RuanYun

Name

RuanYun

Legal name

Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc.

Website

https://ruanyun.net

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RuanYun is a NASDAQ-listed AI education technology company (RYET) that provides K-12 schools, education bureaus, and increasingly international institutions with AI-powered homework, exam, enrollment, evaluation, and campus infrastructure platforms, alongside its Cogni AI document intelligence and HanLink Chinese learning products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology (K-12 AI Assessment and Smart Learning)

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Tutoring Systems (Conversational Tutors, Homework Helpers) (EDAFAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education & Learning Personalization (HDAAAGAL), Learning Data Infrastructure & Interoperability (LRS, xAPI/LTI/OneRoster, Data Pipelines) (EDAFAFAJ)

Keywords

• Education technology
• AI assessment platform
• K-12 smart learning
• Adaptive learning
• Intelligent document processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nanchang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Smart Campus Services: Campus infrastructure management services including food-service management, dormitory utilities, merchant settlement, and student-life workflows. Generated approximately US$9.49 million in cumulative operating revenue from September 2025 launch through May 31, 2026. Revenue derived from service fees across campus operations.
2. SmartHomework and SmartExam Platforms: Core K-12 education technology platforms providing AI-powered homework processing, exam management, and assessment services to schools and education bureaus. Revenue from government procurement and direct school contracts in China.
3. Cogni AI - Private AI Document Intelligence: Private-deployment AI document intelligence platform for archives, institutional records, and enterprise data. Total contracted commercial activity of approximately US$1.73 million across archive digitization, AI archive automation, software licensing, annual lease and deployment arrangements. Revenue mix includes software licensing, annual lease contracts, and deployment-related services.
4. International Education and Student Support Services: Student recruitment and support services through Formind Global Holdings Sdn. Bhd. for City University Malaysia. Company earns fixed per-student commissions for successfully recruited and enrolled students across education programs from foundation through doctorate level.
5. HanLink - AI Chinese Learning Platform: AI-powered Chinese learning platform deployed internationally in Saudi Arabia. Revenue model includes platform licensing and subscription services.
6. Government and Institutional Contracts: Direct contracts with education bureaus, schools, and government entities for smart education solutions. Includes Smart Enrollment, Smart Evaluation, and digitalization services. Company completed a Smart Reading-related contract valued at approximately US$1.20 million in June 2026.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RuanYun is a data-driven AI education technology company that builds and sells AI-powered K-12 assessment, smart campus, and digitalization platforms to schools, education bureaus, and tutoring institutions in China, alongside growing international offerings in AI Chinese-language learning and enterprise document intelligence. Its flagship offerings include SmartHomework, SmartExam, SmartEnrollment, SmartEvaluation, SmartCampus, and Digitalization Services, powered by an exclusive five-layer knowledge graph, a 30+ million structured question bank, and proprietary algorithms for personalized learning and OCR-based paper processing.

Product overview

RuanYun (软云科技/Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc., NASDAQ: RYET) is a data-driven AI company specialized in K-12 education in China, operating a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its 'Education Chip' (教育之芯) core technology. The product portfolio comprises: (1) SmartHomework, SmartExam, SmartEnrollment, Smart Evaluation, and Smart Campus as the core K-12 assessment and management platform suite; (2) Cogni AI as a multimodal AI agent for document intelligence and private AI archive platform; (3) HanLink as the AI-powered Chinese learning platform deployed internationally; (4) YeeZo as an AI content workflow orchestration platform; (5) Digitalization Services (AI Archive) for institutional document transformation; and (6) an open Question Bank & Assessment API platform enabling partners to integrate RuanYun's 8M+ question bank, adaptive assessment, and TifenCe reporting capabilities into their own systems. The company also provides paper-based exercise processing technology using OCR and the TifenCe adaptive learning report system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HanLink: First AI-powered Chinese learning platform launched in Saudi Arabia; AI-assisted Chinese language and culture learning platform
• Cogni AI
• YeeZo
• SmartHomework®
• SmartExam®
• Smart Campus
• 提分策 (TiFenCe)
• 闪测评 (ShanCePing)
• 教研测 (JiaoYanCe)

