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Employee education benefits platform for employers
Guild Education
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Employee education benefits platform for employers
Overview
Guild Education helps companies invest in their employees’ education by offering education benefits through employer partnerships. It works with large employers to provide tuition reimbursement, access to online courses, and degree programs from accredited schools via a managed platform. Employers pay fees to administer these education programs, and Guild earns commissions from educational institutions for student enrollments. The platform streamlines how employees access funding and courses, aligning education benefits with company goals. Compared to competitors, Guild Education centers its product on turning education benefits into a strategic HR and talent development lever, combining workforce development with diversity and internal mobility, and delivering scalable programs that support retention and recruitment. Its goal is to improve talent acquisition, reduce turnover, upskill the workforce, and boost ROI and brand value for employers.
About Guild Education
Industries
Enterprise Software
Education
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$643.5M
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Amazon's 2026 partnership validates Guild's marketplace for high-demand maintenance and engineering roles.
- Guild supported more than a quarter million learners in 2025, showing usage scale.
- Guild's February 2026 global product expansion broadens revenue across multinational employers.
What critics are saying
- Guild cut 12% in 2023 and 25% in May 2024, signaling weak demand.
- Macy's ended its partnership in January 2025, proving employer contracts can disappear fast.
- House v. Guild Education filed October 2024 threatens costly labor litigation and reputational damage.
What makes Guild Education unique
- Amazon selected Guild Navigator in July 2026 for Career Choice technician pipelines.
- Guild supports nearly every country with localized tuition reimbursement by February 2026.
- Guild claims 90,000 role changes across a decade, linking learning to internal mobility.
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Funding
Total Funding
$643.5M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
7 Rounds
Bessemer Venture Partners
General CatalystBenefits
Be an owner - Every employee is granted equity in Guild with a 4-year vesting schedule as well as a 401(k).
Prioritize your time - We offer generous parental leave, PTO, and onsite daycare for Denver-based employees
Have a learner's mindset - Guild offers student loan reimbursement, 100% tuition assistance for your first bachelor’s degree, and $10K/year toward additional education.
Take care of yourself - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans because we care about the health and well-being of all Guild employees.
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -1%Guild announced it has been selected as a partner for Amazon's Career Choice program. Guild will provide Amazon hourly employees access to its Guild Navigator product, offering structured guidance for maintenance and engineering technician roles whilst building a talent pipeline for these high-demand positions. Guild Navigator supports learners through step-by-step guidance and provides administrators with real-time progress tracking tools. The platform connects trained talent cohorts to critical staffing needs in licensed and certified roles. Amazon's Career Choice program provides pre-paid tuition for employees to learn new skills. Since launch, over 300,000 global employees have participated, including 100,000 in 2025 alone, training for roles including aircraft mechanics and software developers.
Guild Talent Advantage is a first-of-its-kind product suite that pairs education, skilling, and academy experiences with AI insights to empower HR leaders to address a range of urgent talent transformation priorities.
Salt Security, the API security company, is working with Guild Education, the leader in opportunity creation for America’s workforce, to implement the Salt Security API Protection Platform to secure its growing application programming interface (API) ecosystem.
INDIANAPOLIS - Ivy Tech Community College is partnering with career opportunity platform Guild to provide employers with additional options for personal and professional growth.
Learning and c areer opportunity company Guild Education welcomed Dean Carter as its new chief people officer (CPO).
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About Guild Education
Industries
Enterprise Software
Education
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$643.5M
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Founded
2015
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