<s>
Socratic	B-Application
is	O
an	O
education	O
tech	O
company	O
that	O
offers	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
for	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
uses	O
AI	B-Application
technology	I-Application
to	O
help	O
students	O
with	O
their	O
homework	O
by	O
providing	O
educational	O
resources	O
like	O
videos	O
,	O
definitions	O
,	O
Q&A	O
,	O
links	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Socratic	B-Application
was	O
first	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
product	O
in	O
2013	O
by	O
Chris	O
Pedregal	O
and	O
Shreyans	O
Bhansali	O
,	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Socratic	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
was	O
made	O
public	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Founder	O
and	O
CTO	O
(	O
now	O
engineering	O
manager	O
)	O
Shreyans	O
Bhansali	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
joined	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
wake	O
of	O
news	O
was	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
redesigned	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Socratic	B-Application
became	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
user	O
contributions	O
;	O
past	O
contributions	O
were	O
kept	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
possible	O
to	O
ask	O
,	O
answer	O
,	O
or	O
edit	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Socratic	B-Application
app	O
utilizes	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
accurately	O
predict	O
which	O
concepts	O
will	O
help	O
a	O
student	O
solve	O
their	O
question	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
works	O
by	O
letting	O
students	O
take	O
a	O
photo	O
of	O
a	O
homework	O
question	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
their	O
photo	O
and	O
classify	O
it	O
using	O
the	O
technology	O
described	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Students	O
receive	O
various	O
"	O
cards	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
app	O
with	O
different	O
learning	O
resources	O
such	O
as	O
definitions	O
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
videos	I-General_Concept
,	O
Q&A	O
,	O
and	O
original	O
content	O
and	O
illustrations	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
Socratic.org	B-Application
web	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Socratic	B-Application
added	O
additional	O
Math	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
app	O
,	O
including	O
step-by-step	O
equation	O
help	O
and	O
graphs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
four	O
main	O
groups	O
of	O
subjects	O
on	O
Socratic	B-Application
:	O
</s>
