# Hone

> Hone is a San Diego-area software company that delivers leadership and human-skills training to enterprises through small-group, live virtual classes led by expert facilitators, paired with program-management technology and, since 2025, a voice-first AI coach called Hone AI. Founded in 2018 by FanDuel co-founder Tom Griffiths and former CultureIQ leaders, Hone helps companies deploy, manage, and measure manager, leadership, and DEIB training at scale for distributed and hybrid teams. It has trained more than 50,000 people for customers including IBM, Rubrik, Thumbtack, and Rover.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Encinitas, California, United States
- **Founders:** Tom Griffiths (CEO & Co-founder (formerly Co-founder / CPO at FanDuel)), Savina Perez (Chief Customer Officer & Co-founder (formerly VP Marketing, CultureIQ)), Jeremy Hamel (Co-founder (formerly VP Product, CultureIQ))
- **Team size:** ~160 employees
- **Products:** Hone Membership, Private Programs / Cohorts, Hone AI, Coaching, Learning Impact & Analytics
- **Notable:** Pioneered the 'management-training-as-a-service' category at launch in 2018, Trained more than 50,000 people through live, online learning experiences, Raised roughly $64.8M total across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds

## Products & services

- **Hone Membership** — A subscription giving employees access to 50+ live, expert-led virtual classes each week across leadership, management, communication, and human skills - a Peloton-style schedule people can drop into.
- **Private Programs / Cohorts** — Custom, cohort-based programs deployed for specific audiences inside an organization, with manager training, DEIB, and people-skills content delivered by live facilitators.
- **Hone AI** — A voice-first, interactive AI coach launched in 2025 that provides on-demand practice, simulations, and chat-based coaching in the flow of work to reinforce skills between live sessions.
- **Coaching** — 1:1 and group executive coaching that complements the live class catalog.
- **Learning Impact & Analytics** — Assessment and measurement tools that let L&D teams deploy, manage, and measure training impact and behavior change at scale.

## Achievements

- Pioneered the 'management-training-as-a-service' category at launch in 2018
- Trained more than 50,000 people through live, online learning experiences
- Raised roughly $64.8M total across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds
- Launched Hone AI, a voice-first AI coach, in 2025 after a multi-month pilot with dozens of customers
- Tripled its client base in 2019 with customers like Rover, GoFundMe, and Rosetta Stone

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Hone unveiled Hone AI, a voice-first interactive AI coach for upskilling employees in the flow of work.
- **2025-09** — Hone AI capabilities launched publicly after roughly nine months of development with several dozen pilot customers.
- **2022-09** — Closed a $30M Series B led by 3L Capital to grow its corporate learning platform.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-06-14