Udemy, Inc. (/ˈjuːdəmi/ YOO-də-mee) is an education technology company, founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar.

It is based in San Francisco, California, United States, with hubs in Denver, Dublin, Austin, Melbourne, Istanbul, and Gurgaon.

[8] In February 2010, the founders tried to raise venture capital funding, but the idea failed to impress investors and they were rejected 30 times, according to Gagan Biyani.

Based on this favorable market reaction, they decided to attempt another round of financing, and raised $1 million in venture funding by August.

[10][11] In October 2011, the company raised an additional $3 million in Series A funding led by Groupon investors Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, as well as 500 Global (previously 500 Startups) and MHS Capital.

[13] On April 22, 2014, the Wall Street Journal's digital edition reported that chief operating officer of Udemy, Dennis Yang, was named CEO, replacing Eren Bali.

[26] In 2021, Udemy changed its branding to the current look with an inverted purple chevron above the company's trademarked name in bolded lowercase letters and black coloration.

[27] Previously it had been, over time, styled in a number of different ways including a similar logo in bright green (as seen here) without any letter accents.

[28] Courses are offered across a wide breadth of categories, including business and entrepreneurship, academics, the arts, health and fitness, language, music, and technology.

[33] In April 2013, Udemy offered an app for Apple iOS, allowing students to take classes directly from iPhones;[34] The Android version was launched in January 2014.

[49][50][51] The CEO at the time, Dennis Yang, responded to the accusations in a blog post and stated that Udemy did not profit from that instance of piracy.