Pearson has agreed to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills intelligence platform focused on enterprise learning and workforce skills, in a move that will broaden Pearson’s enterprise learning and workforce skills offerings. Workera integrates agentic AI, psychometrics, and adaptive assessment to evaluate demonstrated capability with role-centric scenarios and simulations, providing organizations better visibility into existing workforce capabilities, including AI fluency. Its tech also allow businesses to discover skills gaps, recommend learning actions, validate skill uplift and help talent decisions for hiring, internal mobility, redeployment, and workforce planning. “In the era of AI, an organization’s ability to assess and develop skills will be key. Workera has pioneered a new approach to continuously measuring and validating workforce capabilities, giving organizations an accurate understanding of the skills they have today and what they will need in the future. Combining Workera’s talented workforce and technology, with Pearson’s expertise in learning and assessment, strengthens our ability to help enterprises close skills gaps faster and build more agile and capable workforces.” said Vishaal Gupta, President, Enterprise Learning & Skills at Pearson.
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Workera founder and CEO Kian Katanforoosh said, “The future will require all of us to develop new skills and learn faster than ever. We built Workera to harness AI so people can discover what they’re capable of, organizations can recognize talent they might otherwise overlook, and learning can lead to progress you can actually see. Pearson has helped people learn and grow around the world for generations. Together, we’ll bring Workera’s AI and Pearson’s deep expertise in learning and assessment to a shared ambition: building the gold standard for workforce readiness and helping people achieve more than they thought possible.” Workera serves enterprise and government customers, including ServiceNow, Accenture, and the United States Space Force. Following completion, expected in H2 2026 subject to customary closing conditions and approvals, Workera will become part of Pearson’s Enterprise Learning & Skills business, with Katanforoosh joining its leadership team.
