TL;DR: If you are replacing Bloom Institute of Technology, the closest options are Ello, Foreword, Skill-lync. The table below compares 12 alternatives on what they do, stage, size and status.
Every alternative below is compared on what it actually does, not just its category — so you can see which one genuinely replaces Bloom Institute of Technology (YC Summer 2017).
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The three closest alternatives to Bloom Institute of Technology are:
| Alternative | What it does | Stage | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ello | Building the world's first 1:1 AI teacher. | YC Winter 2020 | 45 | Active |
| Foreword | A marketplace for live, online workshops for professionals | YC Summer 2020 | 2 | Inactive |
| Skill-lync | Online engineering college for India. Learn technical skills & get… | YC Winter 2019 | 3000 | Active |
| Codingal | Leading online after-school for kids & teens to learn AI & coding | YC Winter 2021 | 100 | Active |
| Make School | Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students… | YC Winter 2012 | 45 | Inactive |
| Juno College of Technology | Juno is the university of the future. | YC Summer 2019 | 30 | Active |
| Pathrise | YC for your career | YC Summer 2017 | 55 | Inactive |
| Strive School | Training the next generation of software engineers in Europe 🇪🇺 | YC Summer 2020 | 5 | Acquired |
| CodeCombat | Game that teaches computer science to middle and high school kids. | YC Winter 2014 | 45 | Active |
| AlgoUniversity | Building Job driven Virtual Tech University for India 🇮🇳 | YC Summer 2021 | 40 | Active |
| Turing College | AI-driven online tech school for busy professionals | YC Winter 2021 | 50 | Active |
| Pantheon | A competitive community of the brightest students in the world | YC Winter 2020 | 2 | Inactive |
It depends on your size. Ello is the closest match on what Bloom Institute of Technology actually does. If you need something more established, sort the table by team size — larger teams generally mean more support and a longer track record. If budget is the constraint, the earlier-batch companies are usually the ones still competing on price.
Bloom Institute of Technology is still operating, so switching is a choice rather than a forced migration. Compare on fit and price rather than urgency.
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and was matched to Bloom Institute of Technology on what it actually does — its own description of its product — rather than on a broad category label. Batch, team size and operating status come from the YC directory and are shown as-is. We do not rank by payment.
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