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  "license": {
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Workera: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/workera/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/workera/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/workera.md",
  "title": "Workera: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Workera is on the AI workforce planning software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Sept. 29, 2026.",
  "period": "Sept. 29, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "summary": "Workera is \"the AI-native skills intelligence platform used by leading enterprises to verify what their workforce can actually do.\" It measures skills with adaptive assessments and psychometrics, then sends each person to targeted learning. Pearson says the data supports hiring, internal mobility, redeployment and strategic workforce planning. Buyers are L&D, talent and AI-readiness leads. It is an assessment-led tool, not a headcount planner.",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "Workera is \"the AI-native skills intelligence platform used by leading enterprises to verify what their workforce can actually do.\" It measures skills with adaptive assessments and psychometrics, then sends each person to targeted learning. Pearson says the data supports hiring, internal mobility, redeployment and strategic workforce planning. Buyers are L&D, talent and AI-readiness leads. It is an assessment-led tool, not a headcount planner.",
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      "price": "not published; sales-led (Book Demo)",
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      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Series B of $23.5M in 2023; Pearson agreed to acquire it on 2026-09-29.)",
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          "url": "https://workera.ai/blog/introducing-ambient-always-on-privacy-first-coach"
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          "name": "trainingindustry.com",
          "url": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/measurement-and-analytics/pearson-acquires-workera-a-pioneer-in-ai-native-enterprise-assessment-and-skills-verification/"
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          "name": "prnewswire.com",
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/workera/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-29",
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      "title": "Pearson agrees to acquire Workera",
      "summary": "Pearson will fold Workera into its Enterprise Learning & Skills business, and founder and CEO Kian Katanforoosh joins that division's leadership team. Terms were not disclosed. The release expects closing in the second half of 2026.",
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