Udemy has had its fourth leadership send-off this year. Chief Marketing Officer Genefa Murphy has resigned 2.5 years into her tenure to pursue other opportunities. This is after CEO Greg Brown’s exit in March 2025 after serving just two years CTO Eren Bali’s replacement in June 2025 CPO Prasad Raje’s transition out of his role (started October 2024 and ended in March 2025) Now it’s CMO Murphy. She was hired in July 2023, when Udemy’s Enterprise revenue was more than half of the total revenue

Source: Udemy Investors page The merger is complete. That too, months before its second-half 2026 target. After three failed attempts and five months of regulatory and shareholder review, Coursera and Udemy have finally combined. Now comes the restructuring, the platform integration, and some unanswered leadership questions. The all-stock deal was first announced on December 17, 2025, and approved by stockholders on April 9, 2026. Each Udemy share was exchanged for 0.8 shares of Coursera. Udemy

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This year, Duolingo announced a major strategic shift: from monetization to user growth, with a target of 100 million daily active users by the end of 2028. To get there, it needs to grow about 25% year over year, every quarter. In Q2 2026, daily users grew 23%, to 58.7 million, the first time growth has sped up in two years. Duolingo also disclosed a roughly $10 million bonus that pays out if Q4 growth hits 25% or more. Paid subscribers grew by about 200,000 in the quarter, the fewest since 2