Products and services

• SmartHomework (智慧作业) AI-powered intelligent homework management platform that automatically scans, recognizes, and grades paper-based homework using OCR technology, generating personalized error-practice question sets and detailed learning reports for K-12 students and teachers without changing existing homework habits.
• SmartExam (智慧考试) Intelligent exam management platform integrating AI, big data, and cloud computing to establish a new exam model that enhances efficiency, ensures fairness, and supports personalized learning evaluation for schools and education bureaus, reducing exam staff involvement by 90%.
• SmartEnrollment (智慧招录 / AI-Powered Educational Governance) AI-powered educational governance and enrollment management platform that streamlines school admission processes into efficient digital workflows for education bureaus and schools.
• Smart Evaluation (智慧评价) AI-driven student evaluation system that generates comprehensive learning profiles by analyzing student academic data, enabling precise academic portraits to support personalized teaching and learning decisions for schools.
• Smart Campus (智慧校园) Comprehensive campus management platform that expanded into campus infrastructure services including food-service management, dormitory utilities, merchant settlement, and student-life workflows for K-12 schools and universities.
• Digitalization Services (数字化服务 / AI Archive) AI-powered document and archive digitization platform enabling organizations to transform paper records, institutional archives, and legacy documents into structured, searchable, and workflow-ready digital data assets.
• Chinese Learning App / HanLink (中文学习APP) AI-powered mobile application for Chinese language and culture learning, deployed internationally as HanLink platform — the first AI-powered Chinese learning platform commercially launched in Saudi Arabia, with pilots supporting K-12 and university international students.
• Cogni AI (Multimodal AI Agent) Multimodal AI agent offering visual understanding and semantic recognition capabilities for processing document images, extracting key information, and performing structured processing and quality assessment; expanded into a private-deployment AI platform for archives, institutional records, enterprise data, and knowledge transformation with four core modules: Intelligent Archive Factory, Archive Intelligent Q&A, Archive-Assisted Generation, and Archive Knowledge Mining.
• YeeZo AI Content Workflow Platform AI workflow and orchestration platform being developed to help content creators convert scripts, instructional materials, and content outlines into structured storyboards, scene plans, and production-ready prompts across multiple generative AI models, initially targeting the Chinese short-drama and micro-drama market.
• TifenCe (提分策) Adaptive Exam Report AI-powered adaptive exam assessment and score-improvement strategy platform combining time-weighted IRT, Deep Knowledge Tracing RNN, and game theory to diagnose knowledge point mastery, predict future scores, recommend optimal learning paths, and generate personalized practice question sets for K-12 students; has produced over 6.5 million reports across 30+ provinces.
• RuanYun Question Bank & Assessment Open Platform API Open API platform providing 9 modules for question selection, private question import, student homework/exam submission, exam result analysis with TifenCe report generation, adaptive practice, knowledge assessment, error notebook access, and growth trajectory tracking, enabling partners to integrate RuanYun's 8 million+ K-12 question bank and assessment capabilities into their own systems.
• Formind Global International Education and Student Support Services Student recruitment and support services delivered through Malaysia-based subsidiary Formind Global Holdings Sdn. Bhd., covering education programs from foundation through doctorate level with fixed per-student commissions for successfully recruited and enrolled students.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces teacher exam management involvement by 90%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability9 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• City Education Sdn. Bhd. (Operating Entity of City University Malaysia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Through Malaysia-based subsidiary Formind Global Holdings Sdn. Bhd., Ruanyun entered a student recruitment and support services agreement with City Education Sdn. Bhd. Covers education programs from foundation through doctorate level, with Formind Global earning fixed per-student commissions for successfully recruited and enrolled students. First operating agreement for Formind Global.
• Center on Chinese Education at Teachers College, Columbia UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Ruanyun launched a pilot project with the Center on Chinese Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, under a signed award letter providing a grant for an AI-assisted Chinese language and culture learning program using its HanLink platform. Builds on existing progress in Saudi Arabia.
• City University MalaysiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Ruanyun signed an MOU with City University Malaysia to explore collaborative opportunities in cross-border education and talent development. Framework includes joint degree pathways, language training, test center operations, corporate training, and integrated industry-education talent cultivation. Supports company's target of 60% international revenue by 2027.
• Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University (Saudi Arabia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2025Strategic cooperation agreement signed with Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia for the HanLink Chinese learning platform. This partnership marked a milestone for Ruanyun's innovative Chinese learning platform launch in Saudi Arabia.
• Formind Global Holdings Sdn. Bhd.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2025Malaysia-based subsidiary established to serve as part of planned global headquarters and operating platform for international education initiatives. The company has set a strategic target of approximately 60% revenue from global markets by end of 2027.
• Education & Skills International School (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025HankLink pilot conducted at Education & Skills International School in Riyadh with 500 students, representing early deployment of AI-powered Chinese language learning in Saudi Arabia.
• 腾讯教育 (Tencent Education)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2021Comprehensive strategic cooperation on automatic homework marking scenario through Tencent Education's 'GuangHe' ecosystem plan. Ruanyun's technology integrated into Tencent's education platform for smart homework processing.
• 北京四中网校 (Beijing No.4 High School Online)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2018Strategic cooperation integrating Beijing No.4 High School Online's micro-video and study guide resources into Ruanyun's TiFenCe report, creating a personalized tutoring product that helps students identify and fill knowledge gaps.
• 中关村教育协会 (Zhongguancun Education Association)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2018Co-organized the 'Return is the Future' education summit in Beijing with Zhongguancun Education Association, releasing the '教研测' teaching and research management product.
• 天喻教育 (Tianyu Education)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2017Strategic cooperation where Tianyu Education uses Ruanyun's question bank and assessment APIs to build the HuiXue system, deployed in dozens of schools in Hubei Province including top schools like 华师一附中.

