NEW YORK — Sept. 24, 2024 — Arist, the global leader in learning via SMS, Slack, and Teams chat, today announced Teammate, a first-of-its-kind AI tool that recommends, builds and delivers full learning programs in minutes, all from a simple chat and voice interface.
Teammate is designed to do everything an L&D team member can, including:
- Complex needs analysis by interviewing stakeholders through a natural-language conversation (via voice or chat) and ingesting survey data;
- Building courses instantly based on existing company materials and needs analysis recommendations;
- Managing all delivery, reinforcement and follow-up of course programs, eliminating the need for course marketing;
- Aggregating and delivering comprehensive analytics reports post-program delivery.
“Teammate pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with AI in learning and enablement, and is a step-function improvement in every AI learning capability today,” said Michael Ioffe, CEO and Co-founder at Arist.
“Arist has been the leader in rethinking enterprise learning from the ground up, starting with our groundbreaking efforts to bring research-driven learning to tools people already use, like SMS, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. With Teammate, we can do in minutes what used to take months, and enable L&D teams to deliver far more personalized learning in a way so agile and effective it seemed impossible only a few months ago. A team of 10 becomes a team of 100.”
“Teammate demonstrates the power of AI Agents in one of the most complex areas of HR: building L&D programs,” said Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst. “Arist is setting the pace in AI and I’m sure many others will follow.”
Just last month, Arist announced the release of Creator, which takes thousands of pages of complex documentation and builds full learning courses in 50+ languages in minutes. Teammate extends these capabilities across the entire L&D lifecycle. While Creator serves as an effective co-pilot, Teammate is a full autopilot.
By delivering courses fully in tools like SMS and MS Teams, Arist also drives best-in-class learning outcomes for large enterprises, including:
- 88% knowledge retention rates after 3 months;
- A 33% lift in target actions taken;
- A 19% lift in knowledge retention vs. benchmarks;
- And a 15% lift in learner confidence in skill.
Combined, these capabilities will enable L&D and enablement teams to train employees at every skill level dramatically faster while ensuring best-in-class accuracy, sourcing, performance lift, and business impact — a first for AI tools in learning and development.
Organizations can join the waitlist for Teammate today. Teammate will have a limited release in Q1 2025 with a general release mid-2025.
About Arist
Arist helps L&D and Enablement teams lift performance by delivering training directly to employees via Teams chat, Slack, and SMS. By meeting employees in tools they use every 6 minutes, Arist enables higher adoption, completion, and behavior change rates for training experiences.
Based on Stanford research and trusted by over 10% of the Fortune 500, Arist has been recognized as a Fast Company World-Changing Idea and a leader in learning and training development.
