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 **Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)** is an American education company based in [[united_states:california:San Diego]], [[united_states:California]].
+===== History =====
+AoPS was founded by [[Richard Rusczyk]], launched in May 2003 following the publication of several books of the same name.((//History of Art of Problem Solving.// AoPS. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230322215644/https://artofproblemsolving.com/company/history)) [[Mathew Crawford]] was the first employee of AoPS, helping to write and teach most of the online classes during the first three years of the AoPS online school.((//Mathew Crawford.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.11-222604/https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Mathew_Crawford)) ((//Daedalus Education Classes Begin in the Metroplex.// (2013, August 20). Metroplex Math Circle. https://web.archive.org/web/20220518193844/https://metroplexmathcircle.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/daedalus-education-classes-begin-in-the-metroplex/))
+In 2004, the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) approached AoPS to take over the [[USA Mathematical Talent Search]] (USAMTS), which the agency had run for six years. This resulted in the forming of the [[Art of Problem Solving Initiative|Art of Problem Solving Foundation]] to administer the event.
+In 2005, AoPS launched the Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program with sponsorship funding from [[Google]] and [[D.E. Shaw & Co.]]((//WOOT.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved June 18, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220618192540/https://artofproblemsolving.com/woot)) ((Surhone, L. M., Tennoe, M. T., & Henssonow, S. F. (2011). //Worldwide Online Olympiad Training.// Betascript Publishing. http://archive.today/2023.03.22-221351/https://www.morebooks.de/shop-ui/shop/product/978-613-4-55281-3)) Rusczyk had previously worked at D.E. Shaw & Co. as Senior Vice President from 1994-1998.((//Richard Rusczyk.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-rusczyk-9210a06/))
+===== Organization =====
+==== Funding ====
+The WOOT program is sponsored by:((//WOOT: Worldwide Online Olympiad Training.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230322224709/https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/woot)) ((//WOOT: Worldwide Online Olympiad Training.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved February 8, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.02.08-132842/https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/woot))
+  * [[Alameda Research]]((//WOOT: Worldwide Online Olympiad Training.// Art of Problem Solving. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220406115408/https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/woot))
+  * [[Citadel]]
+  * [[D.E. Shaw & Co.]]
+  * [[Hudson River Trading]] (HRT)
+  * [[IMC Trading]]
+  * [[Jane Street Capital]]
+  * [[Susquehanna International Group]] (SIG)
+  * [[Two Sigma Investments]]
+  * [[Vatic Investments]]
+==== Affiliations ====
+AoPS is partnered with a variety of organizations:
+  * [[AwesomeMath]]
+  * [[Canada/USA MathCamp]]
+  * [[Davidson Institute for Talent Development]]
+  * [[Math Prize for Girls]]
+  * [[Math Zoom]]
+  * [[MATHCOUNTS]]
+  * [[Mathematical Association of America]] (MAA)
+  * [[Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools]] (MOEMS)
+  * [[MathPath]]
 ===== External links =====