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They were none-profit at initial stage (free education for anyone, first Ng machine learning course), but later somehow turn to for-profit.

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Coursera was never a non-profit corporation. They were founded in 2012 and raised an initial $16 million funding round backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates.

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