Preply, the online educational technology platform which pairs students with private tutors, has attracted $4 million in new funding,

Preply, the online educational technology platform which pairs students with private tutors, has attracted $4 million in new funding, according to Venturebeat news site. Founded and still largely based in Kyiv, Preply now has more than 25,000 tutors teaching 40 languages to over 100,000 students worldwide, triple the level of students of two years ago. Now, Preply plans to develop artificial intelligence to better match students and tutors. From the company’s Kreschatyk 10 office, Kirill Begai, Preply CEO and cofounder, tells Venturebeat: “We are working on a machine learning algorithm to increase matching efficiency between learners and tutors on a variety of parameters, including subjects, their native language, time zones, learning goals, and more.”