Byju’s to shut coding platform WhiteHat Jr as part of restructuring

Edtech major BYJU’s is set to soon wind up coding platform WhiteHat Jr, which it acquired for $300 million, as part of restructuring and cut costs, reliable sources said on Thursday. The company, however, said they are “merely optimising it”.

Reliable sources told IANS that the top BYJU’s management is in a huddle and meetings are on to appraise the WhiteHat Jr employees about the situation in the next few days.

The sudden development has left the remaining WhiteHat Jr workforce at unrest, people close to the development said.

WhiteHat Jr, which at its peak had more than 8,000 employees across the country, now has some hundreds of roles left as it never picked up pace and brought revenues for the company.