Glasp Selected for the 2025 GSV Cup 50
San Francisco, CA (Jan 15, 2025) — Glasp, an AI-powered social learning platform, has been named to the prestigious 2025 GSV Cup 50. The GSV Cup, presented by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and GSV Ventures, is an annual celebration of the world's most innovative digital learning and workforce skills startups, culminating at the annual ASU+GSV Summit, the preeminent global gathering for “PreK to Gray” education and skills leaders, in San Diego, CA.
The GSV Cup 50 champions pre-seed and seed-stage companies that are poised to make an outsized impact on the global education and skills landscape. All nominees were evaluated against GSV’s “Five P’s” framework: People, Product, Potential, Predictability, and Purpose.
“We are incredibly honored to be selected as one of the 2025 GSV Cup 50,” said Kazuki Nakayashiki, Co-founder and CEO of Glasp. “This recognition validates our mission to democratize access to knowledge and empower learners worldwide. As the world continues to embrace AI and technology, we believe Glasp can play a pivotal role in shaping how people learn, connect, and grow.”
“Startups are the lifeblood of the ASU+GSV community,” said Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner of GSV Ventures and Co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit. “The GSV Cup 50 are the brightest stars of tomorrow, enabling Learning at the Speed of Light for educators, workforce leaders, and learners everywhere. We’re proud to recognize these early-stage innovators as they revolutionize learning in the age of AI.”
The majority of the 2025 GSV Cup 50 are based in the United States (78%), with international representation from India, Singapore, the UK, Australia, Norway, and Austria. The companies span the entire “PreK to Gray” spectrum, including K-12 (34%), higher education (32%), workforce learning (20%), and adult consumer learning (16%), with some serving multiple sectors.
See Glasp and all of the companies selected to the GSV Cup 50 at https://www.asugsvsummit.com/gsv-cup.
About Glasp
Glasp is a social PDF & Web highlighter that allows you to collect, organize, and share insightful ideas from the web. With your highlights and notes, you can build a personalized AI clone, creating a dynamic, collective knowledge-sharing experience. With over 2 million installs and a mission to democratize access to collective learning, Glasp empowers lifelong learners to connect, collaborate, and expand their horizons.
About GSV
Founded in 2011, GSV is a global platform that drives education and workforce skills innovation. We believe that ALL people deserve equal access to the future, and that scaled innovations in “PreK to Gray” learning and skills are crucial to achieving this goal. The GSV platform includes the ASU+GSV Summit, hosted annually in San Diego with 7,000+ attendees; the India-based ASU+GSV & Emeritus Summit, now entering its third year; and The AI Show @ ASU+GSV, an immersive exploration of the AI Revolution in education, which welcomed 10,000+ attendees this year. GSV Ventures, GSV’s investment arm founded in 2015, is a multi-stage venture fund investing in the most transformational companies across the global “PreK to Gray” landscape.
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