About Disco

Human-first, AI-native learning is creating the change we want to see in the world

Our Mission

To build the AI native learning platform for unlocking human potential.

AI is reshaping every industry, every role, and every assumption about how we create value. The organizations that thrive won't just adopt AI, they'll be the ones who unleash the full potential of their people alongside it.

We built Disco to give every learning organization the power to create transformative experiences that are social, personal, and deeply human.

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Our Values

How we work and make decisions as a company

Impact Focused

We strive to create an outsized impact. We focus on doing work that has the potential to deliver a material impact on our growth, our learning, our customers, and our collective success.

People First

We put people first- our team, our customers, our community. We strive to create a sense of belonging and inclusion. We create a remote first culture that gives our team the space to be their best selves. We build products with deep empathy for the people who use them.

Create a Better World

We want our impact to be net positive in the world. We are intentional with how our learning platform, culture, and choices impact people + planet.

Growth Mindset

We value a growth mindset and are all lifelong learners. We learn by doing: test, iterate, reflect, learn.

Pursuit of Excellence

We humbly pursue our own excellence in all we do and collectively are committed to building a world class platform for our customers.

Embrace the Journey

We strive to make work enjoyable and meaningful for our people. We recognize that the journey to success is not easy and we embrace doing hard things as it creates tremendous growth and learning for all. We embrace transparency, simplicity, and speed.

Resourceful

We solve problems with creativity and curiosity to unlock solutions to the challenges we face. We strive to do more with less. We recognize our customers need to do the same and we build products that help them be resourceful too.

Meet the Founders

The people behind the mission

Co-founders Candice Faktor and Chris Sukornyk are long-time friends and serial entrepreneurs passionate about community, learning, and building world-class platforms.

Before co-founding Disco, Candice scaled Wattpad to 80 MM users, making it the world’s largest platform for creators to share their stories (sold in January 2021, for US $660MM). And Chris founded six other venture-backed startups, most recently Chango (acquired in 2015).

“Learning, Community, and AI have the power to create the most change in the world. That's why I am so passionate about enabling social learning businesses to thrive.”

Candice Faktor

Co-Founder

“Learning comes in many shapes and sizes. Disco’s mission is to power thousands of social learning businesses, each unique and purpose built for learners.”

Chris Sukornyk

Co-Founder

"Learning + Community have the power to create the most change in the world. That's why I am so passionate about enabling social learning businesses to thrive."

Candice Faktor

Co-Founder

"Learning comes in many shapes and sizes. Disco's mission is to power thousands of social learning businesses, each unique and purpose built for their learners."

Chris Sukornyk

Co-Founder

In the Press

What the world is saying about Disco

Disco Among Fast Company’s Most Innovative in Education ->

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Disco named EdTech Breakthrough's Startup of the Year ->

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Disco recognized by Emerge as a rising star in the workforce development space ->

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XPRIZE Selects Disco, the Community Learning Platform, to Power Its Innovative Youth Program, XPRIZE Connect ->

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Backed by some of the world's top investors

Our Team

The humans building the future of learning

It takes a village to build a world-changing platform. Our remote-first team is made up of designers, developers, learning experts, community builders, and business leaders across North America.

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