The History of Kano — In The Press

6 min readFeb 4, 2021

We have been around for 8 years now, and across that time we have had a lot of major publications talk about us. Our CEO Alex has been on some of the world’s biggest chat shows and spoken at the largest conferences.

We wanted to share some of the best articles about us, from some of the biggest names in journalism. Here are our favorites:

Microsoft

A powerful laptop with an innovative modular design has been released by Kano

A two-in-one laptop that lets people pull out and click in new parts as they progress has been released worldwide. The…

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Keep everyone entertained this holiday

Things might look a little different this year, but there are ways to still have fun with your family and friends over…

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The New York Times

Learning Toys and STEM Toys We Love

Your guide Courtney Schley Collapse all The types of toys featured in this guide are often called STEM toys because…

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Telegraph

Best homeschooling resources, from online teaching lessons to free apps

With the school gates only reopening for a small number of primary pupils, millions of children have been logging onto…

www.telegraph.co.uk

Why Britain is top of the class for education technology

The UK market is set to be worth £3.4bn in 2021 - with £170m worth of edtech exports - while schools around the country…

www.telegraph.co.uk

Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-24/harry-potter-will-help-kids-learn-to-code-with-u-k-startup-kano

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-04/kano-has-a-shoebox-size-150-computer-for-kids

The Global Herald

Kano PC, A Computer Kids Can Build | Technically Speaking - The Global Herald

Bloomberg Quicktake: Now published this video item, entitled "Kano PC, A Computer Kids Can Build | Technically…

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Time Magazine

Kano PC: The 100 Best Inventions of 2019

Kano made a name for itself with a DIY computer kit that utilized a custom OS to teach kids (and, let's be honest…

time.com

A Wizard's Wand That Teaches Kids to Code: The 50 Best Inventions of 2018

The Harry Potter universe is already being used to get children excited about reading. Now Kano, makers of the…

time.com

These 5 Kits Can Teach Kids About Computers and Coding

These 5 products can help teach curious young ones about the ins-and-outs of electricity, coding, and computers.

time.com

Independent

10 best coding toys

With children learning to programme in primary school, coding is the magic word in toy-land right now. Just about every…

www.independent.co.uk

CNBC

Meet the 28-year-old who wants building computers and coding to be as easy as playing with Lego

Alex Klein is not your everyday tech entrepreneur. The 28-year-old founder of start-up Kano Computing started out as a…

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Wall Street Journal

Kano Rides Global Coding Wave

Riding on growing interest in coding, London-based startup Kano Computing Ltd. has shipped thousands of toolkits that…

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Tech Toys to Make Children Smarter

My first computer was a knee-high metal cube that I kitted out with cards and cables. During one upgrade, I generated a…

www.wsj.com

Computer-Kit Company Kano Raises $28 Million Series B

Before parents head to the toy aisle this holiday season, Kano is loading up on fresh capital for its computer kits for…

www.wsj.com

Wonder Workshop, Kano Funded for Hardware to Help Kids Learn to Code

From programmable robots to electronics kits, dozens of companies have emerged in recent years designed to turn…

www.wsj.com

So Much Computing Power, So Little Understanding

Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."…

www.wsj.com

CNN

15 questions with Alex Klein - CNNMoney

Alex Klein, 26, is the founder of a make-your-own computer startup called Kano. His idea is to create a fun, creative…

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How to prepare children for the jobs of the future

Today's classroom is a far cry from the traditional image of locker desks, chalkboards and pencils. With education…

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Forbes

How To Boss It Like: Alex Klein, CEO And Cofounder Of Kano

We've previously met CEOs, founders and thought leaders from the likes of Uber, Tinder and Trainline, finding out how…

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Kano's Got The Computer Any Kid Can Build, Anywhere

They set out with a mission to enable any kid to build their own computer from a lego-like kit, now for Kano the next…

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CNET

Harry Potter coding kit brings its magic to Apple stores

You can go to Apple stores to buy Kano's Harry Potter Coding Kit. Kano, the creator of the interactive kit that lets…

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IGN

PC School Supplies 2019: The Best Computer Gear for Back to School - IGN

Back in my day (the 2000s), the most advanced computer you could bring to class was a $200 to $300 graphing calculator…

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Wired Magazine

Drool-Worthy $99 Kit Lets Kids Build Their Own Computers

The founders knew a few things for sure: The instructions had to be easy to follow, it needed to incorporate…

www.wired.com

How to keep your kids educated at home during lockdown

With schools shut and the UK in another lockdown, parents are again faced with the prospect of helping their kids keep…

www.wired.co.uk

Kano's New Kids Laptop Is Repairable, Cheap, and Runs Windows

Silicon Valley dreamers have long envisioned a world where every child is holding a laptop. It sounds good on paper…

www.wired.com

Kano, the Coolest DIY Computer Kit, Now Lets You Build It a Screen

When Kano launched in 2013, we called it a "drool-worthy kit that lets kids build their own computers." Of course, it…

www.wired.com

Like a 'stylish Raspberry Pi': Kano kits put design at the heart of coding

Now that Raspberry Pi has become the best-selling British computer ever, it seems more and more of us are attempting to…

www.wired.co.uk

Top 3 Computers for Introducing Your Kids to Comp Sci

Computers-for-kids pioneer Kano recently partnered with Microsoft to launch an Intel-powered mobile PC with an…

www.wired.com

The GitHub for Kids Urges Them to Be Inventors, Not Users

For Alex Klein, online forums were not an altogether friendly place to get an education in coding. As a kid, he says he…

www.wired.com

The Guardian

'Great big poo balls!' What it's like making a Kano computer with your kids

"It's a little village!" shouts my five year-old son, waving the innards of the Kano computer in the air. "No! It's…

www.theguardian.com

How Kano turned Patrick, aged eight, into a computer programmer

"So we're going to talk to a computer and ask it to change Minecraft?" Patrick, my eight-year-old son, sounds both…

www.theguardian.com

Kano raises $15m to take its computer kits for kids beyond coding

British firm Kano has raised $15m (£9.9m) of new funding to back its build-your-own-computer kit for children, while…

www.theguardian.com

How to make computer coding child's play

oding kids aren't a new trend. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Usborne Publishing was releasing books to teach…

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CNET

Build a cheap computer for your kids with Kano OS and a Raspberry Pi

Kano is a platform that's designed to teach kids how to build a computer, what every part of a circuit board does, and…

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Yahoo

The Raspberry Pi 400 is a $70 keyboard that's also a computer

In the eight and a bit years since the first model launched, the Raspberry Pi has traditionally been sold as a modular…

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