# Hickory

> Hickory is a New York corporate training software company whose learning management system uses personalized spaced repetition to reinforce employee knowledge, especially for sales and customer service teams. Its published offering combines short card-based lessons, content imports, reporting and instructional design support; Y Combinator currently lists the company as inactive.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Brian Tobal (Co-founder and CEO (historical)), Arnaud Meunier (Co-founder and CTO (historical))
- **Products:** Hickory learning management system, Curriculum integration and instructional design
- **Notable:** Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2015., Company instructional design article reports an unnamed support team cross-training in 6 rather than 14 weeks, followed by 93% CSAT; not independently validated.

## Products & services

- **Hickory learning management system** — Card-based corporate lessons with personalized review scheduling, content imports and progress reporting.
- **Curriculum integration and instructional design** — Published guidance describes working with clients to map reinforcement into a 6-18 month training plan.

## Achievements

- Participated in Y Combinator Summer 2015.
- Company instructional design article reports an unnamed support team cross-training in 6 rather than 14 weeks, followed by 93% CSAT; not independently validated.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research observation: Y Combinator directory labels Hickory inactive, while its public website continues to display product information and prices. This is not a dated company announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hickorytraining.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hickory/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hickorytraining
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hickorytraining/

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Last updated: 2026-10-04