Hoss Zaouali is trying to bring online learning into the 21st century Hoss Zaouali is trying to bring online learning into the 21st century Founded: 2019 Employees: 56 How it works: “It’s an online conferencing platform, where users create an avatar and explore a 3-D virtual campus. They can attend real-time lectures and interact with other people.” Eureka moment: “In 2013, I started Voilà Learning, which designed online tutoring programs for kids in third-world countries. Tech Adaptika evolved from that. Video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Hangouts limit interactions between individual participants. We wanted to recreate the interpersonal aspect of attending a conference—meeting people, shaking hands, exchanging business cards—except online.”