Andela has announced its acquisition of Woven, a leading technical assessment company dedicated to delivering AI-native talent and forward-deployed engineers to AI labs and enterprises.
To ensure the success of this integration, Woven will incorporate its proven assessment content, technology, and domain expertise directly into the Andela platform. Wes Winham, Woven’s CEO and Founder, will join Andela to lead the development of next-generation assessments designed to reliably predict an engineer’s on-the-job success in both AI-assisted software development and AI system creation.
As enterprises transition from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, the demand for three distinct categories of AI-native talent has strengthened. First, the Builder transforms business requirements into functional LLM, RAG, and agentic components. Next, the Integrator connects models, data, and tools into complex, multi-step autonomous workflows. Finally, the Scaler ensures these AI systems operate dependably at scale while managing essential compliance, governance, and risk factors. The acquisition of Woven enables Andela to evaluate and match engineers across each of these archetypes, ensuring companies can secure the right talent for every stage of their AI journey.
“To power the AI ecosystem at scale, the world needs AI-native, enterprise-ready engineering talent en masse. Andela plus Woven equals the best technical assessment engine in the world to ensure AI fluency and real-world job success,” noted Carrol Chang, CEO of Andela, which represents over 150,000 technology professionals in its global marketplace.
By acquiring Woven, Andela secures a comprehensive library of best-in-class, real-world engineering scenarios aligned to specific job functions, alongside the AI-assisted generation of new scenarios. This integration also brings AI-driven scoring that evaluates performance with accuracy, consistency, and scalability, utilizing proven assessment rubrics developed through years of performance data. Furthermore, the expertise of Woven’s founding team will significantly accelerate Andela’s overall assessment roadmap.
Barun Singh, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Andela, remarked that the company is leapfrogging the development of world-class assessments for both AI fluency and engineering fundamentals. He noted that, from day one, Andela will apply Woven’s scenarios to its talent network to benchmark skills and ensure clients are matched with talent that best fits their needs. Additionally, by integrating Woven’s technology with Qualified, Andela’s previously acquired assessment platform—the company has established a unified infrastructure designed to deliver scalable, AI-driven evaluations across all engineering domains.
“Andela already had a world-class industry reputation, talent network, and upskilling DNA,” Winler said. “ Together, we’re building the most accurate and scalable way to measure realworld engineering performance in the AI era.”
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