Workera, the leading AI-powered skills intelligence platform, has been recognized on TIME’s prestigious list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies 2025, an annual ranking developed in collaboration with Statista Inc., a global leader in data analytics and industry insights.

Out of over 7,000 companies evaluated worldwide, Workera stood out for its groundbreaking work helping enterprises build future-ready teams through precise, scalable, and adaptive skills development.

“At Workera, we believe that skills are the new currency of innovation,” said Kian Katanforoosh, CEO and co-founder of Workera. “We’re incredibly proud to be recognized by TIME for our mission to close the global skills gap through our technology. This recognition is a testament to the trust our customers place in us and the dedication of our team to building a more equitable and agile workforce.”

Workera’s inclusion is based on two dimensions:

Financial Strength: Revenue, funding data, and company disclosures were analyzed.
Industry impact: Analyzed quality and impact of product or service portfolio, and the quality and value of the company’s intellectual property.

The World’s Top EdTech Companies 2025 list recognizes companies primarily focusing on developing and providing educational technologies, products, or services. In support of this research, data was gathered from company applications, annual reports, media monitoring, and other public sources. Additionally, Statista worked with specialized data partners HolonIQ and LexisNexis PatentSight to further strengthen the data quality.

Workera’s skills intelligence platform is trusted by Fortune 500 organizations, governments, and universities to assess, benchmark, and grow talent in any role or function – from the latest technical skills in AI, data, software engineering, and cybersecurity, to power skills such as effective communication, creative thinking, leadership and social influence, and strategic problem solving. By aligning talent development with business goals, Workera empowers organizations to drive innovation from within using a native-AI skill assessment that is both contextual and highly personalized.

The full list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies 2025 is available on Time.com.