Maven Learning, Inc.
Maven's mission is to democratize education by empowering world-class experts to deliver live, cohort-based, community-driven courses.
At a Glance
- Subject Matter Experts
- Professional Learners
- B2B Learning & Development Teams
AI Tools by Maven Learning, Inc.
(1)Maven
Cohort Based Online Learning Platform
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Latest News
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Maven announces AI-integrated features for course creation and marketing
Products & Services
Live, community-driven courses led by industry experts with hands-on projects and peer feedback.
Free, short live lessons designed for lead capture and high-level knowledge sharing.
B2B offering allowing companies to purchase course seats for employee upskilling and professional development.
Market Position
Maven positions itself as the 'premium' alternative to Udemy and Coursera, focusing on high-completion, live interactions rather than passive video watching.
Leadership
Founders
Gagan Biyani
Co-founder of Udemy (the world's largest platform for massively open online courses) and former marketing lead at Lyft. Also co-founded Sprig.
Wes Kao
Co-founder of altMBA with Seth Godin; invented the modern cohort-based course format. Former executive coach and marketing expert.
Shreyans Bhansali
Co-founder of Socratic (acquired by Google); first engineer at Venmo. Expert in engineering and scaling edtech platforms.
Executive Team
Gagan Biyani
CEO & Co-founder
Serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Udemy.
Wes Kao
Co-founder
Creator of the cohort-based course category, former altMBA co-founder.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Founded in late 2020 by Gagan Biyani, Wes Kao, and Shreyans Bhansali, Maven was built to address the high drop-out rates of traditional MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). The founders aimed to combine the scalability of online learning with the accountability and engagement of live, peer-supported cohorts.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Marketplace model with a revenue-share split. Maven retains 10% of course sales, while instructors keep 90%.
Pricing Tiers
No upfront fees; Maven takes a 10% cut of all sales.
Course prices are set by instructors, typically ranging from $500 to several thousand dollars.
Target Markets
- Subject Matter Experts
- Professional Learners
- B2B Learning & Development Teams
- Career advancement for professionals
- Upskilling in AI, Product Management, and Design
- Monetization for subject matter experts and creators
- Employee training for corporations
- Google employees
- Meta employees
- Amazon employees
- Product School students