What The Sphere does

La Sphère is a France-based personal development company that operates an AI-assisted self-coaching mobile and web application under a three-step methodology (Comprendre, Clarifier, Commencer). The product is built around 18 structured auto-coaching programs organized into five categories — Rhythm & Organization, Vision & Goals, Values & Identity, Self-Knowledge, and Mental Performance — each grounded in clinical psychology frameworks (Jung, Adler, Frankl, Pennebaker's expressive writing) and delivered through guided text-based protocols rather than free-form chat. The core technical asset is Iris, an AI coaching agent built on Anthropic's Claude that maintains persistent memory of user values, blockages, and prior insights, asks guided questions, and directs users to the appropriate protocol. The stack is composed entirely of third-party infrastructure providers: Anthropic for the model, Convex for data, Clerk for authentication, Stripe for billing, and Vercel for hosting. The app is positioned as an affordable, always-available alternative to human coaching (€120/session), therapy (€70/session), and online courses (€300-800), with no credit card required to begin.

The company monetizes through a two-tier freemium model: a permanent free plan offering four identity tests (MBTI, Enneagram, Fulfilment score, Limiting beliefs), the Hudson Wheel, the Identity Matrix, and a weekly review; and a Premium plan at €18.99/month (~€0.60/day) unlocking all 18+ auto-coachings, 20+ masterclasses, Iris 24/7, the complete mental dashboard, and PDF exports, cancellable in one click. Go-to-market is pure self-serve product-led growth: a top-of-funnel content blog, video and text testimonials (60+ on Trustpilot at 4.6-4.7/5), and an ambassador program of Olympic champions, race car drivers, starred chefs, and entrepreneurs drive acquisition. A secondary B2B motion exists through 'Espace Coach,' a separate platform that lets certified coaches assign protocols, track client engagement, and offer a hybrid human-plus-AI experience to their own clients, though its revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed. The company was founded in 2021 by Lucas Guasch, an ICF-certified coach with an INSA Toulouse engineering background, and is structured as a French SAS currently in the process of registration, with no institutional funding disclosed.

Name

The Sphere

Legal name

La Sphère

Website

https://lasphere.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Sphère is a France-based AI-assisted self-coaching app that delivers 18 structured, psychology-grounded protocols and a 24/7 AI coach (Iris) to individual consumers via a freemium subscription (€18.99/month), with a secondary B2B platform for certified coaches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Development Software

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI-Powered Tutoring & Study Assistant Platforms (EDANAGAD), Education & Learning Personalization (HDAAAGAL)

Keywords

• AI coaching app
• Self-coaching platform
• Personal development software
• Reflective writing protocols
• Mental performance coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription: Monthly subscription at €18.99 providing unlimited access to all 18+ auto-coaching sessions, Iris AI coach 24/7, complete mental dashboard, identity tools, weekly reviews, and PDF exports. Billed monthly via Stripe with no minimum commitment. Free plan with limited identity tests available permanently.
2. Enterprise/Coach Platform: B2B platform for certified coaches to track clients between sessions, assign protocols, and measure progress. Revenue model unclear but suggests enterprise licensing or partnership model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

La Sphère is an AI-assisted self-coaching application that delivers 18+ structured personal-development programs through Iris, a 24/7 AI coach agent. The platform encodes founder Lucas Guasch's ICF-certified methodology — grounded in Jung, Adler, Frankl, and Pennebaker frameworks — into guided protocols covering self-knowledge, vision, strategy, and mental performance, offered via a freemium model with a €18.99/month Premium subscription.

Product overview

La Sphère is a unified AI-assisted coaching app built around a 3-step methodology (Comprendre → Clarifier → Commencer). The core product is the La Sphère app itself, featuring Iris (an AI coaching agent available 24/7), 18 structured self-coaching programs across 5 categories, Le Miroir (self-knowledge module with personality tests), La Vision (direction clarification tools), and La Stratégie (organization and cascading objectives). A companion professional platform called Espace Coach serves certified coaches who want to track and extend their clients' progress. Pricing has two tiers: a permanent free plan (identity tests, Hudson Wheel, weekly review) and a Premium plan at €18.99/month unlocking all 18+ auto-coachings, Iris 24/7, masterclasses, and the full mental dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Sphère App
• 18 Auto-Coaching Programs
• Espace Coach (Pour les Coachs)

Quantifiable outcome

• 60+ positive reviews on Trustpilot with 4.6-4.7/5 rating
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Anthropic PBCcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI provider powering the Iris coaching engine. Data not used for AI training per privacy policy. Core technology dependency for the AI coaching functionality.
• Convex Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationDatabase infrastructure provider. Handles data storage for user profiles, conversation history, coaching progress, and application state.
• Clerk Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationAuthentication and identity management platform. Handles user sign-up, login, session management, and security for the application.
• Stripe Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing for subscription billing. Handles secure monthly payments for premium subscriptions. PCI-DSS certified.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BetterUp: Enterprise coaching platform combining human coaches with AI-driven development tools, sold to corporate buyers — directly comparable to La Sphère's Espace Coach B2B proposition and to the AI-augmented coaching methodology.
• CoachHub: Enterprise digital coaching platform with both human coaches and AI-augmented tooling, serving global corporations. Comparable to La Sphère's B2B coach platform thesis and the broader AI + coaching hybrid model.
• Woebot Health: AI-driven conversational coach for mental wellbeing, available 24/7 with structured dialogue. Closest direct peer in the AI-coaching-agent category, though focused on emotional/mental health rather than identity/vision coaching.
• Mindvalley: Subscription-based personal development education platform offering structured programs across vision, mindset, and performance — closely aligned with La Sphère's self-coaching category and founder-led content library.
• Wysa: AI mental-health coach combining structured CBT-style exercises with conversational AI, sold both D2C and to employers/health plans. Comparable in AI-coach architecture, consumer freemium, and enterprise channel.

Broad incumbents

• Noom: Subscription behavior-change platform combining psychology, coaching, and AI-driven personalization at consumer scale. Comparable in PLG consumer subscription mechanics and psychology-grounded methodology, though applied to health rather than identity.
• Calm: Mass-market meditation and mental wellness subscription app with B2B (Calm Business) channel. Comparable as a premium D2C mental-wellness subscription with celebrity/athlete endorsements driving top-of-funnel acquisition.
• Robbins Research International: Established personal-development brand built around a single founder's methodology, monetized through premium content, events, and programs. Comparable in founder-encoded methodology and premium positioning against human coaching alternatives.
• Headspace: Major mental wellness and mindfulness subscription incumbent with both D2C and B2B (Headspace for Work) channels. Comparable in freemium-to-premium consumer subscription and enterprise expansion, though content is meditation-led rather than coaching-led.

Emerging players

• Mind Tools: Subscription personal and professional development content platform focused on skills, leadership, and career. Comparable in the professional-development subscription model and the 'self-coaching' use case, though content is text/video rather than AI-agent led.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lasphere_co
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lasphere-co

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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