MentorcliQ, an AI-powered employee development platform serving more than 6.5 million employees globally, has acquired Neobrain, a Paris-based AI-powered skills intelligence company. The acquisition creates a combined platform that aims to help enterprises navigate AI transformation by connecting workforce skills, career mobility, and employee development. The move responds to the growing pressure on organizations to understand, develop, and mobilize talent as artificial intelligence reshapes how work gets done.
The Challenge of Rapid Skills Disruption
According to the World Economic Forum, 39% of workers' current skills will be transformed or become outdated by 2030. As AI changes job requirements, companies need clear visibility into the skills they possess today and the capabilities they will need tomorrow. The combined platform is designed to help enterprises close that gap through skills insights, career opportunities, and human connections.
Three Connected Capabilities
The integrated offering brings together three core capabilities. A dynamic skills ontology provides AI-powered intelligence into workforce skills, emerging gaps, and strategic workforce planning needs. An internal talent marketplace enables personalized career pathing and matches employees to open roles, projects, and gigs, while employee development programs and communities accelerate growth through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Turning Skills Insights into Employee Growth
MentorcliQ's development programs and employee communities help employees learn from one another, share knowledge, build new skills, and navigate career transitions. These human connections are intended to speed up the adoption of new capabilities and turn workforce transformation strategies into meaningful growth. Organizations can move beyond simply identifying skills gaps to actively helping employees close them.
AI Agents for Employees and HR Teams
Neobrain has deployed AI Agents for HR since 2023, and the combined platform will extend these capabilities to more users. Employees can use AI Agents to understand how their current skills align with emerging roles, identify skills they need to develop, find relevant courses or projects, and connect with mentors. HR teams can manage skills ontologies, surface emerging workforce needs, and scale personalized career development within existing AI tools.
Leadership and Global Expansion
The acquisition expands MentorcliQ's international footprint and strengthens its ability to serve customers worldwide. Neobrain's European teams will remain in place and continue supporting existing clients, while co-founders Paul Courtaud and Jérémy Jaillant stay in leadership roles. The Paris-based company serves more than 1 million employees across 80 countries and 17 languages, adding meaningful global reach to MentorcliQ's established enterprise base.
Executive Perspectives on the Combination
Phil George, President and CEO of MentorcliQ, said AI transformation involves more than adopting new technology. He emphasized that companies need visibility into current skills, an understanding of how AI will change future needs, and a way to help employees navigate that shift. Paul Courtaud, co-founder of Neobrain, added that AI creates the opportunity to make skills intelligence part of everyday workforce decisions, while MentorcliQ brings the human connections that turn insights into real growth.
Building a More Adaptable Workforce
By connecting skills intelligence, career opportunities, and employee communities, the combined platform aims to create a workforce that can adapt quickly to changes in work. Organizations can identify gaps and then offer employees clear development paths, mentorship, and access to internal roles. This approach supports internal mobility and helps reduce reliance on external hiring while enabling employees to grow within the organization.
The acquisition positions MentorcliQ and Neobrain to support enterprises as they shift toward skills-based organizations that can respond quickly to AI-driven change. By uniting skills intelligence, internal mobility, and employee development with human connection, the companies aim to help employers build and mobilize talent from within. The combined platform represents a practical response to workforce disruption and a meaningful step toward more agile, skills-focused workforce strategies.