New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Unacademy founder Gaurav Munjal's vision to hive off his in-house passion project Airlearn has taken a turn, with investors pushing an alternate model to build what could become a growth driver for the edtech firm.

Munjal had proposed to hive off the language learning business Airlearn, with Unacademy moving 10% of its cash to the new entity and its existing investors holding an 80% stake, while Munjal and co-founder Roman Saini would own the rest.

However, Unacademy's investors signed off on a different plan in August, four people aware of the development said, under which the company's investors will own half of Airlearn, and transfer no cash. Instead, Munjal and Saini, who plan to run Airlearn together, will rai...