Cornerstone OnDemand Acquires SkyHive's Skills-Intelligence Capabilities

Workday Acquires HiredScore

February 27, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Workday, the Pleasanton, California-based enterprise cloud applications company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HiredScore, an AI-powered talent orchestration provider headquartered in New York. The acquisition (terms undisclosed, reported to be in the hundreds of millions) will integrate HiredScore's responsible AI recruiting and internal mobility capabilities into Workday's talent management and Skills Cloud offerings to enhance recruiting, screening, and internal mobility for customers.

Cornerstone OnDemand (Clearlake-backed) Acquires SumTotal from Skillsoft

August 16, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Cornerstone OnDemand, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has completed its acquisition of SumTotal from Skillsoft, combining two learning and talent SaaS platforms. The deal expands Cornerstone's capabilities and vertical expertise in regulated industries while bringing SumTotal's customers and technology into Cornerstone's portfolio as an add-on to the PE-backed platform.

Cornerstone Acquires Talespin's Extended Reality Capabilities and Team

March 19, 2024

Software

Cornerstone OnDemand has acquired the extended reality (XR) learning capabilities and a team of specialized experts from Talespin to integrate immersive, AI-powered content authoring and skills analytics into its learning and talent experience platform. The acquisition adds Talespin’s XR experiences, CoPilot Designer no-code authoring tool, and generative AI learning labs to Cornerstone’s content subscriptions to accelerate immersive learning adoption across healthcare, manufacturing, retail and finance customers.

INE Acquires CloudSkills.io

January 12, 2022

Education

INE, the technical training provider, has acquired CloudSkills.io, the cloud training business founded by Mike Pfeiffer, to expand its cloud content, labs, and career-path offerings. The deal brings CloudSkills.io's real-world cloud course content and expertise into INE's hands-on training platform to accelerate cloud skill development for students and enterprise learners.

Phenom Acquires EDGE

February 21, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Phenom has acquired EDGE, a resource management and talent mobility platform, to strengthen its AI-powered workforce intelligence and resource planning capabilities. The acquisition adds advanced resource planning and talent mobility functionality to Phenom’s Intelligent Talent Experience platform, targeting professional services firms and global capability centers.

Cornerstone OnDemand Acquires Saba Software from Vector Capital

April 22, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Cornerstone OnDemand agreed to acquire Saba Software, a cloud-based talent management provider and Vector Capital portfolio company. The deal was announced in February 2020 for approximately $1.395 billion (cash and stock at signing) and completed in April 2020, with Vector Capital confirming a sale value of about $1.295 billion. The acquisition expands Cornerstone’s people-development and learning portfolio by integrating Saba’s learning, performance and recruiting capabilities.