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Learning Machine Technologies
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Hyland Software, Inc.
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2017
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Learning Machine Technologies, founded in 2017 and now operating as Hyland Credentials following acquisition by Hyland Software, Inc., provides a blockchain-based digital credentialing platform targeted at higher education institutions and government agencies. The platform is built around the Blockcerts open standard and uses blockchain anchoring with off-chain content storage to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records such as academic diplomas, certificates, and professional licenses. Core technical capabilities include cryptographic signature-based fraud prevention, recipient-owned credential ownership, API-driven third-party integration for time stamping, e-signatures, and digital signatures, and a no-code issuance workflow designed for non-technical institutional users. The product is offered as enterprise subscription software with annual, quote-based pricing, distributed through direct enterprise field sales (Book a demo / Chat with our team), a partner/reseller network, and API-first self-service for technical mid-market buyers. Customer segments are vertical-led: higher education is the primary vertical (anchored by MIT as a flagship case study), with government and regulated professional licensing (anchored by FSMB) as a secondary vertical, and the platform claims to be trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.

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Learning Machine Technologies, now Hyland Credentials, is a blockchain-based digital credentialing platform that helps higher education institutions and government agencies issue and verify tamper-proof digital records using the Blockcerts open standard.

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Operating
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11–50
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HeadquartersNew York, United States
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New York
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United States
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North America
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Serves global market

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Keyword5 values
digital credentialing platform, blockchain credential verification, academic credential issuance, tamper-proof digital records, Blockcerts standard compliance
Industry2 codes
1Transcript, Score Reporting & Verification/Credential Wallet Platforms
CodeEDAFADAOPrimaryYes
2Decentralized Identity (DID) & Verifiable Credentials
CodeBPAMAEAJPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services518210
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Computer Programming Services7371
Product category
Digital Credentialing Software
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Revenue model1 record
1Enterprise Software Licensing
TypeSubscription Recurring
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Enterprise subscription model for digital credentialing platform, sold to higher education institutions and government agencies. The 'Request a demo' and 'Book a demo' CTAs indicate an enterprise sales motion with consultative pricing.

hyland.com
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Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
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1Enterprise licensing tier
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Quote-based / Not publicly disclosed

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1Hyland Credentials
Description

Blockchain-secured digital credentials solution for issuing and verifying digital records in higher education and government sectors.

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Learning Machine Technologies, operating as Hyland Credentials, provides a blockchain-secured digital credentialing platform that enables institutions to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records. The platform is fully compliant with the open Blockcerts.org standard, uses cryptographic signatures and off-chain storage for security and privacy, and exposes APIs for recipient-owned credential verification and aggregation into lifelong records.

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Hyland Credentials is a blockchain-based digital credentialing solution that provides a complete no-code platform for issuing, authenticating, and verifying digital records. The product leverages the Blockcerts open standard for interoperability and enables credential ownership by users, allowing them to aggregate records into lifelong achievement portfolios. Key capabilities include cryptographic signatures for fraud prevention, off-chain content storage for privacy, and API-driven integration with third-party applications.

Product and service1 record
1Hyland Credentials
CategoryDigital Credentialing Software
Description

A blockchain-secured digital credentialing platform that enables higher education institutions and government agencies to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records using the Blockcerts open standard, with cryptographic fraud prevention, off-chain privacy, no-code issuance, and APIs for third-party integration.

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Partnership3 partners
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Blockcerts is an open standard for blockchain-based credentials developed collaboratively. Hyland Credentials is fully compliant with the Blockcerts.org open standard, enabling interoperability and vendor-independent verification of digital credentials.

Strategic tierFlagshipTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

MIT is a flagship customer and case study partner using Hyland Credentials to empower students to be curators of their own credentials. The university issues blockchain-secured digital academic credentials.

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Description

FSMB is a case study partner using Hyland Credentials to combine fraud protection with individual custodianship of official medical credentials and licensing records.

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Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

Parchment, owned by Instructure, is the dominant digital credential and transcript exchange for higher education, directly overlapping with Hyland Credentials in issuing and verifying student records at scale.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Credly, a Pearson company, is a leading digital credentialing platform issuing and verifying microcredentials, certificates, and badges, with strong overlap in the higher education and professional certification markets served by Hyland Credentials.

