# Lynda.com

> Lynda.com was a subscription library of expert-led video courses in software, creative work, technology and business. Founded by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin in 1995, it served individual learners, employers, universities and government agencies before LinkedIn acquired it for approximately $1.5 billion in 2015. Its content became the foundation of LinkedIn Learning, which launched in 2016; the original website now redirects there.

- **Founded:** 1995
- **Headquarters:** Carpinteria, United States
- **Founders:** Lynda Weinman (Co-founder; Executive Chair at the time of the 2015 financing), Bruce Heavin (Co-founder; Chief Creative Officer, later Chief Innovation Officer)
- **Products:** Online Training Library, lyndaEnterprise, lyndaPro, lyndaCampus and lyndaKiosk, video2brain, LinkedIn Learning
- **Notable:** Built an online subscription training library beginning in 2002., Reached more than two million people worldwide by the January 2013 investor announcement., Announced $289 million across two outside investment rounds in 2013 and 2015.

## Products & services

- **Online Training Library** — Subscription access to expert-led video courses, with short lessons covering software, design, photography, programming and business.
- **lyndaEnterprise, lyndaPro, lyndaCampus and lyndaKiosk** — Institutional and organizational access products documented in the 2013 investment announcement.
- **video2brain** — Acquired multilingual video-training business with German, French, Spanish and English content.
- **LinkedIn Learning** — Successor launched by LinkedIn combining Lynda.com content with professional-network data, recommendations and organizational learning tools.

## Achievements

- Built an online subscription training library beginning in 2002.
- Reached more than two million people worldwide by the January 2013 investor announcement.
- Announced $289 million across two outside investment rounds in 2013 and 2015.
- At the May 2015 acquisition close, the combined Lynda.com and video2brain library contained more than 6,300 courses and 267,000 tutorials.
- Acquired by LinkedIn for approximately $1.5 billion in May 2015.
- Its content formed the foundation of LinkedIn Learning, launched September 22, 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: lynda.com redirects to LinkedIn Learning. This is an observed website state, not a newly announced migration.
- **2026-09** — The successor LinkedIn Learning catalog lists new training including Getting Started with Claude and AI risk certification preparation; these are LinkedIn Learning releases, not independent Lynda.com launches.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-10-24