Founded in 2013 and formally launched in 2014 by Cindy Mi, the VIPKid platform connects paying students with teachers in the United States and Canada.

[1][2] Its online-classroom portal enables students to receive 25-minute English language lessons from fluent English-speaking teachers.

In May 2020, VIPKID announced that all current teachers would gradually transition to a new service fee structure and the base rate adjustment policy will be phased out.

[13] In February 2020, VIPKid donated 1.5 million English and math classes to affected students from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, and children of medical workers were given priority for free classes.