From $22bn to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju's down
et online / May 28, 2026, 10:47 (IST)
Byju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The remarkable thing about Byju’s is that it did not begin as a cynical idea. There was something authentic at its core. That is partly why the collapse feels so dramatic