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Calm (company)

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Meditation app

Calm.com, Inc.
Logo of Calm
Company typePrivate
FoundedMay 4, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-05-04)
Founders
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Number of employees
310 (2022)[1]
Websitecalm.com

Calm.com, Inc.,doing business asCalm, is asoftware company based inSan Francisco,California. It producesmeditation products, including guided meditations andSleep Stories on its subscription-based app.[2][3][4][5][6]

History

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Calm was founded on May 4, 2012, byMichael Acton Smith andAlex Tew.[7]Tamara Levitt became the Head of Mindfulness in November 2014 and is one of the app's primary narrators.[8]

The company generated $22 million in revenue in 2017 and reached an annual revenue run rate of $75 million.[9] As of 2017[update], Calm had raised $1.5M inangel investments.[10]

As of February 2019, the company was valued at $1 billion and had raised $116 million, with contributions from existing investors, includingInsight Venture Partners,Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, andCreative Artists Agency.[11]

Calm was Apple's "App of the Year" in 2017,[10] and was ranked byInc. as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America in 2018.[12]

In February 2022, Calm acquired Ripple Health Group, a technology company that connects users with proper healthcare options.[13] The acquisition focused on buildingCalm Health,[14][15] which was released in October 2022 and offered through traditional healthcare providers, payers, and self-insured employers.[16] It was initially offered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression. The company planned to add mental health programs for those with other physical conditions.[6]

In August 2022, Calm laid off 20% of its employees, roughly 90 of 400 employees.[1]

In November 2022, Calm had four million paid subscribers.[13]

Product

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Calm produces meditation products, including guided meditations, a book, narratedSleep Stories, and health and meditation videos. Their primary product is the meditationapp, available oniPhone andAndroid devices.[17][18]

The app features both meditation tools and sleep aids.

The meditation area offers breathing exercises, a daily meditation, several multi-day programs, and unguided andguided meditation sessions.[19][20]

The company also produced a nature documentary series forHBO Max.[21][22]

The app also hostsAlanis Morissette's 2022 ambient albumThe Storm Before the Calm.[23]

Jay Shetty, the company's chief purpose officer, hosts a short mindfulness message called "The Daily Jay."[13]

"Sleep Stories" series

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On December 1, 2016, Calm launched an initial range of 23Sleep Stories, with the aim of helping adult listeners sleep.[24]

Sleep Stories include archival recordings ofBob Ross,[25] classical andambient music including compositions byJohannes Brahms,Sigur Rós,deadmau5, andMoby. The series also included original stories and public domain fiction read by narrators.

In 2018, singerLeona Lewis contributed narration to the sleep stories in support of(RED)'sGlobal Fund to end AIDS.[26]

In December 2023, Calm announced that it had usedAIvoice-cloning technology to create a Christmas-themed original story "It's a Wonderful Sleep Story" narrated by American actorJames Stewart, 25 years after the actor's death in 1997.[27]

Publications

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  • Calm: Calm the Mind. Change the World (Penguin, 2015), Michael Acton Smith,ISBN 978-0241201954

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Popular meditation app maker Calm reportedly lays off 20% of employees". August 12, 2022. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023.
  2. ^"The Unbearable Irony of Meditation Apps".Wired. August 30, 2017. RetrievedOctober 12, 2017.
  3. ^Rosenbloom, Stephanie (January 24, 2017)."Head Trip: Meditation Apps for Travelers".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  4. ^Hamman, Brian (November 14, 2015)."How to Pick a Meditation App".Well. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  5. ^Eaton, Kit (May 4, 2016)."The Smartphone Way to Inner Calm".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  6. ^abWiggers, Kyle (October 18, 2022)."Calm launches clinical mental health offering, Calm Health".TechCrunch. RetrievedNovember 19, 2022.
  7. ^"Calm.com, Inc.: Private Company Information -".Bloomberg L.P.Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. RetrievedFebruary 21, 2017.
  8. ^Cornell, Camilla (September 2, 2018)."Meet Tamara Levitt, the Toronto woman who soothes millions on the Calm app".The Globe and Mail. RetrievedMarch 11, 2020.
  9. ^"Meditation app Calm hits a $250M valuation amid an explosion of interest in mindfulness apps".TechCrunch. June 20, 2018. RetrievedDecember 19, 2018.
  10. ^abLevy, Ari (March 26, 2018)."This meditation app is now worth $250 million and has Trump-related stress to thank".CNBC.
  11. ^Gmelich, Krista (February 6, 2019)."Meditation App Backed by Ashton Kutcher Valued at $1 Billion".www.bloomberg.com. RetrievedMarch 22, 2019.
  12. ^"Calm.com: Number 19 on the 2018 Inc. 5000".Inc.com. RetrievedDecember 19, 2018.
  13. ^abcSouthwick, Ron (November 28, 2022)."Calm moves into healthcare and is excited about its prospects".Chief Healthcare Executive. RetrievedDecember 6, 2022.
  14. ^Aisha Malik (February 2, 2022)."Calm acquires healthcare technology company Ripple Health Group".Tech Crunch. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2022.
  15. ^Torrence, Rebecca (February 3, 2022)."Meditation app Calm buys Ripple Health Group to build out mental health care offerings".Fierce Healthcare. RetrievedNovember 19, 2022.
  16. ^Olsen, Emily (October 18, 2022)."Calm announces clinical mental health offering".MobiHealthNews. RetrievedNovember 19, 2022.
  17. ^"7 Mindfulness Apps To Help You Refocus".Time. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  18. ^"How Mindfulness Can Help You Sleep Better".The Huffington Post. January 5, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  19. ^Dredge, Stuart (May 26, 2016)."Five of the best meditation apps".The Guardian.ISSN 0261-3077. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  20. ^Pinola, Melanie."Calm.com Trains You to Meditate in Two to Twenty Minute Sessions".Lifehacker. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  21. ^Heater, Brian (July 19, 2020)."The Calm meditation app is getting its own celebrity-filled HBO Max show". TechCrunch. RetrievedJuly 20, 2020.
  22. ^Porter, Rick (July 16, 2020)."Calm App to Become HBO Max Series". The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedJuly 20, 2020.
  23. ^Lewry, Fraser (May 19, 2022)."Alanis Morissette is releasing a meditation album and it all sounds *very* relaxing".Louder Sound. RetrievedJune 17, 2022.
  24. ^Buhr, Sarah (December 2016)."That one time I was tucked in by a startup".TechCrunch. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2017.
  25. ^Boran, Marie."Happy little Zzzzzs with Bob Ross".The Irish Times. RetrievedDecember 19, 2018.
  26. ^"Drift off to sleep with Leona Lewis and SAVE LIVES with (RED)".Calm Blog. November 27, 2018. RetrievedMay 20, 2019.
  27. ^Spangler, Todd (December 4, 2023)."AI-Generated Jimmy Stewart Narrates Bedtime Story for Calm App (EXCLUSIVE)".Variety. RetrievedDecember 5, 2023.
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