Pearson Acquires Workera, a Pioneer in AI-Native Enterprise Assessment and Skills Verification

Pearson said on 29 September 2026 it will buy Workera and fold it into Enterprise Learning and Skills. The verification in the release is of employee skills, not of a business identity.

PR Newswire carried Pearson’s announcement from London, dated 29 September 2026. Pearson said it is acquiring Workera, which the release calls an AI-native skills intelligence platform used by enterprises to check what their workforce can do. Completion is expected in the second half of 2026, subject to ordinary closing conditions and any required filings. On completion, Workera joins Pearson’s Enterprise Learning and Skills unit, and co-founder and chief executive Kian Katanforoosh joins that unit’s leadership.

The release says Workera combines agentic AI, psychometrics, and adaptive assessment, and that it measures demonstrated proficiency through role-specific scenarios and simulations. It lists what the company says leaders get: a live baseline of workforce capability, including AI fluency; learning aimed at the specific gap; outcomes that show whether the skill improved; and better decisions on hiring, internal moves, and workforce planning. No purchase price is stated in the release text this desk is using, so none is repeated here.

“In the era of AI, an organization’s ability to assess and develop skills will be key. Workera has pioneered a new approach to continuously measuring and validating workforce capabilities.”
— Vishaal Gupta, president, Enterprise Learning and Skills, Pearson, via PR Newswire, 29 September 2026

“We built Workera to harness AI so people can discover what they’re capable of, organizations can recognize talent they might otherwise overlook, and learning can lead to progress you can actually see.”
— Kian Katanforoosh, founder and chief executive, Workera, via PR Newswire, 29 September 2026

Which verification this is

The word in the headline means a check on a person’s demonstrated skill. It does not mean a public record of a business. Pearson is buying an assessment product. A result on a simulation is evidence about an employee. It is not evidence about which website a company controls.

An earlier automated note quoted an Engineering.com headline about DigiCert and NVIDIA under this title. That headline is not the Pearson release. It has been removed.

Read the source: Pearson Acquires Workera (PR Newswire, 29 September 2026).