Udemy
Open course marketplace adding AI study aids
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What it does
What the AI actually does — ML-driven course recommendations and, more recently, an AI assistant and skills mapping — a bolt-on rather than an AI-native core.
Why it was built — An open marketplace where anyone can teach or take a course on almost any skill.
Who built it
- Company
- Udemy, Inc.
- Founders
- Eren Bali · Oktay Caglar · Gagan Biyani
- HQ / origin
- San Francisco, USA (precursor built in Turkey)
- Founded
- 2010
- Model
- B2C / B2B
- Languages
- Multiple
- Pricing
- Marketplace (per-course) + Udemy Business
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Where it sits
Udemy is on the Learning Tools Index, in higher-ed, skilling & professional, built in United States.