TypeDirect peer
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Accredible provides digital certificates, badges, and blockchain-anchored credentials to universities, associations, and enterprises — a direct competitor to Hyland Credentials in issuing and verifying verifiable academic and professional records.

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National Student Clearinghouse operates the dominant centralized student records verification and transcript network in U.S. higher education, competing head-to-head with Hyland Credentials on verification workflows for academic credentials.

TypeDirect peer
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Sertifier is a digital credentialing SaaS issuing certificates, badges, and blockchain-anchored credentials for education and corporate training, closely mirroring Hyland Credentials' no-code issuance model.

TypeDirect peer
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Dock Labs builds decentralized identity and verifiable credential infrastructure, directly overlapping with Hyland Credentials' Blockcerts-based approach to portable, cryptographically verifiable records.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Indicio provides decentralized identity and verifiable credential technology for government, education, and travel use cases, overlapping with Hyland Credentials' public-sector and education deployments.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Trinsic offers a wallet and infrastructure platform for verifiable credentials, competing with Hyland Credentials in the API-driven issuance and verification layer for digital credentials.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Microsoft Entra Verified ID is a broader identity platform incumbent that issues and verifies workplace and education credentials at scale, overlapping with Hyland Credentials but distributed via Microsoft's enterprise identity stack rather than a specialist credentialing product.

TypeOthers
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Hyland Software is the parent company that acquired Learning Machine Technologies and now offers Hyland Credentials within its broader content services and document management platform — included for context as the corporate parent.

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

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Learning Machine Technologies

Digital Credentialing Softwarelearningmachine.com

Learning Machine Technologies, now Hyland Credentials, is a blockchain-based digital credentialing platform that helps higher education institutions and government agencies issue and verify tamper-proof digital records using the Blockcerts open standard.

What Learning Machine Technologies does

Learning Machine Technologies, founded in 2017 and now operating as Hyland Credentials following acquisition by Hyland Software, Inc., provides a blockchain-based digital credentialing platform targeted at higher education institutions and government agencies. The platform is built around the Blockcerts open standard and uses blockchain anchoring with off-chain content storage to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records such as academic diplomas, certificates, and professional licenses. Core technical capabilities include cryptographic signature-based fraud prevention, recipient-owned credential ownership, API-driven third-party integration for time stamping, e-signatures, and digital signatures, and a no-code issuance workflow designed for non-technical institutional users. The product is offered as enterprise subscription software with annual, quote-based pricing, distributed through direct enterprise field sales (Book a demo / Chat with our team), a partner/reseller network, and API-first self-service for technical mid-market buyers. Customer segments are vertical-led: higher education is the primary vertical (anchored by MIT as a flagship case study), with government and regulated professional licensing (anchored by FSMB) as a secondary vertical, and the platform claims to be trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.

Learning Machine Technologies firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Learning Machine Technologies
Legal name
Hyland Software, Inc.
Website
https://learningmachine.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2017
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Learning Machine Technologies, now Hyland Credentials, is a blockchain-based digital credentialing platform that helps higher education institutions and government agencies issue and verify tamper-proof digital records using the Blockcerts open standard.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Learning Machine Technologies industry classification

Industry
Product category
Digital Credentialing Software
NAICS
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)
SIC
Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
akta.pro primary industry
Transcript, Score Reporting & Verification/Credential Wallet Platforms (EDAFADAO)
akta.pro secondary industry
Decentralized Identity (DID) & Verifiable Credentials (BPAMAEAJ)

Keywords

  • Digital credentialing platform
  • Blockchain credential verification
  • Academic credential issuance
  • Tamper-proof digital records
  • Blockcerts standard compliance

Where Learning Machine Technologies is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
New York
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Learning Machine Technologies business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

  1. Enterprise Software Licensing: Enterprise subscription model for digital credentialing platform, sold to higher education institutions and government agencies. The 'Request a demo' and 'Book a demo' CTAs indicate an enterprise sales motion with consultative pricing.

