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Workera

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, CA Founded 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.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.

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 7mo ago
privateTotal raised $44.5M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Corporate Minority (Accenture)—Jan 2025Accenture—

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
7
via careers page
Product-build share
29%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 29% builders vs 71% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month7Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionOps & People4Security1Research1Legal & Policy1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Program[Skills Science](https://www.workera.ai/research/skills-science)Talent AcquisitionTalent Management[Talent Acquisition](https://www.workera.ai/solutions/talent-acquisition)[Talent Management](https://www.workera.ai/solutions/talent-management)
Counted from Workera's live job board as of 2026-08-17; 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

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
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.