Byju’s app removed from Google Play Store over payment default to vendor

The ed-tech big Byju’s major studying app has been removed from Google Playstore following payment defaults to Amazon Web Services, business sources, quoted by PTI have mentioned. Other functions beneath Think and Learn’s Byju’s model stay accessible on the platform.“BYJU’s Learning app has been delisted from Playstore because of non-payment to Amazon Web Services, which provides support to the app. Byju’s business is now being managed by an Insolvency Resolution Professional who has to manage all payment-related issues as well,” a supply informed PTI.The academic content material on Byju’s Learning App encompassed topics together with arithmetic, physics, chemistry, biology for college kids from courses 4-12, alongside social research for courses 6-8. Additionally, it supplied preparation supplies for aggressive examinations comparable to JEE, NEET and IAS.Users can nonetheless entry the appliance by means of Apple’s App Store. Also, Byju’s Premium Learning app and Exam Prep app stay out there for obtain on Google Playstore.Meanwhile, The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has initiated insolvency proceedings towards the corporate after appeals from varied traders, together with the lender-authorised entity Glas Trust.Byju’s, as soon as valued at $22 billion, has encountered quite a few challenges together with authorized problems, difficulties in securing funds, and conflicts with traders. A big controversy centres across the authorized motion involving its US subsidiary, Byju’s Alpha. The subsidiary has levelled accusations towards founder Raveendran, his partner and co-founder Divya Gokulnath, and former government Anita Kishore, claiming they redirected $533 million of borrowed funds. Raveendran has rejected these allegations, suggesting they’re a part of a deliberate scheme orchestrated by Glas Trust, which serves because the lender’s trustee.However, the founder refused to hand over on the startup and earlier this month even hinted at risk of ‘Byju’s 3.0’.Also learn: Byju’s founder Raveendran on why he didn’t agree to shut down companies