aid: altschool
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/altschool.png
name: AltSchool
description: >-
  AltSchool was an American education-technology company founded in 2013 by former Google
  executive Max Ventilla to build a network of small private "lab" schools around a personalized,
  student-directed learning model, using those campuses to develop a K-12 software platform for
  assignments and progress tracking. It raised more than $170 million from investors including
  Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Mark Zuckerberg's CZI, and Peter Thiel. In 2017-2019
  the company closed or handed off its for-profit schools (to Higher Ground Education) and pivoted
  to selling the software as "Altitude Learning," with Ventilla stepping down as CEO. The venture is
  now defunct as an independent operation: the altschool.com domain no longer resolves and
  altitudelearning.com redirects to Guidepost Montessori. No public developer, API, or documentation
  surface was found; this record is retained as a historical VC-portfolio company profile.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/altschool/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-founded: '2013'
x-founder: Max Ventilla
x-successor: Altitude Learning
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- EdTech
- Personalized Learning
- K-12
- Learning Management
- Venture Backed
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence