EasyA

Blockchain · AI · Edtech

Milestone

EasyA reaches $1.1B valuation, becomes unicorn ahead of 2027 IPO

Built without a dollar of venture capital, it's pursuing a direct listing with plans to offer tokenized shares from day one.

• EasyA received an independent $1.1 billion valuation and submitted a draft F-1 registration with the SEC, targeting a direct public listing in the first half of 2027.
• The London-based platform teaches blockchain and AI development through bite-sized coding challenges and hackathons, and counts over 1.3 million app users.
• The valuation was certified by advisory firm Uniqus Consoltech following two years of audits by accounting network PKF, which found zero material weaknesses.
• EasyA is opting for a direct listing over a traditional IPO, skipping underwriter fees, and plans to make its shares available in tokenized form possibly from day one of trading.
• Co-founders Phil and Dom Kwok built EasyA entirely without institutional venture capital, arguing that outside investors can shift a company's long-term direction.
• A past participant in EasyA's hackathons, Walden Yan, went on to found Cognition AI, now valued at roughly $48 billion after a $2 billion round backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel.
• Reaching unicorn status without raising VC money, then heading toward a direct listing with tokenized shares, signals growing investor appetite for profitable crypto-and-AI infrastructure outside the typical funding playbook.