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EdTech News 11 July 2025 - 7 November 2025

Duolingo Stock Surges on AI Buzz – Latest Price, Bold Forecasts & Big Risks in 2025

Duolingo Stock Plunges as Q4 Bookings Guidance Disappoints Despite 41% Revenue Leap and 50.5M DAUs (Nov. 7, 2025)

Published: November 7, 2025 Summary: Duolingo beat Q3 expectations and raised its full‑year revenue outlook, but a softer‑than‑hoped Q4 bookings forecast spooked investors. Shares fell over 20% after hours on Nov. 5 and were down roughly 25% in Thursday trading, with fresh analyst caution today. Reuters+2MarketBeat+2 Key numbers: Q3 2025 at a glance What rattled the stock: Q4 bookings guidance vs. expectations Management guided Q4 bookings to $329.5–$335.5 million, below the Visible Alpha consensus of $343.6 million, even as Q3 outperformed on the top line. The gap prompted a ~20% after‑hours drop on Nov. 5. CEO Luis von Ahn said
Duolingo (DUOL) Plunges After Soft Q4 Bookings Outlook Despite Q3 Beat; Daily Users Top 50 Million — What to Know Today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Duolingo (DUOL) Plunges After Soft Q4 Bookings Outlook Despite Q3 Beat; Daily Users Top 50 Million — What to Know Today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Duolingo shares sank ~20% in after-hours trading Wednesday and extended losses into Thursday’s premarket, where they were seen down roughly 22%–26% as traders digested the softer Q4 bookings outlook despite strong Q3 results. Premarket indications on MarketWatch showed DUOL near $202 shortly before the bell, and other trackers cited lows around $194. Reuters+2MarketWatch+2 The numbers driving today’s move Why it matters: Bookings are a forward‑looking demand signal for subscription businesses. The gap versus Street expectations overshadowed otherwise strong top‑line growth and expanding profitability, prompting a sharp reset in near‑term expectations. Strategy & product color Management highlighted continued conversion from free
JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

JDZG Stock Rockets 6% – Is JIADE Ltd the Next EdTech Play?

Market Performance JDZG has been volatile and mostly sliding over 2025. After peaking in mid-2024, it traded around $6–7 early 2025, then plunged to under $2. In recent days it rebounded: closing $1.77 on Oct 10 and jumping to $1.88 on Oct 13 (Monday) markets.financialcontent.com. Over the past week the stock ranged roughly $1.76–1.88 markets.financialcontent.com. This small-cap stock trades on very light volume and has no dividend or analyst coverage. Price metrics are mixed: trailing P/E (ex-extra items) is extremely low (~4.3x) and P/Sales about 2.9x reuters.com, reflecting the depressed share price. Its market cap is only a few million
14 October 2025
AI Teachers Take the Podium: How Digital Professors and Virtual Tutors Are Revolutionizing Education

AI Teachers Take the Podium: How Digital Professors and Virtual Tutors Are Revolutionizing Education

Jill Watson, a virtual teaching assistant built on IBM Watson, debuted at Georgia Tech in 2016 to answer routine online course questions. Khanmigo, launched in 2023 by Khan Academy and built on GPT-4, is an AI tutor and teacher’s assistant now available by subscription in 2025 and tested in classrooms such as Oklahoma. Squirrel AI, founded in 2014 in China, uses a Large Adaptive Model and by 2025 runs over 3,000 learning centers, has data from more than 24 million students and 10 billion learning behaviors, and claims 50% faster mastery. In spring 2024 HKUST introduced 10 AI-generated lecturers to
EdTech Sector Developments – June & July 2025

EdTech Sector Developments – June & July 2025

At ISTE Live 2025 (June 27–30, San Antonio), Google announced Gemini for Education, rolling its generative AI models into Google Classroom and Workspace at no added cost and enabling auto-generated vocabulary lists, quizzes, adaptive lesson plans, and AI study buddies called Gems, plus Classroom “Class” mode on Chromebook Plus with privacy safeguards. Microsoft announced Copilot for Education at ISTE 2025, introducing Copilot Chat based on GPT-4 for students 13+, an AI lesson-plan generator in private preview, and the integration of Teams Classwork and Assignments data into Copilot for tailored feedback, with broad rollout by the end of summer 2025. ISTE
11 July 2025
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