BloomTech’s Downfall: A Long Time Coming BloomTech’s unraveling reveals years of systemic issues and the inevitable regulatory response. Dhawal Shah Apr 22nd, 2024
Meta Pixel Lands Udemy, 2U/edX, and Coursera in Privacy Lawsuit Crosshairs Annual Reports uncover class action lawsuits against online course giants. Dhawal Shah Mar 12th, 2024
Coursera’s 2023 Annual Report: Big 5 Domination, Layoffs, Lawsuit, and Patents Coursera sees headcount decrease and faces lawsuit in 2023, invests in proprietary content while relying on Big 5 partners. Dhawal Shah Mar 4th, 2024
Coursera’s 2023: $636M in Revenues, 24M New Learners, Shift Towards Proprietary Content The company saw its strongest growth since 2020, adding 24M new learners for a global total of 142M. Dhawal Shah Feb 5th, 2024
2U/edX Begins New Year with Wave of Layoffs The new layoffs follow a disastrous end of the year, marked by sharp drops in enrollments and stock price. Dhawal Shah Jan 22nd, 2024
Déjà Vu: BloomTech Cuts 50% Staff, Again BloomTech just laid off half their staff, exactly a year after laying off half their staff. Manoel Cortes Mendez Dec 4th, 2023
2U/edX’s Disastrous Q3: Split with USC, Layoffs, and Pearson’s OPM Portfolio Takeover 2U’s 2023 Q3 results triggered a 50% stock drop. The company is currently valued at below $80 million. Dhawal Shah Nov 14th, 2023
Coursera Consumer Revenues Nearing $100M, Driven by Industry Content Industry content is playing a major role in driving Coursera’s consumer revenue growth, with Google’s content alone estimated to generate $100 million in revenue for the company. Dhawal Shah Oct 31st, 2023
Hack Reactor Shuts Down Part-time Program Popular coding bootcamp shutters program as parent company restructures in an uncertain tech market. Manoel Cortes Mendez & Dhawal Shah Oct 23rd, 2023
Harvard Launches Two New Free Certificate Courses The new courses cover cybersecurity and SQL, and both offer a free certificate of completion. Manoel Cortes Mendez Oct 2nd, 2023
2U/edX Lays Off More Employees as Stock Continues to Decline A year ago, 2U had already laid off staff as it recentered its strategy around edX, which it acquired for $800M. Dhawal Shah Oct 1st, 2023
Coursera Q2 2023: $153.7M Revenue, 129M Learners, Stock Jumps 20% Coursera sets a $620M revenue target for 2023, following their Q2 results. Dhawal Shah Aug 1st, 2023