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United States $1.3 Billion Learning & Skills Platform Coursera to Buy Udemy at $930 Million Valuation (+26% Premium to 30-Day Average Closing Prices) in All-Share Merger to Create $2.5 Billion Combined Company, Coursera Founded in 2012 by Stanford University Professors Andrew Ng & Daphne Koller, Udemy Founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani & Oktay Caglar

Dec 18, 2025

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United States $1.3 Billion Learning & Skills Platform Coursera to Buy Udemy at $930 Million Valuation (+26% Premium to 30-Day Average Closing Prices) in All-Share Merger to Create $2.5 Billion Combined Company, Coursera Founded in 2012 by Stanford University Professors Andrew Ng & Daphne Koller, Udemy Founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani & Oktay Caglar

18th December | Hong Kong

United States learning & skills platform Coursera ($1.3 billion market value) has announced to buy Udemy at $930 million valuation (+26% premium to 30-day average closing prices) in all-share merger to create a $2.5 billion combined company. Coursera was founded in 2012 by Stanford University Professors Andrew Ng & Daphne Koller. Udemy was founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani & Oktay Caglar. Coursera – Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 191 million registered learners as of September 30, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp. Udemy – Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform transforming how companies and individuals across the world build the capabilities needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace. By combining on-demand, multi-language content with real-time innovation, Udemy delivers personalized experiences that empower organizations to scale workforce development and help individuals build the technical, business, and soft skills most relevant to their careers. Today, thousands of companies, including Ericsson, Samsung SDS America, ON24, Tata Consultancy Services, The World Bank, and Volkswagen, rely on Udemy Business for its enterprise solutions to build agile, future-ready teams. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco, with hubs across the United States, Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye.

“ United States $1.3 Billion Learning & Skills Platform Coursera to Buy Udemy at $930 Million Valuation (+26% Premium to 30-Day Average Closing Prices) in All-Share Merger to Create $2.5 Billion Combined Company, Coursera Founded in 2012 by Stanford University Professors Andrew Ng & Daphne Koller, Udemy Founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani & Oktay Caglar “

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United States $1.3 Billion Learning & Skills Platform Coursera to Buy Udemy at $930 Million Valuation (+26% Premium to 30-Day Average Closing Prices) in All-Share Merger to Create $2.5 Billion Combined Company, Coursera Founded in 2012 by Stanford University Professors Andrew Ng & Daphne Koller, Udemy Founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani & Oktay Caglar

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