On April 9, shareholders of both Coursera and Udemy voted to approve the merger. The votes weren’t close. At Coursera, 99.4% of votes were in favor of issuing new shares to complete the acquisition. At Udemy, 99.9% voted to adopt the merger agreement. Out of more than 228 million shares that voted across both companies, fewer than 500,000 voted against. Coursera shareholders also approved doubling the company’s authorized shares from 300 million to 600 million, which is needed to issue the sto

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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“We’re all puppets. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” – Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen Alan Moore is a legend. I’ve always been a big fan of his work adapted to movies: Watchmen (even bought the illustrated hard-cover comic series book after watching the movie) and V for Vendetta, being the most prominent. When I found out about this course on BBC Maestro, I didn’t hesitate to start watching it. Through this course, Moore helps us see the ‘strings’ of storytelling – the underlying mechanism