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Type of site | Programming Education |
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| Founded | September 2009 |
| Headquarters | Bangalore , India |
| Industry | Software |
| URL | www |
CodeChef is an online educational and Programming Education platform. It began as an educational initiative in 2009 by Directi, an Indian software company. In 2020, it was purchased by Unacademy.
After failing to reach profitability, Unacademy announced it would retain a 30% stake in CodeChef while returning the remaining equity to the company's founding team to support further growth.[1]
In addition to monthly coding contests, CodeChef has initiatives for schools, colleges and women in competitive programming.[2] It has hosted the India regionals of the ICPC for college students, as well as for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) for school students in India.
Most parts of CodeChef are available without charge, but the more advanced features require a monthly subscription.[3] CodeChef competes with similar Ed-Tech companies such as LeetCode, HackerRank, SPOJ, PrepInsta Prime, Topcoder, and GeeksforGeeks.
- ^ Shah, Sneha (2023-03-31). "After hiving off CodeChef, Unacademy cuts 12% staff". mint. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Saraswathy, M. (2013-07-30). "Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school kids". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "CodeAcademy review". PC magazine. August 5, 2021. Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.