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Grokker

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Grokker offers digital wellness content and resources accessible across devices for individuals seeking to improve their wellbeing. The platform provides high-quality health and wellness programming to users globally.

Also known as Grokker Inc. · Grokker.com

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechHR TechWellness & Fitness

Founders & leadership

LBLorna Borenstein
Lorna BorensteininFounder & CEO

Investors · 9

Also in the syndicate · 1

Comcast

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Grokker is a wellbeing company that operates a video-based health and wellness platform for both employers and individual consumers. The employer-facing product is described by the company as an AI-powered employee health operating system intended to consolidate fragmented HR and benefits data. Its HIPAA-compliant "Knowledge Orchestrator" uses conversational intelligence to unify benefits data, automate benefits navigation, reduce administrative burden on HR teams, and answer employee questions in real time. A related product, GrokkyAi, is marketed as guiding employees toward lower-acuity benefits interventions through real-time recommendations in order to reduce cost and raise benefits utilization. A Healthy Weight Suite applies positive psychology, "food-inclusion," personalization and a holistic approach rather than restrictive dieting.

The employee experience consists of holistic health content and challenges delivered on mobile apps, desktops and smart TVs, including a library of more than 4,000 videos, programs spanning fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep and financial wellbeing, interactive challenges and incentives, a wellbeing social network and community, interaction with experts and trainers, multi-language support, and device integrations with Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin and others. The consumer site offers yoga, fitness, cooking and mind categories organized into videos, programs, collections, expert profiles, forums and Q&A, and is streamable on PC/Mac, smartphones, tablets, Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast.

The company's about page states it hosts more than 4,000 videos, 130+ experts and 90+ programs, and defines its name from "grok," meaning to absorb knowledge so deeply as to be transformed by it.

Founding story

The concept for Grokker came to Lorna Borenstein during a multi-year sabbatical traveling the world with her husband and three children, when she was unable to find high-quality instructional yoga and fitness videos gathered in one place for use while on vacation. She founded Grokker.com in 2012 as an on-demand wellbeing solution available anywhere, anytime, on any device. Before Grokker she was president of the online real estate site Move and held executive positions at Yahoo.

Business model

Grokker sells its wellbeing platform to employers as an employee health and benefits offering, and also markets a direct-to-consumer subscription. The employer offering is positioned around implementation within 30 days, transparent pricing, a dedicated success partner, and turnkey content and playbooks. The consumer product is sold as a monthly subscription with a two-week free trial that can be cancelled at any time.

Subscription revenue: employer contracts for the corporate wellbeing platform, and a direct consumer subscription priced at $14.99 per month for unlimited access, following a two-week free trial.

Traction

The company reports more than 100 million wellbeing minutes logged annually, 82% user engagement at Delta Airlines and 2x higher engagement than alternative wellbeing providers at CVS Health. Named customers include Boston Children's Hospital, Delta Airlines, Pinterest, Disney Parks Experiences and Products, Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey), the City of Greeley and, as of 2017, LinkedIn. Content assets include 4,000+ videos, 130+ experts and 90+ programs.

Latest developments

The corporate site presents an AI-centric repositioning: an AI-powered employee health operating system with a HIPAA-compliant Knowledge Orchestrator, the GrokkyAi recommendation product for benefits navigation, and a Healthy Weight Suite. Recent published articles address employer healthcare cost pressure and ROI, benefits inclusion, and engaging hard-to-reach employees with AI-powered resources, referencing a Hinge Health Movement 2026 conference.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Grokker competes in the employer wellbeing and benefits-navigation market, citing enterprise and public-sector customers including Delta Airlines, Pinterest, Boston Children's Hospital, Disney Parks Experiences and Products, Momentive and the City of Greeley. CNBC included it at number 12 on its inaugural Upstart 25 list of promising young start-ups in 2017.

Grokker positions itself on breadth and accessibility of content (4,000+ videos across fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep and financial wellbeing, available on mobile, desktop and smart TVs), community-driven engagement through challenges, social connection and access to experts, hand-picked instructors, multi-language support, and rapid implementation for employers. It cites engagement outcomes, including 2x higher engagement than alternative wellbeing providers at CVS Health and 82% user engagement at Delta Airlines, and, more recently, HIPAA-compliant conversational AI for benefits navigation.

Technology

Cloud-delivered video content platform accessible via mobile apps, desktop browsers and smart TV devices (Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast), with device integrations for Apple Watch, Fitbit and Garmin, multi-language support, community/social features and challenge mechanics. The employer product adds a HIPAA-compliant "Knowledge Orchestrator" using conversational intelligence to unify benefits data and answer employee questions in real time, and GrokkyAi for personalized benefits recommendations.

Go-to-market

Grokker sells to employers as a benefits and wellbeing offering, supported by customer success stories from organizations including Boston Children's Hospital, Delta Airlines, Pinterest, Disney Parks Experiences and Products, Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey) and the City of Greeley, plus published blog content and research aimed at HR and benefits leaders. In its earlier consumer motion it acquired subscribers through a two-week free trial and distributed content online and via video on demand through Comcast, Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

Primarily employers and HR/benefits leaders seeking employee health, wellbeing and benefits-navigation programs, including large enterprises, hospitals and municipalities; secondarily individual consumers buying a direct video subscription.

Geography

Headquartered in San Jose, California. The platform is marketed for global employee populations, with multi-language support and internationalization referenced on the corporate site; customers cited include employers with global workforces such as Delta Airlines and Momentive.

History

Lorna Borenstein founded Grokker.com in 2012 as an on-demand wellbeing service accessible from any device. By 2017 the company was described as an on-demand video wellness service distributed online and via video on demand through Comcast, Amazon Prime and Apple TV, and had begun signing corporate clients including Pinterest, LinkedIn and SurveyMonkey; it was ranked 12th on CNBC's inaugural Upstart 25 list that year with $22.5 million raised. As of the material reviewed, the company presents itself primarily as an AI-powered employee health operating system for employers, with GrokkyAi and a Healthy Weight Suite as current offerings, while continuing to run a consumer video subscription site. Website footers carry a 2026 copyright for Grokker Inc.

Risks & controversies

The sources reviewed contain no reported controversies. Note that a separate, defunct San Francisco company, Groxis (founded 2001, ceased operations March 2009), marketed a visual search engine also named Grokker; that entity is unrelated to this company.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Consumer subscription priceFeb 2017$14.99
Engagement vs. alternative wellbeing providers (CVS Health)Jan 20262x higher engagement
Experts on platformJan 2026130+ experts
Programs on platformJan 202690+ programs
Total venture funding raisedFeb 2017$22.5M
User engagement rate (Delta Airlines)Jan 202682%
Video library sizeJan 20264,000+ videos
Wellbeing minutes logged annuallyJan 2026100M+

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 2

by search overlap

Companies competing with Grokker for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2026
GrokkyAi and Healthy Weight Suite offered on corporate platform

Grokker's website markets GrokkyAi, an AI tool that directs employees to lower-acuity benefits interventions with real-time recommendations, alongside a Healthy Weight Suite based on positive psychology, food-inclusion and personalization.

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Feb 2017
Named to inaugural CNBC Upstart 25 list

Grokker was ranked 12th on CNBC's inaugural Upstart 25 list of promising young start-ups.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Grokker do?
Grokker is a corporate wellbeing platform offering on-demand health video content and AI-driven employee benefits navigation.
Who founded Grokker?
Grokker was founded by Lorna Borenstein.
Who are Grokker's investors?
Grokker's investors include Aspect Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Owl Capital, First Round Capital, Gingerbread Capital, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel.