Gauth

OwnrCheck Label
Chinese-owned
Industry
Education technology
Parent Entity
GAUTHTECH PTE. LTD. (Singapore) — owned by ByteDance Ltd.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Singapore (publisher); parent ByteDance, Beijing
Listed
Private (parent ByteDance is private)
Last Updated
September 2026
Confidence
● Medium· ByteDance confirmed involvement; App Store publisher on record

Background

Gauth is an AI homework-help app that launched in 2020 under the name Gauthmath. Students photograph a question and get a step-by-step answer. It is published on the App Store by GAUTHTECH PTE. LTD.

Parent Entity & Ownership

Gauth is owned by ByteDance, the Chinese technology group behind TikTok and Douyin. A ByteDance spokesperson confirmed the company's involvement to Forbes in April 2024, and Gauth's privacy policy allows user information to be shared within its corporate group. The app's publisher, GAUTHTECH PTE. LTD., is registered in Singapore.

Verdict: Chinese-owned

Gauth is a homework app owned by ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok. Its Singapore publisher is part of ByteDance's corporate group, and the app's privacy policy permits data sharing within that group.

Sources

  1. Forbes — Millions are using ByteDance’s homework app Gauth (Apr 2024)
  2. Axios — Popular AI homework helper Gauth shares owner with TikTok (Apr 2024)
  3. Apple App Store — GAUTHTECH PTE. LTD. developer page
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