ABOUT WALNUT EDUCATION

Your Dream, Our Mission.

Founded in 2017, Walnut Coding has quickly grown to be a leading online coding program with over 4 million students thanks to 6000 employees.

Vision

Leverage on innovative technology to democratize personalized learning solutions for every child, making Walnut the most reliable and trusted edu brand.

Mission

To stimulate every child's passion and abilities to learn; making high quality education in reach with the help of technology.

Our Founders

Founder & CEO

Jacob Pengxuan Zeng

Jacob is a visionary with a passion for technology and education. With an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, his journey includes developing courses at the Franklin Institute Science Museum and founding successful startups. His impressive projects like "Gaokao Miaoji" have made a significant impact in study assistance for high school seniors.

Co-founder & CTO

Yuhang Wang

Yuhang combines expertise in robotics, engineering, and education. As a world champion of the RoboCup Robot World Cup and a former engineer at Alibaba, his innovative mindset led to founding "Red Dot Live." With extensive knowledge in teaching children's programming and Olympiads, Yuhang is a driving force behind our success at Walnut.

Three side by side photos of Walnut Coding's experienced tutors

Meet Our Tutors

Professional, Passionate & Inspiring

Each Walnut Coding course is overseen by expert tutors with a proven record of success.

Our dedicated tutors have taught 1000+ students just like your child. They have an average of 7+ years in the education industry, and come from some of the world's most established STEM companies.

Our Curriculum Designers

Edvard Moser

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the Nobel prize winner in Medicine or Physiology in 2014, helped develop our learning platform and built-in AI technology

Logos of MIT, Harvard, UPenn side by side

Graduates from top universities

Subject experts with 7+ years of coding and educating experience on average

We are a diverse global team from the US, UK, Singapore, China, Turkey, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia & India.

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Our Investors

Walnut Coding is fortunate to have the backing of many renowned investors, including KKR, Hillhouse Capital, and Source Code Capital. Walnut has received the highest financing value in the global children's coding sector.