What Human Coders does

Human Coders SAS is a French developer training center founded on 17 February 2012 by Camille Roux and Matthieu Segret, headquartered at 11 bis passage Doisy, Paris. The company delivers practitioner-led technical training across a catalog of 261+ programs spanning front-end (React, Vue.js, Angular, Next.js), back-end (Go, Python, Node.js, Ruby), data science and AI (Machine Learning, LLM, Claude Code, AI agents), DevOps, cloud, cybersecurity, and mobile development. Sessions are delivered in three commercial formats: inter-company (open enrollment), intra-company (customized corporate training), and solo (private one-on-one), with inter-company pricing of €1,500–€2,100 per participant and small group sizes of 3–6 participants working on a Git-versioned 'red thread' project.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services (course fees and customized training contracts) and is distributed across direct sales, inside sales, and OPCO-financed channels; the company is Qualiopi-certified (since 11 May 2021) and partnered with Campus Atlas (OPCO Atlas) effective 1 January 2026, enabling partial or full financing of training for eligible French enterprises. Go-to-market combines sales-led outreach with a community-driven engine: Human Talks conferences (1,600+ since 2012), Human Coders News (18k subscribers), Human Coders Podcast, a Discord community (152+ online members), and 45k social media followers, which together sustain top-of-funnel demand and word-of-mouth among French-speaking developers.

The customer base is horizontally diversified across named enterprise and government logos including Société Générale, BNP Paribas, AXA, MAIF, OVH, Dassault Systèmes, Leroy Merlin, Decathlon, Veepee, Deezer, MALT, CNRS, and the Ministère de la Justice. Since founding, the company has trained 3,000+ participants across 1,900+ sessions while maintaining a 4.6/5 average satisfaction rating and 99% participant satisfaction. The company is privately held and founder-owned, with no disclosed institutional funding rounds, a core operational team of approximately 11, and a network of roughly 60 practicing-developer trainers.

Name

Human Coders

Legal name

Human Coders SAS

Website

https://humancoders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Human Coders is a French developer training center founded in 2012 offering 261+ practitioner-led courses across languages, frameworks, cloud, and AI, serving enterprises and individual developers through inter-company, intra-company, and solo formats, with financing via OPCO partnerships and a community ecosystem anchored by Human Talks, Human Coders News, podcast, and Discord.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training Services

NAICS

Computer Training (61142)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical & Digital Skills Training (BPACANAB)

Keywords

• Developer training programs
• Professional training services
• Technical certification courses
• Corporate learning programs
• Software engineering education

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Inter-Company Training Sessions: Open enrollment training sessions delivered to individual participants or small groups from different companies. Billed per person per session with pricing ranging from €1,500 to €2,100+ per participant.
2. Intra-Company Customized Training: Customized training programs delivered exclusively for a single company. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to company requirements, duration, and number of participants.
3. Solo/Private Training: One-on-one personalized training for individual professionals. The trainer adapts exercises to the participant's specific project and needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Human Coders is a French developer training center that delivers practitioner-led technical courses across 261+ programs covering React, Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Machine Learning, Cloud, DevOps, and Cybersecurity. Training is delivered through three formats: inter-company open enrollment sessions, customized intra-company corporate programs, and one-on-one solo coaching. The offering is complemented by a community ecosystem including Human Talks conferences, Human Coders News, a podcast, and a Discord server.

