Brilliant (website)
Brilliant.org is an American for-profit company and associated community that features 100+ guided courses across the site. It operates via a freemium business model.
Type of site | Online education |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founder(s) | Sue Khim |
| URL | brilliant |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Users | 4 million (2017) |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Brilliant was founded in 2012. At the Launch Festival in March 2013, CEO and co-founder Sue Khim presented the idea of Brilliant, attracting funding from venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. In August 2013, TechCrunch reported that Brilliant.org had secured funding from Palihapitiya's Social+Capital Partnership, as well as from 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, Learn Capital, and Hyde Park Angels. The website boasted over 100,000 users at that time. By July 2017, the platform had accumulated more than 4 million registered users, and by April 2019, it had achieved a valuation of $50 million.
Originally, Brilliant hosted a variety of individual puzzles and occasionally monthly challenges. At one point, the individual puzzles included their Problem of the Week, a selection of the 15 best puzzles for the week. Currently, all of their content is housed within the problem-solving-based courses. Only a few lessons in each subject are available outside of subscription to the website.