"LinkedIn announced a new partnership on Wednesday allowing users to official certifications in AI skills, drawing on usage data from prominent AI apps. The integration includes the video and podcast editor Descript, coding apps Lovable and Replit, and AI agent building platform Relay.app. These platforms will use AI to assess your skills as you use them, and generate a certificate based on your usage patterns, product outcomes, and proficiency within the tools."
""Jobs require fluency in the technology your employer depends on and AI proficiency; the ability to use these tools to deliver today is now the most in-demand skill. Today, trust matters more than ever. More than 100 million professionals have verified their identity on LinkedIn. Now, with the addition of verified skills, you can add an additional way to prove what you can actually do," Hari Sirinivasan, VP of Product at LinkedIn, said in a statement."
LinkedIn is introducing verified AI skill certifications that rely on users' activity within partnered AI applications. Initial partners include Descript, Lovable, Replit, and Relay.app, which will analyze usage patterns, product outcomes, and demonstrated proficiency to generate certificates. Granted certifications will appear on LinkedIn profiles as verified skills. LinkedIn intends to expand the program with partners such as Gamma, GitHub, and Zapier and is inviting companies to register interest. LinkedIn leadership framed verified skills as a way to prove practical AI fluency amid rising employer demand. Industry reports show that job postings requiring AI skills have increased substantially, with AI-related mentions reaching 4.2% of U.S. postings by late 2025.
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