- Artificial intelligence platform SimpliTrain launched its AI-powered, easy-to-use course authoring tool designed to help organizations create professional, learning management system-ready training programs in minutes. This tool enables instructional designers, subject matter experts (SMEs), HR leaders, and trainers to convert existing materials into structured, engaging digital courses without coding or complex workflows. Organizations also can publish courses with one click; enable automatic enrollment, tracking, and reporting; export SCORM packages for LMS compatibility; and generate PDFs for instructor-led or offline delivery
- Wiingy, a tutoring marketplace connecting learners with expert-vetted tutors, unveiled CoTutor, an AI learning companion. CoTutor is built to work alongside tutors, not replace them. Every learning experience on Wiingy continues to be led by expert human tutors. The AI learning companion transforms every tutoring session into a complete learning experience with personalized podcast and lesson summaries, interactive quizzes, spaced-repetition flashcards, and next-lesson recommendations, all included at no extra cost for Wiingy users.
- CGS Immersive, an enterprise learning leader that is modernizing training and development with AI and immersive technologies, announced an expansion of its AI-powered role-play solution Cicero. The company has evolved it into an end-to-end platform designed to help enterprise clients interview candidates, hire the right people, and continuously upskill employees. Expanded capabilities include AI-powered interviewing, coaching, and skills assessment; mixed reality simulations; and customer-facing kiosks staffed by agentic AI ambassadors that can guide orders, answer questions, and recommend next-best actions in retail and hospitality environments.
- Team effectiveness platform Squadify launched SquadBot, an AI-powered team coach built for enterprise HR leaders. Built on more than six years of proven team science and millions of organizational data points, SquadBot gives every team member and leader access to an always-on, evidence-based team coach. Rather than responding to isolated prompts, SquadBot is built natively around team context—understanding how people work together, not just what one person asks in a single moment. SquadBot interprets each team’s authorized Squadify results, using aggregated and anonymized team data to tailor guidance, actions, and learning to what is happening inside that squad. It also draws on a non-public, curated knowledge base built by Squadify over decades, including insights from millions of team performance data points, established research on teamwork spanning more than 25 years, leadership development modules and practical tools, and interviews with global thought leaders on collaboration and performance. SquadBot does not access raw survey responses, individual identities, or data from other teams or organizations. Conversations remain private to each user, and organizational data is never used to train public AI models.
- Whatfix, a global AI-native platform for enterprise technology adoption, launched AI Roleplay training in Mirror, allowing customer-facing teams to practice real generative AI-driven customer conversations inside simulated enterprise systems. Key capabilities of AI Roleplay training in Mirror include: adaptive AI role-play training conversations that respond in real time to learner inputs, mirroring real customer interactions; rapid role-play training creation using AI prompts to reduce time and effort to scale practice experiences; built-in readiness evaluation within simulated workflows, giving leaders clear visibility into performance before go-live; and multi-language support to enable consistent, scalable training for global teams.
- D-ID, a leader in enterprise-grade AI avatar solutions, launched V4 Expressive Visual Agents, a new generation of ultra-high-fidelity digital humans designed for real-time, large language model-connected conversations, as well as scripted long-form enterprise video content. Built on a new diffusion-based model, and trained on performances captured from real actors, V4 Expressive Visual Agents deliver faster generation, low latency (sub-0.5-second) conversational turns, and highly accurate lip sync, in up to 4K resolution, enabling expressive, natural interactions that scale reliably across enterprise use cases. V4 Expressive Visual Agents dynamically align with selected sentiments, ensuring that tone and intent match the underlying message. They are designed to act as a visual interface layer for AI systems, enabling real-time, two-way interactions rather than one-way video playback. They also can surface interactive user interface elements inline during the conversation, to share contextual visuals such as images, charts, and video, as well as structured interactions such as forms and quizzes, enabled via D-ID’s MCP Apps.
- Neurodivergent employment network Mentra launched Manatee, an AI-powered career companion built to empower neurodivergent adults through every stage of the job search. Manatee provides personalized guidance, emotional support, and step-by-step career navigation tailored to how individuals process information and handle stress. Features include: an AI Agent (personalized pathfinding and check-ins); upskilling (matching jobseekers with bite-sized learning content based on their individual career goals); daily job recommendations handpicked to align with each individual’s unique strengths; career support (including resume preparation, interview practice, and planning next steps); emotional regulation and confidence-building tools; and the ability to message recruiters, mentors, and other neurodivergent jobseekers in a safe space. Mentra also is expanding its free programming for neurodivergent talent, including workshops, job fairs, hackathons and employer-employee match events.
- AI-native talent intelligence platform Sapia.ai announced the launch of Phai, an AI-powered career coach helping people find their place in a changing world of work. The launch is accompanied by analysis of more than 1,000 real conversations with Phai during its trial phase, offering insight into people’s willingness to use AI for career guidance, and what they’re seeking to gain. Rather than asking which roles they were qualified for, many users were focused on more fundamental questions pertaining to how to articulate their experience, where their strengths lie, and what realistic options might be available to them in a changing workplace. Through structured dialogue, Phai helps people articulate their experience, reflect on strengths, and connect insights to real opportunities, including live roles within the organization.
