# Absorb Software (Absorb)

> Absorb is an AI-powered learning platform for employee training, customer and partner education, compliance, content creation, skills development, analytics, and embedded learning.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://www.absorbai.com/
- **Headquarters:** 520 3 Avenue SW, Centennial Place East Tower, Suite 308, Calgary, Alberta T2P 0R3, Canada
- **Country:** Canada
- **Founded:** 2003
- **Founder:** Mike Owens
- **Employees:** 501-1000
- **Funding stage:** Acquired by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
- **Service regions:** Global
- **Categories:** Learning & Development

## Overview
Absorb Software is a Calgary-based learning-technology company founded in 2003 and co-founded by Mike Owens. Its current AI-powered platform supports employee training, customer and partner education, compliance, onboarding, course creation, mentoring, skills development, analytics, e-commerce, and learning embedded inside other products. Absorb reports more than 3,800 customer organizations and 37 million learners. Current company materials describe a workforce of more than 600 people, consistent with the 501–1,000 employee band on its official LinkedIn page. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe acquired Absorb in April 2021; the transaction is ownership history, not a $59 million funding total. Learning & Development remains the correct primary category, and the profile now follows the current Absorb AI domain and brand.

## Products
Absorb LMS; Absorb Aura agentic learning system; Absorb Infuse embedded learning; Absorb Create AI authoring; Absorb Skills; Absorb Amplify content libraries; Absorb Analyze; Together mentoring; employee, customer, partner, compliance, onboarding, and extended-enterprise learning; e-commerce; mobile learning; integrations.

## Customers
More than 3,800 organizations and 37 million learners across employee, customer, partner, compliance, and extended-enterprise learning programs.

## Leadership
- Mike Owens — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/mike-owens))

## Sources
- [Absorb official homepage](https://www.absorbai.com/) — official
- [Absorb Aura launch announcement](https://www.absorbai.com/company/newsroom/absorb-software-launches-absorb-aura) — official
- [Absorb customer-education study announcement](https://www.absorbai.com/company/newsroom/new-absorb-software-and-lighthouse-research-advisory-study-reveals-how-the-highest-performing-customer-education-programs-turn-learning-into-measurable-growth) — official
- [Absorb official Mike Owens biography](https://www.absorbai.com/company/leadership/mike-owens) — official
- [Absorb official LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/absorb-software) — official-social
- [Absorb official Mike Owens biography](https://www.absorbai.com/company/leadership/mike-owens) — official
- [Absorb official website logo](https://www.absorbai.com/) — official
- [Absorb official homepage](https://www.absorbai.com/) — official

## FAQ
**What does Absorb do?**

Absorb is an AI-powered learning platform for employee training, customer and partner education, compliance, content creation, skills development, analytics, and embedded learning.

**Where is Absorb headquartered?**

Absorb is headquartered in 520 3 Avenue SW, Centennial Place East Tower, Suite 308, Calgary, Alberta T2P 0R3, Canada.

**When was Absorb founded?**

Absorb was founded in 2003.

**Who founded Absorb?**

Absorb was founded by Mike Owens.

**How many employees does Absorb have?**

Absorb has 501-1000 employees.

**What kind of HR technology is Absorb?**

Absorb is categorized under Learning & Development on DHRMap.

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