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The title is misleading, it may suggest Harvard or MIT lost $800M.

In fact, Harvard and MIT invested $30M each and sold EdX for $800M to 2U: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-06-29-2u-buys-edx-for-800m...

So, likely, Harvard and MIT made some money.

It's 2U who lost the money. It's the public that suffered from the loss of EdX.

<sarcasm>As hedge funds with schools attached, they are doing extremely well.</sarcasm>



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