DataCamp Acquires Dubai-based Optima
November 12, 2025
DataCamp has acquired Optima, a Dubai-based AI-native learning platform, and will integrate Optima’s adaptive learning technology across its courses while bringing Optima founder Yusuf Saber into DataCamp as Chief AI Officer. The Optima team will join DataCamp, and the company is launching DataCamp Classrooms in the UAE to provide free access to educators, students and government employees as part of the regional expansion and product capability build-out.
- Buyers
- DataCamp
- Targets
- Optima
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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