Hone

Hone is a workforce development company that delivers employee training through live, expert-led online workshops combined with AI-powered learning tools. Its catalog spans leadership and people skills including communication, feedback, delegation, conflict management, goal setting, change management, performance management, agility and AI enablement, with content tracks organized for first-time managers, managers, senior leaders (director level and above), individual contributors and company-wide audiences. Earlier programming also covered management fundamentals, diversity, equity and inclusion, personal productivity, coaching, teamwork, wellness and mental health.

The product is offered as modular components that customers can mix and match: hundreds of live classes and cohort-based programs, on-demand AI lessons, skills practice and scenario roleplays with personalized feedback, a 24/7 AI coach, and 1:1 and group coaching with human coaches. An AI Skills Analysis feature surfaces employee strengths and development areas and recommends learning experiences. Hone integrates with HRIS, LMS and workplace collaboration systems including Cornerstone, UKG, Docebo, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Okta, Rippling and OneLogin, and has also built an integration with HowNow.

The company positions its offering as executive-quality training extended to all levels of an enterprise at roughly 40% of the cost of traditional learning models. It is headquartered in San Diego, California, and reported 51 employees on its press page.

Founding story

Hone was founded in 2018 by Tom Griffiths and Savina Perez. Griffiths previously co-founded gaming company FanDuel, where he served as Chief Product Officer, and states that leadership training is a personal interest; Perez previously led growth at venture-backed B2B technology companies in New York and San Francisco including Curalate, Incapsula and Smartling. The founders framed the company around the view that corporate training was outdated and that learning and development should be broadly accessible.

Business model

Hone sells its learning platform to employers, packaging live instructor-led classes, AI lessons and roleplays, an AI coach, and human 1:1/group coaching as modular components customers combine to fit their needs. Sales run through consultations and demos, and the platform is integrated into customers' existing HRIS and LMS systems for deployment across the workforce.

Enterprise/B2B sales of platform access and learning programs to employers; the company states it delivers executive-quality training across all levels of an enterprise at 40% of the cost of traditional learning models.

Traction

As of its Series A announcement in November 2021, Hone reported 10x growth since the start of the pandemic, more than 300 live video classes per month, learners across 58 countries, over 100 customers, and learning analytics showing 90% of learners made a lasting behavior change. Its press page reports 51 employees, 25,000+ leaders trained, 10,000+ learning hours delivered and training in 58+ countries. Website figures cite 2.5M employees impacted globally, 91% of employees reporting increased work performance, a 316% year-over-year increase in engagement and 2,000+ total learning hours.

Latest developments

Hone's current positioning centers on preparing workforces for the AI era, with AI lessons and roleplays, a 24/7 AI coach, AI Skills Analysis for continuous feedback, and new live learning experiences focused on AI transformation. It is hosting a half-day virtual conference, "Forward: AI Transformation in Practice," on September 9, 2026, and has published a customer story on how ModMed develops leaders at scale using Hone.