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2u Inc

An educational technology company that partners with universities to build, run, and market online degree programs, boot camps, and professional certificates. It also owns the edX online learning platform, which it acquired in 2021, giving it a marketplace spanning free courses to full degrees. Founded in 2008 as "2tor" by John Katzman, Chip Paucek, and Jeremy Johnson, the name came from Katzman's dog Tor and was pronounced "Tutor" — the company changed its name to 2U in 2012.