Inspera, based in Oslo, announced the acquisition of Crossplag in a news release Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Crossplag, headquartered in Kosovo, produces tools that can detect plagiarism, writing generated by AI, and other types of manipulated content. Inspera’s cloud-based ecosystem in the ed-tech space already included tools for remote proctoring, testing, assessments and planning.
Company officials said Crossplag’s technology is easily integrated into its existing capabilities.
“This acquisition aligns with our commitment of continuous improvement and innovation of digital assessments,” Andrew Cons, Global CEO at Inspera, said in a public statement. “The integration of Crossplag’s capabilities will provide our clients with more robust tools that ensure academic integrity and foster fair assessment practices.”
Crossplag’s CEO and founder Besart Kunushevci said in a public statement that his company has shared values with Inspera when it comes to prioritizing data privacy and security.
“Our team has worked tirelessly for years to develop an advanced plagiarism detection technology that covers a vast array of languages and incorporates AI-driven writing detection,” he said. “Together, we aim to provide institutions worldwide with a robust and reliable alternative for upholding academic integrity that focuses on innovation, data privacy, and a more holistic approach to assessments.”
Inspera’s technologies are used in 160 countries including the United States, since it opened a Chicago office in November after a large investment from private equity firm CGE Partners.
On its website, Crossplag says its “democratizes” the process of checking for plagiarism. Its AI Content Detector, which was trained with more than 1.5 billion parameters, is only for use with the English language, although the website says additional languages will eventually be added.
