Multiverse Acquires Searchlight
April 8, 2024
EdTech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a California-based talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to match candidates and close skills gaps. The acquisition will integrate Searchlight's bias-free AI and talent intelligence into Multiverse's apprenticeship and upskilling platform to accelerate AI-driven skills diagnosis and training delivery.
- Buyers
- Multiverse
- Targets
- Searchlight
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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