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Zuoyebang

Homework help and AI study devices

The Four Mismatches · Zuoyebang

Fits on everything we could check

For a student in China, the country it was built for.

  • CurriculumFits

    Built for an exam students in China sit.

    • The maker names: Chinese national curriculum, Gaokao

  • LanguageFits

    Teaches in the classroom languages of China.

  • PriceFits

    It has a free plan.

  • DeviceNot verified

    We haven't yet confirmed which device most students in China use.

Worked out from the maker’s own published facts, checked 4 and 5 October 2026. Nobody hand-scores these. How it’s worked outlearnerfirst.com · The Four Mismatches Test

Independence: our publisher builds learning products too. We never review or score its products, and no tool pays to be listed or to rank higher — how we assess fit.

What it does

What the AI actually does — Photo-search homework help — OCR + image recognition match a photographed problem to a large solution database — plus a live-class arm.

Why it was built — Convert Baidu search expertise into search-by-photo homework help, then monetise the huge free base via live K-12 tutoring.

Who built it

Company
Zuoyebang (Homework Helper)
Founders
Hou Jianbin
HQ / origin
Beijing, China
Founded
2014 (independent from Baidu 2015)
Model
B2C
Ownership
Baidu incubation (Baidu + Alibaba investors); core K-12 tutoring hit by the 2021 Double Reduction policy
Exam systems
Chinese compulsory-education · Gaokao
Languages
Mandarin Chinese

We record durable facts only — no funding-raised or user-count figures. Unverified fields are marked [TBD] rather than guessed.

Where it sits

Zuoyebang is on the Learning Tools Index, in exam prep & regional platforms, built in China.

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