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
SubscriptionAnnualEnterprise licensing tier

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Learning Machine Technologies product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Learning Machine Technologies, operating as Hyland Credentials, provides a blockchain-secured digital credentialing platform that enables institutions to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records. The platform is fully compliant with the open Blockcerts.org standard, uses cryptographic signatures and off-chain storage for security and privacy, and exposes APIs for recipient-owned credential verification and aggregation into lifelong records.

Product overview

Hyland Credentials is a blockchain-based digital credentialing solution that provides a complete no-code platform for issuing, authenticating, and verifying digital records. The product leverages the Blockcerts open standard for interoperability and enables credential ownership by users, allowing them to aggregate records into lifelong achievement portfolios. Key capabilities include cryptographic signatures for fraud prevention, off-chain content storage for privacy, and API-driven integration with third-party applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

  • Hyland Credentials: Blockchain-secured digital credentials solution for issuing and verifying digital records in higher education and government sectors.

Products and services

  • Hyland Credentials A blockchain-secured digital credentialing platform that enables higher education institutions and government agencies to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records using the Blockcerts open standard, with cryptographic fraud prevention, off-chain privacy, no-code issuance, and APIs for third-party integration.

Companies that use Learning Machine Technologies

Customer profile

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Learning Machine Technologies technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
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API docs
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Learning Machine Technologies partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

  • Blockcerts.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlockcerts is an open standard for blockchain-based credentials developed collaboratively. Hyland Credentials is fully compliant with the Blockcerts.org open standard, enabling interoperability and vendor-independent verification of digital credentials.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMIT is a flagship customer and case study partner using Hyland Credentials to empower students to be curators of their own credentials. The university issues blockchain-secured digital academic credentials.
  • Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFSMB is a case study partner using Hyland Credentials to combine fraud protection with individual custodianship of official medical credentials and licensing records.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Learning Machine Technologies competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Parchment (Instructure): Parchment, owned by Instructure, is the dominant digital credential and transcript exchange for higher education, directly overlapping with Hyland Credentials in issuing and verifying student records at scale.
  • Credly: Credly, a Pearson company, is a leading digital credentialing platform issuing and verifying microcredentials, certificates, and badges, with strong overlap in the higher education and professional certification markets served by Hyland Credentials.
  • Accredible: Accredible provides digital certificates, badges, and blockchain-anchored credentials to universities, associations, and enterprises — a direct competitor to Hyland Credentials in issuing and verifying verifiable academic and professional records.
  • National Student Clearinghouse: National Student Clearinghouse operates the dominant centralized student records verification and transcript network in U.S. higher education, competing head-to-head with Hyland Credentials on verification workflows for academic credentials.
  • Sertifier: Sertifier is a digital credentialing SaaS issuing certificates, badges, and blockchain-anchored credentials for education and corporate training, closely mirroring Hyland Credentials' no-code issuance model.
  • Dock Labs: Dock Labs builds decentralized identity and verifiable credential infrastructure, directly overlapping with Hyland Credentials' Blockcerts-based approach to portable, cryptographically verifiable records.
  • Indicio: Indicio provides decentralized identity and verifiable credential technology for government, education, and travel use cases, overlapping with Hyland Credentials' public-sector and education deployments.
  • Trinsic: Trinsic offers a wallet and infrastructure platform for verifiable credentials, competing with Hyland Credentials in the API-driven issuance and verification layer for digital credentials.

Broad incumbents

  • Microsoft Entra Verified ID: Microsoft Entra Verified ID is a broader identity platform incumbent that issues and verifies workplace and education credentials at scale, overlapping with Hyland Credentials but distributed via Microsoft's enterprise identity stack rather than a specialist credentialing product.

Others

  • Hyland Software: Hyland Software is the parent company that acquired Learning Machine Technologies and now offers Hyland Credentials within its broader content services and document management platform — included for context as the corporate parent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Learning Machine Technologies social profiles

Digital presence

Learning Machine Technologies financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Learning Machine Technologies leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Learning Machine Technologies funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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

Learning Machine Technologies M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Learning Machine Technologies

What does Learning Machine Technologies do?

Learning Machine Technologies, operating as Hyland Credentials, provides a blockchain-secured digital credentialing platform that enables institutions to issue, verify, and manage tamper-proof digital records. The platform is fully compliant with the open Blockcerts.org standard, uses cryptographic signatures and off-chain storage for security and privacy, and exposes APIs for recipient-owned credential verification and aggregation into lifelong records.

