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PLOS's competitors and similar companies include Pluralsight, MasterClass and TED-Ed.
 PLOS PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit open access science, technology, and medicine publisher. |  MasterClass MasterClass (also known as Yanka Industries) is a company that provides an online education platform designed to offer video-based online vocational courses. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 2003 | Founding Date 2004 | Founding Date 2015 | Founding Date 2012 |
Type | Type Private | Type Private | Type Private | Type Subsidiary |
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Locations | Locations San Francisco, US HQ Cambridgeshire, GB | Locations Westlake, US HQ Dublin, IE Austin, US Draper, US | Locations San Francisco, US HQ Los Angeles, US San Francisco, US | Locations New York, US HQ North Vancouver, CA |
Employees | Employees 1,6751% increase | Employees 1,8969% decrease | Employees 7641% increase | Employees 2834% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1 b | Valuation ($) 2.8 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
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Countries | Countries 180 (Aug, 2020) | Countries 180 (Feb, 2024) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A |
Funding | ||||
Latest funding round | Latest funding round N/A | Latest funding round $ 30m (over 9 years ago) | Latest funding round $ 225m (about 5 years ago) | Latest funding round N/A |
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 3.7b | Total funding raised $ 461.4m | Total funding raised N/A |
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Pluralsight
HQ
Westlake, US
Employees
1,896↓ 9% decrease
Pluralsight is a company that provides tech workforce development solutions.
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HQ
San Francisco, US
Employees
764↑ 1% increase
MasterClass (also known as Yanka Industries) is a company that provides an online education platform designed to offer video-based online vocational courses.
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TED-Ed
HQ
New York, US
TED-Ed, TED's education initiative, is an online library of short videos.
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