TakeLessons

TakeLessons was an online and in-person lessons marketplace founded in 2007 by Steven Cox and headquartered in San Diego, California. It connected students with independent instructors for music, languages, academic subjects, cooking, and professional training, handling scheduling, payments, and instructor discovery. Microsoft acquired TakeLessons in September 2021 to expand its edtech offerings, then wound the service down: the last day to book lessons was August 15, 2024 and the consumer site closed on November 15, 2024. The company is now defunct and publishes no live website, developer portal, or API surface; this record is retained as a portfolio-lineage stub for the API Evangelist network.

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

📡 Source on GitHub

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Company Education EdTech Tutoring Online LearningMusic LessonsMarketplace Defunct

Source (apis.yml)

aid: takelessons
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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/takelessons.png
name: TakeLessons
description: 'TakeLessons was an online and in-person lessons marketplace founded in 2007 by Steven Cox and headquartered
  in San Diego, California. It connected students with independent instructors for music, languages, academic subjects, cooking,
  and professional training, handling scheduling, payments, and instructor discovery. Microsoft acquired TakeLessons in September
  2021 to expand its edtech offerings, then wound the service down: the last day to book lessons was August 15, 2024 and the
  consumer site closed on November 15, 2024. The company is now defunct and publishes no live website, developer portal, or
  API surface; this record is retained as a portfolio-lineage stub for the API Evangelist network.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/takelessons/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- uncork-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-detail: Acquired by Microsoft (2021); consumer service shut down 2024-11-15. Domain takelessons.com retains Azure
  DNS nameservers but resolves no live A record; no API, developer portal, or well-known surface exists.
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- EdTech
- Tutoring
- Online Learning
- Music Lessons
- Marketplace
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1

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