When Craig Weiss publishes a guide detailing which vendors to visit at the ATD 2026 International Conference and EXPO (ATD26), the learning industry pays attention. As founder of The Craig Weiss Group and the analyst behind FindAnLMS, the annual Top 10 Learning Systems rankings, and the long-running E-Learning 24/7 blog, Craig Weiss is one of the most widely read independent voices in corporate learning technology. He is famously skeptical of “AI-first” marketing claims, and his ATD Expo Guide is built specifically to cut through the noise and tell buyers who is actually worth their time to check out. So when his 2026 guide singles out a vendor, it carries real weight with the L&D leaders, training directors, and systems buyers who read him.
This year, MetaLark.ai earned such a nod — and not a quiet one. Mr. Weiss called MetaLark “the #1 new product – i.e., learning technology for 2026,” noting that “AI dominates here and excels at learning” and that the toolkit’s value lies in what it does with learning data, which he describes as the core of any training operation. Coming from an analyst who has spent two decades evaluating learning systems and pushing back on hype, that endorsement reflects exactly what MetaLark was built to deliver: turning the massive, often invisible libraries of learning content organizations already own into structured, measurable, AI-ready intelligence that tells their learning story.
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