AI-powered skills-intelligence platform for enterprise workforce upskilling
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.
EdTech📍 Palo Alto, CAFounded 2019
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Workera going public?
No. Workera is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Workera's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Workera. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Workera filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Workera.
Who are Workera's investors?
Workera's investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Jump Capital, Owl Ventures, AI Fund, Sozo Ventures, Accenture.
How much has Workera raised?
Workera has raised $44.5M in total, most recently a Corporate Minority (Accenture) in Jan 2025.
Is Workera publicly traded — can you buy Workera stock?
No. Workera is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Workera on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile
CEO
Kian Katanforoosh
Founded
2019
HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Employees
~300
Total Raised
$44.5M
Growth
$44.5M raised through Series B + Accenture corporate-minority follow-on
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Corporate Minority (Accenture) · 1y 9mo ago
privateTotal raised $44.5M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Corporate Minority (Accenture)
—
Jan 2025
Accenture
—
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-86% vs 2026-08
Open roles
1
via greenhouse
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 1 of 1 open roles are research.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Senior Data Scientist, AI Scoring & Evaluation
Counted from Workera's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Kian KatanforooshAndrew NgJames Lee
Investors
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · Jump Capital · Owl Ventures · AI Fund · Sozo Ventures · Accenture
Skill-gap analytics for enterprise learning + workforce planning
Competitors
Degreed · Pluralsight · Cornerstone (EdCast) · CodeSignal · HackerRank · Coursera for Business
AIEdTechSkills IntelligenceAndrew Ng-founded
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.