Coursera news and trends

CE 100 Index Gains 5.9% as Coursera, Alphabet and Tesla Weigh In With Earnings
Connected Economy // April 28, 2025

Earnings season’s in full swing, and it’s helping to sway the fortunes of the CE 100 Index, which was up 5.9% through the week. All pillars in the CE 100 index were higher, led by the work segment, which gathered 8.6%. Coursera shares, up 19.8%,...

Report: OpenAI Hires Coursera’s Leah Belsky as First General Manager of Education
Personnel // September 18, 2024

OpenAI has reportedly hired its first general manager of education: former Coursera Chief Revenue Officer Leah Belsky. In this role, Belsky will work to bring the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s products to more schools; boost its engagement with teachers and students; and work with OpenAI’s own teams...

CE 100 Index Gains 0.4% as Coursera Jumps on Earnings
Connected Economy // July 29, 2024

Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) helped drive Coursera shares (and results) significantly higher this past week, while earnings began to trickle in for the CE 100 Index — and the deluge of quarterly reports begins in earnest.     Coursera shares leaped 49%, leading the...

CE 100 Index Rises 0.7% as Earnings Drive Lifestyle Categories
Connected Economy // May 06, 2024

The CE 100 Index gained 0.7%, buoyed by continued earnings reports that boosted the fortunes of the Shop and Live pillars. Shares of Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) were 27.6% higher, as the Live segment of the CE 100 Index was 4.2% higher. The company said...

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Coursera Rally Powers CE 100 Index 2% Higher After Earnings

July 28, 2025
Coursera’s significant post-earnings surge helped set the stage for a broad-based rally in the CE 100 Index. The Index’s 2% gain this past week came as 10 of the 11 pillars advanced. Only the Communicate Index was lower, by a muted 0.4%, as Snap Inc.’s common stock gave up 2.4%. In the Work segment, up […]

CE 100 Index Gains 5.9% as Coursera, Alphabet and Tesla Weigh In With Earnings

April 28, 2025
Earnings season’s in full swing, and it’s helping to sway the fortunes of the CE 100 Index, which was up 5.9% through the week. All pillars in the CE 100...

CE 100 Index Gains 0.4% as Coursera Jumps on Earnings

July 29, 2024
Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) helped drive Coursera shares (and results) significantly higher this past week, while earnings began to trickle in for the CE 100 Index — and the...

CE 100 Index Rises 0.7% as Earnings Drive Lifestyle Categories

May 06, 2024
The CE 100 Index gained 0.7%, buoyed by continued earnings reports that boosted the fortunes of the Shop and Live pillars. Shares of Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) were 27.6% higher,...

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Report: OpenAI Hires Coursera’s Leah Belsky as First General Manager of Education

September 18, 2024
OpenAI has reportedly hired its first general manager of education: former Coursera Chief Revenue Officer Leah Belsky. In this role, Belsky will work to bring the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s products to more schools; boost its engagement with teachers and students; and work with OpenAI’s own teams on their partnerships with the academic community, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Sept. […]

Coursera Goes Public With IPO Shares Priced At $33

March 31, 2021
Online education provider Coursera was scheduled to go public on Wednesday (March 31) on the New York Stock Exchange. The company saw its revenues skyrocket during the pandemic, from $184...