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Mimir

A platform for STEM courses featuring automated grading, plagiarism…

Y CombinatorSummer 2015AcquiredEducationEducation

What they do

Problem

Computer science instructors need scalable ways to teach, grade, and uphold academic integrity in programming courses.

Solution

Mimir provides an online classroom platform for STEM/computer science courses with automated grading and plagiarism detection tools.

Who it's for

Computer science instructors and students at universities using the Mimir Classroom platform.

Founders

Prahasith Veluvolu
Founder/CEO

Founder at Mimir which was acquired by HackerRank

Colton Voege
Founder/CTO

In 2014 I co-founded Mimir out of a Dorm Room with Jacobi Petruccani and Prahasith Veluvolu. We built a product to help instructors teach computer science, were accepted to YCombinator, raised funds, and hired a stellar team. In 2019, Mimir was acquired by HackerRank, and I was brought on as an Engineering Manager to lead my team through new initiatives. I pride myself on hiring great people, a building a robust process for training new hires, and creating and maintaining a healthy code base.

Jacobi Petrucciani
Founder/CIO

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