Acquisition
Oct 2022Preply acquired LessonLeap, a group-learning platform for children; deal terms were undisclosed.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
Preply is a global human-led, AI-enabled language-learning marketplace and B2B language-training platform. It connects learners and businesses with independent tutors for personalized live lessons, while providing scheduling, video-classroom, learning, and AI tutoring tools. The platform has 100,000+ tutors teaching 90+ languages in 180 countries.
Primary product
Online one-to-one language tutoring marketplace with live video lessons, tutor discovery/matching, scheduling, learning tools, and an AI-powered tutoring co-pilot; also Preply Business for enterprise language training.
Founded
2012
Headquarters
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States (with Barcelona described by the careers site as the headquarters and largest employee hub; public sources are inconsistent).
Team size
700+ employees (official company/careers pages, 2026); third-party profiles report materially higher figures that appear unreliable or may mix tutors and employees.
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Education technology / Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Online language learning, tutoring marketplace, educational and training services (B2C and B2B)
Offices
Brookline/Boston, Massachusetts, United States
New York, United States
Barcelona, Spain
London, United Kingdom
Kyiv, Ukraine
Business model
Two-sided marketplace connecting learners and tutors
Commission/platform economics on tutor lessons
Funding
Stage
Late-stage venture-backed / unicorn; Series D
Total raised
$299M
Latest round
Series D · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$150M
Jan 2026 · WestCap
Jul 2023
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CTO
Chief Financial Officer
Aurélien Pallain
Chief Operating Officer
Work & culture
Preply describes its culture through Ambition, Boldness, and Collaboration, with an emphasis on learning, experimentation, operational impact, and human connection. Its 2026 careers page reports that 92% of employees are proud to work there and 89% would recommend it.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
The company advertises competitive salaries, stock options, flexible compensation, health insurance, and wellness benefits. Publicly available evidence does not establish a reliable company-wide salary range; tutor earnings are independently set and vary by subject and experience.
Benefits
Hybrid working model
Stock options
Monthly Preply platform allowance
Health insurance
Wellness benefits
Flexible compensation program
Learning and development days
Enterprise OpenAI licenses
After-work gatherings and off-sites
Product & market
Pricing
Tutor-set pricing with paid trial/lesson booking and recurring or fixed-hour lesson plans; enterprise pricing is sales-led. Prices vary by tutor, language, subject, and package.
Differentiators
- —Large global marketplace of 100,000+ tutors
- —Live one-to-one human instruction rather than an app-only self-study model
- —90+ languages and 180-country reach
- —AI is positioned to augment tutors and personalize learning, not replace human instruction
- —Flexible tutor discovery, scheduling, and lesson formats
- —Consumer marketplace plus enterprise Preply Business offering
Technology
AI and machine learning
AI tutoring/co-pilot tools
AWS
Kubernetes
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$400M–$500M annually (third-party estimate; not company-reported). Older evidence reported approximately $50M revenue in 2021.
Estimated monthly visits
23.3M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
Preply · Jan 2026
Preply announced a $150M Series D led by WestCap at a $1.2B valuation, bringing reported total funding to approximately $299M and supporting AI, product, engineering, and global expansion.
Bloomberg · Jan 2026
Coverage of Preply’s $150M WestCap-led round and near-tripling of valuation to $1.2B.
Tech.eu · Jan 2026
Reports the Series D, EBITDA-positive status, AI strategy, and continued expansion of the Barcelona-centered global operation.
Sifted · Jan 2026
Independent coverage describes the $1.2B valuation, WestCap-led financing, offices in New York, Kyiv, Barcelona, and London, and Preply’s human-tutor differentiation.
Open Positions
119 jobs at Preply
Senior Product Manager - AI Learning (Lesson Insights)
Remote
Product Management
Barcelona
1d ago
Remote
Full-time