By Tim Hannan, Chief Marketing Officer, Coursera Since our founding in 2012, Coursera has worked hard to increase access to world-class education. Over the years, we’ve introduced features like course auditing, financial aid, and AI-powered translations to make learning accessible to as many people as possible. Today, we’re taking another…
By Mustafa Furniturewala, Chief Technology Officer, Coursera Today’s technology leaders face unprecedented transformation challenges as cloud and AI reshape how technical work is performed. To understand how technology leaders are navigating these challenges, Coursera has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to survey senior technology executives leading digital transformation initiatives.…
By Greg Hart, Coursera CEO I’m excited to welcome Grant Parsamyan as Coursera’s new Chief Data Officer, effective July 21, 2025. Grant brings more than two decades of experience building large-scale data platforms and leading enterprise-wide data transformations. He has helped organizations scale with speed and precision, bringing together data…
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer Today, I’m excited to share new partners, several career-focused Professional Certificates and Specializations, and two industry-aligned degrees that have launched over the past few months. With rapid technological and environmental shifts transforming the job market, six in ten workers will need retraining by…
Meet Grace, a former fashion designer who’s boldly paving a new path for herself in computer science. Inspired by the example of mathematician Amalie Emmy Noether—and determined to overcome her math anxiety to be a good role model for her daughter—she started taking courses online. It wasn’t easy balancing learning…
By Isa Rivera, Military ERG Lead, Coursera On Independence Day, we celebrate the freedoms we enjoy — and we’re proud to support U.S. service members and military spouses with job-relevant skills to help build their futures. As a leader of Coursera’s Military Employee Resource Group (ERG) and a member of…
Coursera receives the maximum possible score in eight criteria, including Partner Ecosystem, Individual Skills Assessment, Team Skills Assessment, and AI Capabilities for Skills Acquisition By Karine Allouche, General Manager, Enterprise, Coursera I’m delighted to announce that Coursera has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Technology Skills Development Platforms,…
By Mustafa Furniturewala, Coursera CTO I’m excited to announce that Coursera Coach has won the Newsweek AI Impact Award for AI Education: Best Outcomes, Commercial Learning. This award recognizes innovations using AI to tackle key business challenges and deliver measurable impact. Coach is an AI-powered personal tutor designed to make…
Daniel Acuna has always wanted to talk to computers. Long before large language models, before Python and GPUs, he was a curious student in Chile trying to build a chatbot, without formally knowing how to program. “I thought I could interact with the computer,” he says. “And somehow, I got…
Tom Fail’s journey through higher education is deeply personal and rooted in a clear sense of purpose. With two degrees already under his belt and a successful career in Ed Tech, Tom explains why he made the decision to pursue his third degree credential. His story explains his personal connection…
