What if I told you that one man’s frustration with an elevator breakdown led to the creation of the fastest-growing and most-beloved programming languages today? Seventeen years ago, Graydon Hoare’s ordinary evening turned pivotal when an out-of-order elevator at his apartment building forced him to trek up 21 stories. A Mozilla software engineer, Hoare’s frustration wasn’t just with the climb, but with the fact that the tools of his trade couldn’t even make an elevator that works without cras

TL;DR Q1 2026 revenue grew 9% YoY; Consumer segment is up double digits, but Enterprise segment is lagging. The platform fee pushed Consumer margins to a multi-year high, but Enterprise customer count slipped for the first time since IPO. Enterprise grew 7% YoY, ahead of management’s low single-digit guidance, with new GM Anthony Salcito leading execution improvements. In the last earnings report, we flagged Coursera’s struggling segments. Not much has changed, except for one thing: the plat

Both Coursera and Udemy started 2025 with new CEOs. Greg Hart took over at Coursera in February. Hugo Sarrazin started at Udemy in March. Less than a month into the job, both CEOs were in conversations to sell their companies. On April 8, Hart and Sarrazin met for the first time at ASU+GSV. The rest, as they say, is history. In my 5,000-word analysis of Coursera’s acquisition of Udemy, I called the deal rushed. Two new CEOs, both less than a year into the job, merging two public companies. I w

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