What Workera does

Workera is a Palo Alto-based enterprise software company founded in 2019 by Kian Katanforoosh that operates an AI-powered skills intelligence platform for measuring, verifying, and developing workforce capability at scale. The platform is anchored by a core Skills Intelligence Engine sitting over a proprietary multilingual skills ontology of more than 7,000 skills and a corpus of over 100 million verified skill signals. On top of the engine, Workera offers four purpose-built AI agents (Hiring, Skills Assessments, AI Studio, and Ambient Coaching) plus two named agents (Elo for conversational assessment and Sage for AI readiness mentorship), with capabilities ranging from AI-adaptive assessments to in-flow-of-work capability measurement via Ambient. The 2026 AI Readiness Index Bundle packages five enterprise personas and ten signature assessments into a board-ready AI capability baseline. The platform holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, CCPA, and WCAG 2.1 AA certifications and runs on AWS infrastructure.

Workera sells primarily to Fortune 500 enterprises and U.S. government agencies, including Siemens Energy, Samsung, Accenture, BCG, Booz Allen Hamilton, Eli Lilly, Reliance Industries, SoftBank, Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte, Honeywell, ServiceNow, Belcorp, the U.S. Department of the Air Force, the U.S. Space Force, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Pricing is quote-based annual or multi-year enterprise SaaS, distributed through direct enterprise field sales, an Accenture reselling channel embedded in LearnVantage (announced January 2025), a Udemy co-marketing partnership (December 2025), and integration with Workday, Degreed, and Coursera. The company has raised approximately $44.5M in venture capital (AI Fund/Owl Ventures 2020 seed, $16M NEA-led Series A in August 2021, $23.5M Jump Capital-led Series B in March 2023), a $1.25M AFWERX SBIR grant in 2022, and an undisclosed strategic investment from Accenture in January 2025. Workera is led by CEO Kian Katanforoosh with Dr. Andrew Ng as Chairman and operates from 425 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, with 101-250 employees and active customer deployments in at least 11 countries.

Name

Workera

Legal name

Workera Corp

Website

https://workera.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Workera is a Palo Alto-based AI skills intelligence platform that provides Fortune 500 enterprises and U.S. government agencies with verified measurement of workforce capability across more than 7,000 skills, using AI-adaptive assessments and AI agents to drive hiring, upskilling, and internal mobility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Skills Intelligence Platform: Subscription-based B2B SaaS model targeting enterprise customers. Pricing is quote-based, typically sold as annual or multi-year contracts. Revenue derived from platform access, assessment capabilities, and AI agent features. Enterprise ARR growing 2.32x year-over-year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Workera provides an AI-powered Skills Intelligence Platform that delivers verified measurement of any skill for any role at any time. The platform combines four purpose-built AI agents (Hiring, Skills Assessments, AI Studio, and Ambient Coaching) on a Skills Intelligence Engine, backed by a proprietary ontology of 7,000+ skills and more than 100 million verified skill data points, enabling enterprises to assess, hire, and upskill AI, data science, and machine learning talent.

Product overview

Workera offers a unified Skills Intelligence Platform built around four purpose-built AI agents (Hiring, Skills Assessments, AI Studio, and Ambient Coaching) powered by a core Skills Intelligence Engine. The platform provides verified measurement of any skill for any role at any time. An AI Readiness Index Bundle addon delivers board-ready AI capability baselines. Key AI agents include Elo (skill assessment agent) and Sage (mentor agent). The platform leverages over 7,000 skills in a multilingual ontology and integrates with learning platforms including Workday, Degreed, Udemy, and Coursera.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skills Intelligence Engine The foundational AI-powered platform that reads what a workforce can actually do, providing verified measurement of any skill for any role at any time and giving leaders complete confidence in talent decisions. Backed by a proprietary skills ontology with 7,000+ skills and 100M+ verified skill data points.
• Hiring AI Agent AI agent that verifies candidate capability before the offer through skills-first assessments with intelligent proctoring, custom benchmarks, and a candidate-rated experience. Enables enterprises to hire based on verified skills rather than resume signals.
• Skills Assessments AI Agent AI agent delivering 100+ signature assessments with industry-best benchmarks where credentials are earned by demonstrating capability rather than clocking seat time, and renew as work changes. Includes the Elo conversational assessment agent.
• AI Studio AI agent module that enables customers to build and launch custom skills assessments in a day instead of weeks, with native integrations into the AI stack teams already use and forward-deployed engineering available for high-priority programs.
• Ambient Coaching Always-on AI coaching agent that measures capability from the flow of work, spots gaps before they cost the business, and closes them with personalized learning without disrupting routine. Operates with consent-first privacy where employees see their own data first.
• AI Readiness Index Bundle Add-on bundle providing a defensible, board-ready baseline of AI capability across every function, level, and role. Includes five enterprise AI personas, ten signature assessment domains, and 100+ additional assessments in the catalog, giving executives a CEO-actionable AI readiness index.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5X faster upskilling and 240% boost in GenAI proficiency
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and infrastructure.

• UdemycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025Strategic partnership combining Workera's AI-powered skills assessments with Udemy's expert-led courses and learning paths to help organizations measure workforce capabilities, identify skill gaps, and deliver targeted training at scale. Creates an end-to-end workforce capability solution for monitoring skill improvement over time.
• AccenturecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 22 January 2025Strategic investment and broad alliance including reselling and technology integration to embed Workera's skills intelligence within Accenture's LearnVantage platform. Collaboration aims to enhance skills-based training for high-demand fields like AI, cloud computing, and data, addressing global workforce retraining needs.
• In-Q-Tel (IQT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with not-for-profit strategic investor to accelerate development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to U.S. government agencies and their allies.
• AFWERX / Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhase II SBIR contract from Air Force Research Lab in amount of $1.25M USD focused on precision upskilling and investigating potential to fill capability gaps in Department of the Air Force.
• WorkdaymajorTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner. Workera's skills insights integrate with Workday's HR and talent management platform.
• DegreedmajorTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner. Workera's personalized learning pathways connect with Degreed's learning experience platform.
• CourseramajorTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner enabling skills insights to translate into learning content from Coursera's course catalog.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationPlatform hosted on AWS with SOC-certified global data centers. Uses AWS Key Management Service for encryption keys.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is a talent intelligence platform with a skills graph powering matching, internal mobility, and workforce planning. It is the most direct competitor to Workera in AI-driven skills intelligence for large enterprises and shares the same buyer (CHROs, talent leaders).
• Degreed: Degreed is a learning experience platform that integrates skills data and personalized learning pathways. It is both a Workera integration partner and a competitor in skills-based learning for Fortune 500 buyers.
• iMocha: iMocha is an AI-powered skills assessment and skills intelligence platform serving enterprises for hiring and upskilling. It competes head-to-head with Workera in AI-adaptive technical assessments and skills ontology depth.
• TestGorilla: TestGorilla is a skills-based hiring assessment platform with a large catalog of pre-built tests. It overlaps with Workera's Hiring AI Agent in skills-first candidate verification, particularly for volume hiring.
• Pluralsight (Skill IQ): Pluralsight's Skill IQ provides adaptive technical skills assessments alongside its technology learning catalog. It overlaps with Workera in AI/data engineering skills measurement for enterprise technology teams.
• Harver (formerly Pymetrics): Harver is a hiring solution combining skills assessments, behavioral signal, and AI-driven matching. It competes with Workera's Hiring AI Agent for skills-first candidate verification at enterprise scale.

Broad incumbents

• Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand is an established talent and learning management suite with skills ontology, content, and compliance capabilities. It serves as a broader incumbent alternative that could absorb skills intelligence spend.
• Workday (Skills Cloud): Workday's Skills Cloud embeds skills data and AI-driven talent insights directly in the HCM system of record. As an integration partner and incumbent, it represents both a route-to-market and a competitive substitute for Workera.
• Microsoft Viva Skills: Microsoft Viva Skills layers skills inference and learning recommendations on top of Microsoft 365 and Teams. As a broad incumbent with deep enterprise penetration, it is a structural alternative to a dedicated skills intelligence platform.

Emerging players

• Filtered: Filtered is an emerging AI-powered skills assessment platform focused on technical and data hiring. It overlaps with Workera's Hiring AI Agent for skills-first candidate evaluation, particularly in the data and analytics segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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