Irish elearning company LearnUpon acquires Berlin AI firm

LearnUpon was founded in 2012 by Brendan Noud and Des Anderson has offices in Ireland, the US, Serbia, and Australia.

Irish elearning company LearnUpon has announced the acquisition of Berlin-based AI-assisted course authoring platform in a bid to help it produce training material for companies faster.

LearnUpon was founded in 2012 by Brendan Noud and Des Anderson to help firms deliver online learning to employees, customers, and members. The company has offices in Ireland, the US, Serbia, and Australia.

Courseau is an AI-assisted content authoring platform designed to help organisations develop training courses for employees. It was founded in Berlin in 2023.

LearnUpon said it planned to combine its training delivery platform with Courseau’s AI content-generating technology to deliver training courses and learning experiences to its mployees faster.

This is the company's first acquisition.

Mr Noud said through this acquisition “we’re enabling organisations to utilise AI technology to create evidence-based, impactful content at scale even faster and in a more personalised way”.

“This acquisition represents an exciting step on our journey as we invest in learning that makes a real business impact.”

Ro Ren, chief executive of Courseau, said: “We’re combining delivery excellence with AI-native creation to redefine how organisations learn. We share a core belief that learning should be elegant, accessible, and high-quality — the integration of our platforms will enable customers to achieve this dramatically faster, at a much lower cost.” 

In 2020, LearnUpon announced it had received an investment of €47.4m from US equity firm Summit Partners. 

Last month, the company published results for its latest financial year, ending on January 31, 2025, which showed its turnover for the year stood at just under €35.8m, up from the €4.5m recorded in the year prior.

The loss after tax increased by €1.4m to just under €4.5m. This was largely due to administrative costs totalling just over €32.2m during the year, much of which was staff-related costs.

The company said in the financial statement it had a “successful year”, with operations and key performance indicators performing “in line with expectations” as it continued its phase of revenue growth.

On average, it recorded 266 monthly staff throughout the course of the year.