• Pearson agreed to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills intelligence platform focused on enterprise assessment and skills verification.
• Workera uses agentic AI, psychometrics, adaptive assessments, simulations to measure workforce proficiency, including AI fluency.
• Deal targets enterprise skilling demand, aiming to improve skills gap closure, verified outcomes, workforce planning for AI-driven transformation.
• Workera will join Pearson’s Enterprise Learning & Skills unit; CEO Kian Katanforoosh will join its leadership team.
• Workera, founded in 2019, is based in Palo Alto; about 60 employees; completion targeted for H2 2026.

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