The Web Academy was founded in 2009 and has had over 4000 enrollments. It started out with instructor led courses on web development SEO and additional topics. Since 2009 there has been an explosion of tech education resources such as CodeAcacemy, Coursera, Udacity and others. Currently, the Web Academy leverages these resources to conduct accountability-based tech education. Each student is paired with another student of equal or similar skill level to hold each other accountable for completing the program.