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Anthropos raises US $ 2.7 million to help companies build the workforce of the future using AI
Talent shortage and skills development are among the top two priorities businesses are struggling to get to grips with today , according to Gartner . Helping them take control of the situation , startup , Anthropos , has raised US $ 2.7 million to create a new way for companies to help employees evolve their skillsets in accordance with business needs while improving retention .
With offices in the US and Switzerland , Anthropos ’ pre-seed round is led by Switzerland-based , Founderful , with additional participation from Eden Ventures , Exor Ventures , Zanichelli Venture , Alessandro Rivetti and several angel investors across the EU and US .
“ People want to see a clear path to grow in their organisation and learn the exact
skills they need to succeed there . At the same time , you can ’ t run your business without modern skills and a solution to constantly understand what your people can and cannot do . It ’ s a problem that is intensifying across all industries and it will get even more important as people need to adopt AI and make it part of their daily job ,” said Stefano Bellasio , CEO of Anthropos .
Anthropos was founded by Stefano Bellasio and Giacomo Marinangeli after building Cloud Academy , a cloud training platform they started in 2013 . The duo scaled the business to over US $ 25 million in ARR with Fortune 500 customers like Microsoft , Warner Media and Deloitte , and , in the process , realised the majority of their enterprise customers were struggling with the same interrelated problems : employee retention and skills development .
Optimizely reaches US $ 400 million ARR milestone as demand for marketing operation system surges
Optimizely , a leading digital experience platform ( DXP ) provider , announced that it has surpassed US $ 400 million in annual recurring revenue ( ARR ) after experiencing four consecutive quarters of double-digit growth . Originally known as Episerver , a leading CMS platform company that launched in 1994 , Optimizely ’ s composable solutions are trusted by thousands of companies globally , all with the mission of making marketers ’ lives better .
In 2018 , following its acquisition by global software investor , Insight Partners , Optimizely ( then Episerver ) embarked on a strategic journey to acquire category leading companies and align its product offerings with the evolving requirements of modern digital teams . To complement its industry-leading CMS and better address marketers ’ needs , the company integrated solutions for content marketing ( Welcome ), experimentation ( Optimizely ) and commerce ( Insite Software ) solutions over the past three years . These efforts ultimately resulted in a landmark achievement – the launch of Optimizely One in late 2023 .
As the industry ’ s first operating system for marketers , Optimizely One offers a unified workflow – accelerated by AI – to simplify the process of creating , managing , delivering and optimising content seamlessly within a single platform . This
breakthrough offering has led to a 21 % year-over-year growth in multiproduct ARR . And a remarkable 52 % of Optimizely ’ s ARR is attributed to multi-product customers , as brands consolidate tech stacks into one unified suite to improve total cost of ownership and reduce MarTech complexity . x
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