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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
1.    BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of Coursera, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation, and its subsidiaries (“Coursera”, the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).
Description of Business
Coursera is an online learning platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions with the goal of providing world-class educational content that is affordable, accessible, and relevant. We combine content, data, and technology into a platform that is customizable and extensible to both individual learners and institutions. We partner with university and industry partners (collectively, “educator partners”) to bring quality higher education to a broad range of individuals, businesses, organizations, and governments. We also sell directly to institutions, including employers, colleges and universities, organizations, and governments, to enable their employees, students, and citizens to gain critical skills aligned to job markets. Our corporate headquarters is located in Mountain View, California.
Reporting Segments
We conduct our operations through three reporting segments: Consumer, Enterprise, and Degrees. Refer to Note 14 for additional information.
Initial Public Offering
On April 5, 2021, Coursera, Inc. completed its initial public offering of common stock, in which 14,664,776 shares were sold (the “IPO”). The shares were sold at a price to the public of $33.00 per share for net proceeds of $452,482, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $31,456. Upon completion of the IPO, $6,449 of deferred offering costs were reclassified into additional paid-in capital as a reduction of the net proceeds received from the IPO. Upon the closing of the IPO, all outstanding shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 75,305,400 shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis.
On April 19, 2021, the underwriters exercised in full the right to purchase 2,359,500 additional shares of common stock from the Company, resulting in additional net proceeds of $72,802, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $5,061.