When was Learning Machine Technologies founded?

Learning Machine Technologies was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Learning Machine Technologies based?

Learning Machine Technologies is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does Learning Machine Technologies make money?

One revenue line is on record: enterprise Software Licensing.

Who are Learning Machine Technologies's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Parchment (Instructure), Credly, Accredible, National Student Clearinghouse, Sertifier, Dock Labs, Indicio and Trinsic. Microsoft Entra Verified ID is listed as a broad incumbent. Hyland Software is listed as an others.

Does Learning Machine Technologies have an API?

Yes. Hyland Credentials provides APIs that enable credential verification, time stamping, e-signatures, digital signatures, and blockchain anchoring. Users and recipients can verify credentials anywhere through a set of APIs and aggregate them to form lifelong records of achievement.

What industry is Learning Machine Technologies in?

Learning Machine Technologies's product category is Digital Credentialing Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAFADAO, Transcript, Score Reporting & Verification/Credential Wallet Platforms, with a secondary code of BPAMAEAJ, Decentralized Identity (DID) & Verifiable Credentials. Its NAICS code is 518210 and its SIC code is 7371.

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SiliconANGLEContent delivery firm Hyland acquires blockchain-credential startup Learning Machine - SiliconANGLEHyland Software acquired blockchain-credential startup Learning Machine, which provides blockchain-secured digital document authentication. The deal aims to integrate Learning Machine's credentialing solutions into Hyland's content services platform. No acquisition amount was disclosed.FinSMEsLearning Machine Raises $3M in Seed FinancingLearning Machine Technologies, a NYC-based enterprise software firm, closed a $3M seed round led by PTB Ventures with participation from Omidyar Network and Learn Capital. The company will use the funds to expand its blockchain-based credentialing solutions, including Blockcerts developed with MIT Media Lab.PR NewswireLearning Machine Raises $3M Seed Financing to Drive Growth of Blockchain Records and Identity PlatformLearning Machine Technologies announced the closure of a $3 million seed funding round led by PTB Ventures, with participation from Omidyar Network and Learn Capital, to expand its blockchain-based digital records and identity platform. The company issues "Blockcerts," an open-standard credential system developed in partnership with MIT Media Lab, which enables organizations to issue tamper-proof, independently verifiable digital credentials at scale. The investment signals growing investor interest in blockchain applications for credentialing and self-sovereign digital identity solutions across governments, educational institutions, and corporations.VC News DailyLearning Machine Raises $3M Seed RoundLearning Machine Technologies announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round led by PTB Ventures, with participation from Omidyar Network and Learn Capital. The funds will support the expansion of its blockchain-based digital credentialing software, Blockcerts, which allows organizations to issue secure, verifiable records. This investment highlights growing institutional interest in decentralized identity solutions for education and workforce development.PR NewswireLearning Machine and MIT Media Lab Release Blockchain Technology for Educational CredentialsLearning Machine and the MIT Media Lab's Learning Initiative released the first version of an open-source project for creating, sharing, and verifying blockchain-based educational credentials, using the Bitcoin blockchain as the secure anchor for authenticity. The technology allows individuals to collect and share verified certificates directly with anyone requiring official documents, addressing what the companies describe as a broken system for sharing academic records. Future releases will add certificate versioning, revocation, cohort issuance, cost reduction, and privacy features for encrypting sensitive documents.PR NewswireLearning Machine and Credly Team Up for Competency-Based College AdmissionsLearning Machine announced the integration of Credly digital credentials across their enrollment management and portfolio platforms, which are used by hundreds of colleges and universities including The Common Application member schools. This partnership represents the first direct connection of digital badges to the Common App, enabling applicants to add verified evidence of competencies and skills to their college and scholarship applications. Digital credentials are positioned as an emerging standard in college admissions and the global job market.GlobeNewswireLearning Machine and Credly Team Up for Competency-Based College AdmissionsLearning Machine integrated Credly digital credentials into its enrollment management and portfolio platforms, used by hundreds of colleges. The integration is the first direct connection of badges to the Common App, aiming to help students present validated skills. Digital credentials are expected to become a standard part of college admissions.