Mindsmith, a Provo-based AI-native e-learning platform, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to expand its approach to corporate training that merges artificial intelligence with modern learning science. The funding round was led by Next Frontier Capital, with participation from WndrCo, Grix, and several notable industry founders, including Pluralsight co-founder Aaron Skonnard and Lucid co-founder Karl Sun. Skonnard has also joined Mindsmith’s board of directors.
The company’s platform is designed to help learning and development teams rapidly convert static content into interactive training programs. Mindsmith reports that organizations can create instructionally sound training experiences up to 12 times faster than traditional authoring methods. The platform supports real-time collaboration, SOC 2 compliance, enterprise-grade security, and seamless integration with existing learning management systems, making it an ideal solution for large-scale corporate environments.
Mindsmith’s customers include HubSpot, Laing O’Rourke, Gaylor Electric, and multiple Fortune 500 companies across industries such as manufacturing, energy, IT services, finance, hospitality, and cybersecurity. The platform also offers analytics to track course performance and help organizations improve training outcomes over time.
The team plans to expand its workforce over the next year as demand for AI-driven training solutions increases, particularly among organizations seeking to improve training efficiency, productivity, and long-term employee skill development. Mindsmith’s founders see the company as part of Utah’s growing presence in enterprise technology and learning innovation.
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“We built Mindsmith so teams can quickly create more powerful and engaging learning programs that drive real business impact. By turning static content into dynamic, instructionally grounded courses in minutes, L&D teams can focus on more strategic and ambitious projects without sacrificing valuable time and budgetary resources. Our platform is where intelligence meets instructional integrity, allowing teams to leverage AI throughout every step of the process to lean into their professional workflow and make content that produces results.”
Zack Allen, Co-founder and CEO of Mindsmith
“Speed is meaningless if the learning doesn’t stick. AI’s promise isn’t just faster content creation, it’s smarter content creation. Similar to popular tools like Canva or Miro that make visual creation and collaboration more intuitive for all users, Mindsmith brings that ease to corporate training materials. Our goal is to help companies create training that actually changes behavior and improves long-term performance. When intelligence meets instructional integrity, companies can finally scale training that changes performance.”
Ethan Webb, Co-founder of Mindsmith
“Mindsmith has been a significant upgrade over the legacy e-learning tools we used in the past. With an intuitive and easy-to-use approach to tackling course creation, Mindsmith has driven significant value for our team. We see Mindsmith as a key partner through every stage of course creation.”
Killian Vigna, Instructional Designer at HubSpot
“Few companies at this stage experience the level of enterprise demand Mindsmith has generated.”
Erika Nash, Partner at Next Frontier Capital
“The Mindsmith team has achieved the rare balance between cutting-edge AI and deep learning design expertise. Mindsmith’s AI platform solves a real, measurable pain point for L&D teams, and the market demand we’re seeing speaks volumes about the urgent need for this type of solution.”
ChenLi Wang, General Partner at WndrCo
“Utah has a deep legacy of shaping the future of learning technology, and Mindsmith is poised to join the pantheon of great innovative companies that have come from the region. Mindsmith’s exciting AI platform unlocks a new era in content creation, where learning teams can move faster, think bigger, and focus on impact instead of process. Mindsmith represents the next leap forward in how organizations will build knowledge and develop their people.”
Aaron Skonnard, Co-founder of Pluralsight and Mindsmith Board Member
