Austen Allred, Founder of BloomTech

About Austen Allred

Austen Allred is the co-founder and CEO of BloomTech, an online coding school that trains students to become software engineers or data scientists. Previously, he founded Grass Wire and launched Lambda School in 2017. In 2024, the CFPB took action against BloomTech and Allred for deceiving students and hiding loan costs.

Austen Allred at a glance

• Company: BloomTech
• Total raised: $130M
• Latest round: Series C
• Investors: Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Google Ventures, Gigafund
• Location: San Francisco, California

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