# The Educato Blog

## Blogato

March 17, 2026  
**What 1,228 Mock Exam Scores Reveal About Educato Users and Online Exam Prep**  
Students who used Educato's premium features scored 5 percentage points higher on our mock Admitere exam than free-tier users, a statistically significant difference across 1,228 participants. Read the full analysis by university centre and subject.

July 9, 2025  
**Our Favorite YC Startups Shaping Education and Career Building**  
For Educato, Y Combinator was a truly unique experience that allowed us to 10x our business in just 3 months. On top of that, we had the opportunity to meet visionary startups committed to transforming all areas of society.  
However, one thing we noticed is rare VC-backed edTech startups. Educato was the only Education company in our YC batch and to our knowledge, we are the only ex-Palantir Education startup. So today we wanted to highlight some of our favorite fellow YC companies building in the Education and career improvement space.  
We want to share some of our favorite companies from recent YC cohorts—Univerbal, UPchieve, Hiration, and Avocademy—who inspire us with their unique products.

October 23, 2024  
**Quick Comment on YC Demo Day**  
Educato was part of the Y Combinator Summer 24 batch. This experience truly launched our company so our CEO Codrut answered a few questions about the journey.