Source: Udemy Investors page The merger is complete. That too, months before its second-half 2026 target. After three failed attempts and five months of regulatory and shareholder review, Coursera and Udemy have finally combined. Now comes the restructuring, the platform integration, and some unanswered leadership questions. The all-stock deal was first announced on December 17, 2025, and approved by stockholders on April 9, 2026. Each Udemy share was exchanged for 0.8 shares of Coursera. Udemy

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Coursera announced job cuts on July 6, eight weeks after its merger with Udemy closed. The company didn’t say how many people were affected. The only number it gave was a cost, $8 million to $11 million. After digging around California’s website, I found that 59 people were laid off: 31 from Coursera’s Mountain View headquarters, and 28 from Udemy’s office in San Francisco. California only requires these notices for jobs in the state, so that isn’t the whole number. Based on what the two compa