DataCamp, Inc.

DataCamp, Inc.
DataCamp, Inc.
  • Headquarters

    New York, NY
  • Founded

    2013
  • CEO / Founder

    Jonathan Cornelissen
  • Employees

    201-500
  • Funding

    Series B
  • Products

    1 product listed
  • Avg. AI Score

    8.1/10

Profile updated

Products
1
Avg AI Score
8.1/10
Founded
2013
Funding
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About DataCamp, Inc.

DataCamp was founded in 2013 by Jonathan Cornelissen, Dieter De Mesmaeker, and Martijn Theuwissen to provide interactive, browser-based courses in data science and analytics. The catalog now spans Python, R, SQL, spreadsheets, machine learning, generative AI, and BI tools, with skill assessments, certifications, and integrated coding workspaces.

The company serves both individual learners through subscriptions and enterprise customers through DataCamp for Business, used by Uber, PayPal, T-Mobile, and many other organizations for internal data upskilling. Adel Nehme leads the AI training content area; the catalog includes courses on the Anthropic, OpenAI, and Hugging Face APIs.

DataCamp is headquartered in New York City with engineering and content teams in London, Leuven, Belgium, and other European locations. The company has raised approximately $30 million in venture funding.

Products by DataCamp, Inc.

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How Our Review Panel Scores DataCamp, Inc.

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed DataCamp, Inc.'s product on their own terms. They landed within 0.4 points of each other, an unusually strong consensus.

The Domain Strategist
8.2
The Domain Practitioner
8.2
The Power User
8.2
The Decision Maker
8.1
The Finance Lead
7.8
The Skeptic
7.8

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who DataCamp, Inc. competes with, and how they differ.

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Coursera7.7/10

Coursera is a broad MOOC marketplace hosting university and industry certificates (Google, IBM, Meta) across all subjects, not just data skills, monetized via Coursera Plus subscriptions and per-certificate fees; it competes with DataCamp mainly in professional data-science certificate tracks and enterprise learning.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
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Codecademy7.7/10

Codecademy uses the same interactive in-browser exercise format as DataCamp but spans web development and general programming languages more broadly than DataCamp's data/AI-focused curriculum, with a lower-priced Pro tier for individual learners.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
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Udacity7.7/10

Udacity's project-based Nanodegree programs (Data Scientist, AI, Machine Learning tracks) pair mentor review and portfolio projects with a higher-touch, higher-priced model aimed at career changers, versus DataCamp's self-paced course library.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
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DeepLearning.AI8.3/10

DeepLearning.AI, founded by Andrew Ng, focuses narrowly on machine learning and generative-AI specializations (many hosted on Coursera) rather than DataCamp's broader data analytics, SQL, and BI curriculum, and skews toward learners past the beginner stage.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
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Educative8.0/10

Educative delivers text-based interactive coding courses aimed primarily at software-engineering interview prep and general programming skills, overlapping with DataCamp only in its smaller data-science course track.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Company Timeline

Key milestones in DataCamp, Inc.'s history, with sources.

  1. Acquisition

    Acquires Optima, launches free Classrooms program in the Middle East

    DataCamp acquired Optima, a Dubai-based AI-native adaptive learning startup, and used its technology to launch 'Classrooms,' giving educators and students in the Middle East free access to DataCamp's platform for the first time. Optima founder Yusuf Saber became DataCamp's Chief AI Officer.

    prnewswire.com
  2. Partnership

    Partners with Alteryx to expand SparkED analytics education program

    DataCamp partnered with Alteryx to expand the Alteryx SparkED program, which had trained over 170,000 learners globally, providing unlimited access to four custom Alteryx modules while Alteryx donated 200 scholarships through Women in Data.

    prnewswire.com
  3. Partnership

    Partners with Degreed on free data literacy training

    DataCamp partnered with workforce-learning platform Degreed to give Degreed clients free access to three DataCamp data-literacy courses and over 100 interactive exercises aimed at non-technical roles.

    prnewswire.com
  4. Partnership

    Partners with Anaconda on Conda training for enterprise teams

    DataCamp and Anaconda partnered to give Anaconda Team Edition customers access to specialized DataCamp training on Conda, the open-source Python package manager, combining DataCamp's course platform with Anaconda's enterprise data-science tooling.

    prnewswire.com
  5. Milestone

    Ranked 36th on Deloitte's 2019 Technology Fast 500

    DataCamp placed 36th in North America on Deloitte's 2019 Technology Fast 500, citing 3,437% revenue growth between 2015 and 2018 and a learner base that grew over 5,600% to reach 4.7 million users in the same period.

    prnewswire.com
  6. Launch

    Launches mobile coding courses for iOS and Android

    DataCamp released mobile coding courses for iOS and Android, starting with five Python and data-science-fundamentals courses featuring a custom in-app keyboard and autocomplete for learning on the go.

    prnewswire.com
  7. Milestone

    CEO Jonathan Cornelissen takes indefinite leave amid misconduct allegations

    DataCamp co-founder and CEO Jonathan Cornelissen stepped down from his role indefinitely after a former employee's allegation of unwanted physical contact became public, prompting public backlash including from some DataCamp course instructors.

    news.google.com
  8. Funding

    Raises $25M growth investment from Spectrum Equity

    DataCamp, then a Belgian-founded edtech startup, raised a $25 million growth investment from Spectrum Equity to fund expansion in 2019.

    news.google.com

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