Podium Education is an Austin-based edtech company that partners with colleges and universities to close the gap between a degree and a first job. Its flagship product, the Global Career Accelerator, is a for-credit, fully online program in which undergraduates of any major work on real projects for companies like Intel, L'Oreal, OpenAI and the GRAMMYs, build in-demand skills in data, marketing and coding, and collaborate with peers from dozens of countries. After acquiring the early-career talent platform Untapped in 2024, Podium now also connects its students directly to employers, turning coursework into a hiring pipeline.
Practera is an Australian-born education technology company that helps universities, employers and governments run real-world learning programs at scale. Its SaaS platform lets educators design, deliver and assess experiential programs - internships, industry projects, mentoring and micro-credentials - while AI-powered analytics flag struggling learners and measure outcomes. The flagship product of Intersective, Practera connects students with authentic industry work to build the skills employers actually want.