Top Hat is an AI-powered higher-education platform co-founded by Mike Silagadze and Mohsen Shahini that helps educators deliver personalized, interactive learning experiences. Top Hat's Twitter Score is 8.3 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #111,421 among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Top Hat was co-founded in 2009 and has grown into a widely used tool for student engagement in higher education. The platform is backed by Georgian, Inovia Capital, Union Square Ventures, Emergence Capital, and Leaders Fund. In February 2021, Top Hat announced a $130 million Series E round provided by existing investor Georgian.
Top Hat has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions. In December 2022, it entered into an agreement to acquire Aktiv Learning, adding to its suite of interactive classroom tools. In 2025, Top Hat acquired the intellectual property of OpenClass and brought OpenClass founder Alec Kretch onto its engineering team. The platform has 11,349 followers as of October 2026 on X and has published 9,541 posts. Top Hat has been mentioned by 38 accounts, with 179 total mentions.
Who follows Top Hat on X?
The accounts that follow Top Hat include 30 founders, 10 angel investors, 14 influencers and 12 VCs, among them Luca Netz, Mario Nawfal, Albert Wenger, Chase, Kalos and USV.