The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Udemy: 1 model, $930.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Udemy is a US-based online learning and teaching marketplace founded in 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar. The San Francisco company offers a massive open online course (MOOC) platform with 81 million users as of 2025. Udemy went public in October 2021 and was acquired by Coursera in December 2025 for approximately USD 930 million in equity. Not a robotics or physical AI entity; included in the registry for context only
Reality check
Note
Context-only entity: online education marketplace, not a robotics or physical AI company
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundAcquisition post-money
Key facts
Founders
CEO
Revenue
Employees
Users
IPO
Acquired by
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Udemy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Coursera1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Coursera acquires Udemy2025-12-01with Courseraoperating
Udemy on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Eren Bali Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Hugo Sarrazin CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Gagan Biyanicofounderno longer at company
- Oktay Caglarcofounderno longer at company
- Eren Balicofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (3)
- Eren Bali Chief Technology Officersecondary-verified
- Gagan Biyani Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Oktay Caglar Co-foundersecondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Udemy.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Udemy in third-party press
Financial state
- Total funding
- $930.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating · 1 ended
Every company Udemy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Coursera acquires Udemy2025-12-01with Courseraoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Coursera1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (2)
- Acquisition2025-12-01
$930M(reported) · $4.7B post
Investors: Coursera (lead)
- IPO2021-10-29
Investors: Public Market (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Udemy’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundAcquisition funding round
2025-12-01Acquisition raising $930000000
PartnershipCoursera acquires Udemy
2025-12-01In December 2025, Coursera agreed to acquire Udemy for approximately USD 930 million in equity, valuing the combined company at USD 2.5 billion. The acquisition consolidated two major online learning platforms
Funding roundIPO funding round
2021-10-29IPO raising $0
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Udemy logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Udemy.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Udemy from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AI Startup Sprouts.ai Lands $9 Million from TGV and Accel to Build Autonomous B2B Revenue Agents - finance.biggo.com
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Exclusive: Coursera and Udemy complete merger to chase AI skills - Axios
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OpenAI and Udemy Team to Add Online Courses to ChatGPT - PYMNTS.com
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Udemy - Wikipedia
Wikipedia article documenting Udemy's founding, IPO, financials, and acquisition by Coursera in December 2025 for ~USD 930 million
Training and education for the robotic workforce — Identify the skills gaps, aiming training - Electronics360
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The 6 Best Robotics Engineering Courses Worth Taking - TechRepublic
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20 Hottest Technology Skills You Need Today & Scholarships to Learn Them - After School Africa
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Skill development aims to boost India’s technology sector In 2023 - financialexpress.com
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Introduction to Sentiment Analysis: What is Sentiment Analysis? - DataRobot
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a16z bets millions on Maven, a platform for cohort-based courses - TechCrunch
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29 Free IoT Courses You Can Take Right Now - IoT For All
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/udemy.md
- RSS feed: /companies/udemy/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ebaef1a1-ead3-4c7a-bd3f-c447abf463c4
- Revision history: /companies/udemy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Udemy draws attention at the 20th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among brain robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $930M raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 16, 2026