Partnerships & Alliances (November 2025)

The latest training industry mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and more.

▸ D-ID, a platform for the generation of digital humans, acquired artificial intelligence (AI) video pioneer simpleshow. Operating under the D-ID brand, the newly formed joint company unites D-ID’s interactive AI Visual Agents and real-time AI avatar technologies with simpleshow’s explainer video maker.

▸ Payscale, a provider of compensation intelligence solutions, acquired Datapeople, an AI-powered recruiting platform. The Datapeople platform enables Payscale to help talent acquisition and recruitment professionals streamline job postings, ensure compliance with pay transparency requirements, and strengthen alignment between compensation and talent strategy.

▸ Pearson and Cognizant formed a global strategic partnership to accelerate the development and availability of AI powered learning, assessments, and workforce skilling programs. Pearson’s talent solutions—Credly, Faethm and Talent Lens—now will support digital credentials, workforce analytics, and cognitive assessments in Cognizant’s workforce development programs.

Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training MVP Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30-plus years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.