Product overview

Human Coders operates as a developer training center offering 250+ technical courses across categories including Front-End (React, Vue.js, Angular, Next.js), Back-End (Go, Python, Node.js), Data Science & AI (Machine Learning, LLM, Claude Code), DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD), Cybersecurity, and Mobile Development. The platform includes community features: a Discord server (152+ online members), podcast (Human Coders Podcast), YouTube series (Smalltalk), and Human Talks conferences across French cities. The Charte IA-friendly framework adapts AI-focused courses for developers using AI coding assistants. Training is available in French and English, with financing options via Campus Atlas partnership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inter-Company Training Sessions Open enrollment training sessions delivered to individual developers or small groups from different companies. Available across 12 cities in France plus remote delivery. Billed per person per session with pricing from €1,500 to €2,100+ per participant.
• Intra-Company Customized Training Customized training programs delivered exclusively for a single company, available on-site or remote. Content adapted to company-specific needs, technologies, and processes. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to requirements.
• Solo/Private Training One-on-one personalized training for individual professionals. The trainer adapts exercises to the participant's specific project and needs, with guaranteed session dates.
• Formation React Avancé 3-day advanced React training covering performance optimization, testing with Jest and React Testing Library, state management patterns, and React ecosystem tools. Priced at €2,100 HT per person for inter-company sessions. Available in Paris or remote.
• Formation Go Avancé 3-day advanced Go programming covering concurrency patterns, code quality, generics, iterators, performance profiling, and web security. Priced at €2,000 HT per person for inter-company sessions. Available in English.
• Formation Next.js 16 3-day Next.js 16 training covering App Router, SSR, SSG, Server Actions, API routes, and deployment with an e-commerce project. Priced at €1,900 HT per person for inter-company sessions.
• Formation React React fundamentals training covering hooks, JSX, state management, routing, API consumption with React Query, and testing. Average rating 4.6/5 based on 355 reviews.
• Formation TypeScript 2-day TypeScript training covering static typing, interfaces, generics, decorators, and integration with frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js. Priced at €1,500 HT per person for inter-company sessions.
• Formation JavaScript Avancé 3-day advanced JavaScript training covering ES6+, async/await, promises, DOM manipulation, modules, testing, and CI/CD setup. Quote-based pricing. Eligible for Campus Atlas financing.
• Formation Machine Learning Avancé 3-day advanced Machine Learning training covering algorithm selection, data modeling, hyperparameter optimization, and model evaluation using Python and scikit-learn. Quote-based pricing. Eligible for Campus Atlas financing.
• Formation IA pour les devs – Avancé Advanced AI training for developers covering multi-agents and industrialization of AI-assisted development using tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.
• Formation Claude Code Claude Code training covering AI-assisted coding workflows with Claude for software developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% participant satisfaction rate across all training programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers31 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Campus Atlas (OPCO Atlas)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Partnership since January 1, 2026. Campus Atlas is a training program by OPCO Atlas for companies in their scope. Offers financing up to 100% of training costs. Human Coders selected as partner organization with simplified funding procedures via campusAtlas platform.
• AFDASminorOthersOne of 11 OPCOs (Opérateurs de Compétences) in France. Collects training contributions from companies in culture, communication, leisure, and media sectors. Can finance Human Coders training for eligible companies.
• AKTOminorOthersOPCO for commerce and wholesale distribution sectors. Can finance training for member companies.
• ATLAS (OPCO Atlas)minorOthersOPCO for banking, insurance, and financial services sectors. Partner for Campus Atlas initiative.
• ConstructysminorOthersOPCO for construction sector. Can finance training for member companies.
• OCAPIATminorOthersOPCO for food, agricultural, environmental, and hospitality sectors.
• OPCO 2iminorOthersOPCO for industrial sectors and digital.
• OPCO EPminorOthersOPCO for petroleum and energy sectors.
• OPCO MobilitésminorOthersOPCO for transport and logistics sectors.
• OPCO SantéminorOthersOPCO for healthcare and social services sectors.
• OpcommerceminorOthersOPCO for commerce sector.
• UniformationminorOthersOPCO for construction, housing, and real estate sectors.
• FIF PLminorOthersTraining fund for self-employed professionals (travailleurs indépendants) in France.
• AgeficeminorOthersTraining fund for self-employed professionals in commerce, industry, and services.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cellenza: French technology consultancy with a strong training and coaching practice across Microsoft (.NET, Azure), DevOps, and software craftsmanship. Competes directly for the same enterprise training budgets and developer-audience brand positioning.
• Wild Code School: European web development and data bootcamp with French roots. Targets similar learner personas (aspiring and current developers) and offers comparable web/data curricula, though weighted toward longer-format bootcamps versus Human Coders' modular corporate training.
• Zenika: French IT consultancy and training organization offering similar technical training (Java, Kubernetes, React, AI/ML) to enterprises and individual developers. Closely comparable in terms of practitioner-led model, French enterprise focus, and catalog breadth across modern technologies.
• Devoxx France: Major French/European developer conference and training brand. Comparable audience (professional developers), similar community-led DNA, and overlap on technical topics, though primarily event-driven versus Human Coders' ongoing training programs.
• Le Wagon: French-founded coding bootcamp with strong brand in web development and data science training. Overlaps with Human Coders on developer education, but is more focused on career-changer bootcamps whereas Human Coders targets working professionals and enterprise teams.
• Invivoo: French quantitative finance and IT training firm offering specialized technical courses (Python, C++, quant, finance, data). Competes for similar enterprise training budgets in France, especially in financial services where Human Coders already serves BNP, Société Générale, and Boursorama.

Broad incumbents

• Pluralsight: Global technology learning platform with deep catalog across software development, cloud, security, and AI. Competes for enterprise L&D budgets in France and globally; much larger scale and SaaS delivery model contrast with Human Coders' live, trainer-led approach.
• OpenClassrooms: France-based online education platform offering mentor-supported, project-based tech and data programs. Overlaps with Human Coders on tech training content and a French learner base, but operates an online/async model rather than live workshops.
• OCTO Technology (Accenture): Historic French tech consultancy with deep thought-leadership and training offerings across software architecture, DevOps, data, and AI. Now part of Accenture, it competes for the same enterprise upskilling budgets but at significantly larger scale and with a wider service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Datascientest: French data science and AI training organization offering bootcamps and continuing education programs. Overlaps with Human Coders on the data/ML/AI portion of the catalog and competes for the same enterprise upskilling spend, though focused primarily on data topics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/humancoders
• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLkIa_2dXQ67mJsNyqrvOZR_FIlChDzw16
• Facebookfacebook.com/humancoders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/human-coders

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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