Workera

AI-powered skills-intelligence platform for enterprise workforce upskilling

EdTech 📍 Palo Alto, CA Founded 2019

Current Valuation

Private

PRIVATE

Workera is an AI-powered skills-intelligence platform that helps enterprises measure, verify, and develop the technical, cognitive, and soft skills of their workforces. Founded in 2019 by Stanford lecturer Kian Katanforoosh, AI pioneer Andrew Ng, and James Lee, it spun out of Andrew Ng's AI Fund. The platform integrates with existing learning systems to surface skill gaps, drive personalized upskilling pathways, and power talent decisions around hiring, internal mobility, and performance management. Workera raised a $23.5M Series B led by Jump Capital in March 2023, followed by an Accenture corporate-minority investment in January 2025, bringing total funding to approximately $44.5M.

Company Profile

CEO

Kian Katanforoosh

Founded

2019

Palo Alto, CA

Employees

~300

Total Raised

$45M

Growth

$44.5M raised through Series B + Accenture corporate-minority follow-on

IPO Status

private

Founders & Key People

Kian KatanforooshAndrew NgJames Lee

Investors

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · Jump Capital · Owl Ventures · AI Fund · Sozo Ventures · Accenture

Products

Skills Intelligence platform
AI-driven skill assessments (technical, cognitive, soft)
Personalized upskilling pathways
Skill-gap analytics for enterprise learning + workforce planning

Competitors

Degreed · Pluralsight · Cornerstone (EdCast) · CodeSignal · HackerRank · Coursera for Business

AIEdTechSkills IntelligenceAndrew Ng-founded