Microsoft hires Chalkup CEO to integrate Chalkup's classroom tech to Teams

Microsoft has announced that it has hired Chalkup's CEO Justin Chando. Chando will join the Microsoft Education team to help integrate classroom collaboration features in Microsoft Teams.

Chalkup was founded in 2013 by CEO Justin Chando, who’s joining Microsoft as a result of this deal, and CTO Tim Costa, who left Chalkup in 2015. The startup offered a classroom collaboration platform where teachers could share resources and assignments with students and could discuss course topics, among other things.

Chando said in the blog post, "In spending time with the amazing people at Microsoft, it was clear that we were completely aligned in our mission for connecting classrooms, sparking student collaboration, and finding new and innovative ways to work together. We knew Microsoft would be a great fit and we’re thrilled for what the future holds for our customers."

“Microsoft’s goal is always to deliver the most comprehensive and time-saving products for teachers and believe Justin will be a tremendous asset to help Microsoft bring added value to Microsoft Teams,” said Microsoft’s spokesperson.

All the existing Chalkup customers will be supported through the end of June and an easy transition path to Microsoft Teams will be provided. Chalkup customers that already have Office 365 Education can login here.