[3] As of June, 2019 AltSchool ceased operating schools directly and rebranded as Altitude Learning, a software company.

The round was led by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, with Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan also participating through their Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

In 2017, the company hired Devin Vodicka, former Superintendent of Vista Unified School District in California to serve as its Chief Impact Officer.

[9] The company created a series of micro schools that focused on personalized learning, where children are involved in setting the projects they work on.

[14] In 2017, AltSchool launched a tiny private middle school in New York City's Union Square.