Overview

Waking Up is a digital wellness platform offering a meditation and wisdom app created by Sam Harris. It provides guided daily meditations, courses, and lessons on mindfulness, neuroscience, ethics, and philosophy, drawing from practices across traditions and modern science. The app runs on a subscription model, delivering content directly to consumers and avoiding data-driven advertising. It differentiates itself by combining contemplative practice with theoretical teaching, aiming to shift users’ understanding of their minds rather than focusing solely on stress reduction or sleep. The company makes the app free for users who cannot afford it and commits to donating at least 10% of profits to effective charities. Its goal is to offer an accessible, secular, intellectually grounded path to contemplative wisdom without religious dogma.