Kelly teaches for free. Always. Every human. Every day. Revenue comes from what people choose to buy — not from what they need to learn.
Lesson of the Day exists to solve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. One AI teacher — Kelly — delivers a personalized lesson to every human being, every day, in their language, adapted to their age, for free.
We are organized as a California Public Benefit Corporation — a legal structure that requires directors to balance returns with positive impact on society. LOTD is 100% founder-owned. There are no outside investors. There is no board seeking an exit. There are no plans for IPO. The corporation is governed by a multi-stakeholder Stewardship Council — not a traditional board of directors — ensuring the mission survives any individual and serves humanity in perpetuity.
Kelly teaches for free through broadcast video and live classes. Revenue comes from four pillars: premium digital subscriptions, physical print products, purpose-built learning hardware, and institutional licensing. 25+ distinct products spanning digital, physical, hardware, and place-based revenue.
Broadcast. Kelly teaches the world — 365 daily lessons, free to all 8 billion humans. Premium subscriptions, institutional licensing, language preservation partnerships, content licensing, and the Kelly API. Live Classes are free and function as the zero-CAC customer acquisition engine.
Print. The Daily Lesson publication, Lesson Cards, educational workbooks, and Kelly Storybooks. Physical learning materials manufactured on-site — tactile complement to digital, reaching the 3 billion humans without reliable internet.
iLearn. Five purpose-built learning computers running KellyOS, from the $10 Nano to the $4,999 Ultra. No distractions, no ads, no social media. Kelly is the interface. Sold in Apple Retail stores worldwide. Each Ultra cross-subsidizes 159 Nano devices — the wealthy fund access for those who cannot afford it, through the product itself.
The Ziggurat. The Commons — 40,000 SF of free public learning space. Studio rentals, event hosting, architecture tours, office leases, community programs, and an artist residency. The building itself generates revenue while serving the mission.
Kelly teaches for free through live video. Revenue comes from what people choose to buy — not from what they need to learn.
1,003,041 square feet on 92 acres in Laguna Niguel, California. Designed by William L. Pereira in 1968 as the world's largest electronics manufacturing plant. Seven stepped tiers of reinforced concrete, purpose-built for industrial production. The building has failed to sell three times — every serious bidder intended demolition.
We intend to acquire it for its original purpose: manufacturing. This is not adaptive reuse. This is restoration to original design intent. The below-grade construction, high ceilings, central utility plant, and one-million-gallon thermal storage tank are not problems to solve. They are exactly what manufacturing requires.
The transformation creates 1,075 to 1,950 jobs, all well above Orange County median income, with manufacturing training programs in partnership with Saddleback College. Level 7 becomes The Observatory — a public learning center and observation deck open to the world.
A Public Benefit Corporation is not a nonprofit. It is a corporation with teeth — one that generates revenue, builds products, and competes in markets, but is legally bound to serve a public benefit alongside its shareholders. This property cannot be flipped or repurposed for speculative gain.
The founder, Nicolette Ann Rankin, co-founded Open English, which scaled to $171 million in annual revenue serving 2 million students across 18 countries — the subject of Harvard Business School Case Study N9-814-020. Twenty years of building educational technology. The conviction is not theoretical.
The company holds U.S. Patent Pending No. 18/088,519 for autonomous learning systems and registered trademarks for The Daily Lesson, Kelly, and iLearn.