InstaEDU

InstaEDU was an online, on-demand tutoring platform founded in 2011 in San Francisco that connected students with tutors for live one-on-one help across a range of academic subjects. Backed by Battery Ventures and Social Capital, the company was acquired by Chegg in 2014 and folded into the Chegg Tutors service, which Chegg subsequently wound down in 2021. There is no independent InstaEDU developer program, public API, developer portal, or live domain today (instaedu.com no longer resolves) — this profile is retained as a historical portfolio lead in the API Evangelist network.

InstaEDU is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Education, EdTech, Tutoring, and Learning.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyEducationEdTechTutoringLearningAcquiredDefunct

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: instaedu
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/instaedu.png
name: InstaEDU
description: InstaEDU was an online, on-demand tutoring platform founded in 2011 in San Francisco that connected students
  with tutors for live one-on-one help across a range of academic subjects. Backed by Battery Ventures and Social Capital,
  the company was acquired by Chegg in 2014 and folded into the Chegg Tutors service, which Chegg subsequently wound down
  in 2021. There is no independent InstaEDU developer program, public API, developer portal, or live domain today (instaedu.com
  no longer resolves) — this profile is retained as a historical portfolio lead in the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/instaedu/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
- social-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-detail: Acquired by Chegg (2014); folded into Chegg Tutors, shut down 2021; instaedu.com does not resolve.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- EdTech
- Tutoring
- Learning
- Acquired
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.chegg.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence