through that program costs students $7,000.

2017

In October 2017, Udacity along with Unity, launched ‘Learn ARKit’ program which could help developers improve their AR application building skills.

2018

While not yet profitable as of February 2018, Udacity is valued at over $1 billion having raised $163 million from noted investors included Andreessen Horowitz, Drive Capital, and Alphabet's venture capital arm, GV.

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2011
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Mountain View, CA
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Sebastian Thrun,James Richards,York Poon,David Stavens,Mike Sokolsky
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