Scale indicators23 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Zuoyebang (作业帮): China's leading K-12 homework help platform with live tutoring and AI-powered question search, serving millions of students. Direct competitor to RuanYun's SmartHomework and TiFenCe products in the China K-12 market.
• Squirrel AI (松鼠AI): China-based AI adaptive learning platform for K-12 students using proprietary algorithms to personalize study paths. Most direct comparable to RuanYun's TifenCe/SmartHomework stack, though operating more on consumer/B2C model.
• 17Zuoye (一起作业 / Zuoyebang): Major Chinese K-12 homework and learning platform with AI-powered homework correction and adaptive practice, serving schools and parents. Direct competitor to RuanYun's SmartHomework, with comparable B2B2C distribution into schools.

Broad incumbents

• ABBYY: Established intelligent document processing (IDP) and OCR vendor serving enterprise customers globally. Comparable to RuanYun's Cogni AI on document intelligence, with broader enterprise footprint and longer commercial track record.
• TAL Education Group (好未来): NYSE-listed Chinese K-12 education company that pivoted to AI-driven learning products post-Double Reduction. Larger and broader than RuanYun but overlapping on K-12 adaptive learning and AI assessment.
• iFlytek (科大讯飞): China's leading AI company with substantial education technology business including intelligent tutoring, language learning, and assessment products. Significantly larger and broader, but overlaps directly with RuanYun on AI-powered K-12 educational applications.
• NetEase Youdao (网易有道): NYSE-listed Chinese EdTech offering AI-driven learning tools, dictionaries, and K-12 products including homework assistance and language learning. Comparable to RuanYun's overall EdTech + language learning stack with broader product portfolio and public-company scale.
• Yuanfudao (猿辅导): Large Chinese K-12 online tutoring and homework help platform that pivoted post-Double Reduction toward AI-powered learning products. Comparable to RuanYun in China K-12 homework/tutoring domain, with much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Duolingo: NASDAQ-listed AI-driven language learning platform with massive consumer user base. Comparable to RuanYun's HanLink platform on AI-personalized language learning, though Duolingo is consumer-facing and multi-language vs. HanLink's B2B Chinese-language focus.
• LingoAce: Singapore-headquartered platform specializing in Chinese-language learning for K-12 students globally, with strong presence in Southeast Asia and the US. Most directly comparable to HanLink on international Chinese-language AI learning for K-12.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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