founded 2006 headquarters san francisco ca usa key people rochelle rothstein ceo . website 1 grockit is an online social learning game company . grockit prepares students for the sat act gmat lsat and gre standardized exams . 1 students can take practice tests while collaborating online with other users . 2 grockit was founded in 2006 by farbood nivi 3 and in 2013 was acquired by kaplan inc. . 4 description edit grockit is a live online multiplayer game providing test prep . 5 it offers interactive play with other people studying for the same test . 6 it works to integrate elements of artificial intelligence with its services to adapt to students unique needs . 7 grockit believes that people learn better through peer to peer situations instead of teacher to student . 8 grockit is a play on the word grok which means to understand something intuitively or by empathy . references edit dana oshiro 2009 07 05 . 6 great tools for lsat sat and gmat test prep readwrite . readwriteweb.com . retrieved 2013 05 13 . avila joseph de 2009 07 22 . new web sites give kids an academic edge wsj.com . online.wsj.com . retrieved 2013 05 13 . farbood nivi crunchbase profile . crunchbase.com . retrieved 2013 05 13 . wednesday july 31st 2013 2013 07 31 . grockit sells social learning platform to kaplan goes all in on learnist its pinterest for education . techcrunch . retrieved 2014 12 14 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link 5 startups to watch . fast company . 2009 09 01 . retrieved 2013 05 13 . rock it with grockit . testprep.about.com . retrieved 2013 05 13 . drake bruce . smart technology breeds smart students in web test prep market . politicsdaily.com . retrieved 2013 05 13 . grockit crunchbase profile . crunchbase.com . retrieved 2014 12 14 . external links edit official grockit website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grockit & oldid 638081052 categories test preparation companiesstandardized tests in the united stateseducational software companiessoftware companies based in californiavirtual learning environmentshidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 december 2014 at 19 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view