Observed Signal · Sep 9, 2026 · Market Signal · Source: Coursera · Impact: 4.5/5
Announcing Project Helix: A skills platform for the AI era
At Coursera and Udemy’s first global FWD customer event as a combined company, we previewed Project Helix, our new AI-native skills platform — along with new AI-powered capabilities across Coursera and Udemy.
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Evelyn Leu launches AI training platform Lifturskill
Evelyn Leu, a former Google Industry Manager who led education initiatives in Switzerland and Austria, has launched Lifturskill, an AI-focused continuing education platform. Announced 2026-06-02, Lifturskill targets companies, associations, educational institutions, public organizations and individuals with offerings including webinars, workshops, hackathons, coaching, AI competency programmes and train‑the‑trainer formats. The venture was co-founded with Selim Akyol, Lilo Bünger and Andreas Scherpel. An advisory board includes representatives from FHNW and Swiss Post; the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is also listed as an offering partner.
Future Unleashes AI-Powered Helix for Enhanced Ad Campaigns
Future, the publisher with more than 170 specialist media brands, launched Helix — an AI-powered data science and predictive modeling layer on top of its in-house audience platform. Helix replaces the legacy Aperture branding in the U.S. and integrates prior tools (including Advisor) to enable real-time first-party audience segmentation, predictive audience selection and programmatic activation via direct deals and private marketplaces using deal IDs. Future tested Helix across 20 campaigns and reported double-digit increases in click-through rates and improved return on ad spend. The product is aimed at outcome-driven advertisers and integrates brand-lift and third-party measurement vendors; Future will offer tailored performance guarantees and expects Helix to increase adoption of its audience targeting and data-fee revenue.
Ellucian Showcases AI-Powered Student Platform at EDUCAUSE 2026
Ellucian, a leading higher education technology provider, announced its participation in EDUCAUSE 2026, where it will showcase Ellucian Student, a complete SaaS solution for the student lifecycle, and its AI capabilities purpose-built for higher education. The company highlights its Ellucian Higher Ed Knowledge Graph, which catalogs over 50 years of expertise and approximately 10,000 higher education processes, to give AI contextual understanding. Eight conference sessions will cover topics like AI impact on operations, risk and resilience, and digital transformation. Ellucian positions itself as enabling institutions to move from insight to action with embedded AI, governance, and control.
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