EasyA becomes a unicorn ahead of public market debut

The London-based company helps developers turn ideas into products through mobile-based coding education, AI-assisted building tools and hackathons. Blockchain and AI development platform EasyA has become the latest tech unicorn after reaching a $1.1 billion valuation, the company disclosed Wednesday. Founded by brothers Phil and Dom Kwok and built without outside funding, EasyA has grown to more than 1 million users through an app that teaches coding with bite-sized daily challenges and enables users to develop and launch applications on their phones. The company also runs hackathons where developers and non-coders collaborate on applications and startup ideas.