Notes from the team building AI-native learning.

Ideas, research, and stories from how we’re reshaping the way the world learns at work.

May 12, 2026·Steve Haraguchi

What 2,400 exercises on Uplimit reveal about the new shape of online learning

The format was never about what learners could do. It was about what platforms could measure. For most of online learning's history, that meant content and a quiz. That ceiling is gone and the data from 2,400+ exercises shows what's possible now.

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Nov 21, 2025·Rachel Rheinhart

Learning that sticks: highlights from our CEO’s conversation with Josh Bersin

Listen to Josh Bersin's interview of Julia Stiglitz, CEO & Co-founder of Uplimit. She breaks down the shift happening in corporate learning toward more practice (instead of more content libraries), and how AI makes it more possible than ever.

Jul 23, 2025·Julia Stiglitz

Enablement at the speed of change: why we built Sparks

Enablement tools built for a slower era are failing fast-moving sales teams. Sparks (Uplimit's newest product) helps reps practice, perform, and win at the speed of GTM.

Jul 18, 2025·Julia Stiglitz

AI-native learning is here. Databricks shows why it works.

Databricks, in partnership with Uplimit, has stood up one of the most innovative and effective education and enablement programs we've ever seen. Their results speak for themselves, and in this blog, we dig into why this wouldn't have been possible without AI-native learning tools.

Jul 8, 2025·Rachel Rheinhart

Most manager training is a waste of time…Here’s how to (really) enable confident leaders

Most manager training isn’t built for today’s reality. Here’s how to scale leadership development that actually builds capability (in the flow of work, not in slide decks.)

May 8, 2025·Rachel Rheinhart

What are AI learning agents? Meet the future of scalable learning

Learn how AI learning agents are reshaping what's possible for l&d and training teams; cutting down manual work and boosting human potential.

Apr 2, 2025·Bryan Fong

Uplimit’s AI learning agents drive faster skill-building and engagement

AI adoption is skyrocketing—but here’s the real challenge: AI doesn’t just replace jobs. It reshapes them. But most traditional learning tools weren’t built for how fast work is changing. That’s why we built Uplimit, a new kind of learning platform built from day one to be AI-native.

Jan 28, 2025·Zayd Badwan

AI-Powered Learning in Action: How Procore and Databricks Drive Real Outcomes

For years, learning leaders have told me the same story: they’re overwhelmed by clunky, outdated processes and a lack of time to focus on what really matters—empowering people to learn and grow. By the time a course finally launches, it can feel outdated. Meanwhile, learners tune out, and leaders struggle to show real results.

Jan 22, 2025·

Crack the Code: 5 Ways to Solve Cohort-Based Learning Challenges

Cohort-based learning isn’t just a trend. It’s a proven way to create training programs that stick. Programs like these can deliver 75%+ completion rates, far outpacing the 3–6% typical for traditional e-learning. They build stronger communities, boost engagement, and drive real results.

Dec 6, 2024·

Celebrating Excellence: Uplimit Wins Multiple Brandon Hall Group Awards

At Uplimit, our mission is to empower organizations to deliver scalable, impactful learning programs through AI-driven innovation. This year, we’re proud to announce that our efforts have been recognized with three Gold and one Silver award at the prestigious Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards 2024.

Oct 21, 2024·

From Finite Paths to Ongoing Journeys: Insights from Deloitte's Former CLO on What’s Next for AI in L&D

Read about our conversation with Eric Dingler, former CLO of Deloitte, to learn how AI can create more effective learning experiences.

Oct 2, 2024·

Emerging trends in L&D: What the Uplimit team learned at conferences this fall

Find out what L&D trends and themes emerged during WorkDay Rising, TechLearn, and Dreamforce this fall.

Sep 20, 2024·Amber Tennant

Executing Gloriously at Uplimit

Learn how this "Executing Gloriously" framework can help you focus on the highest-impact metrics and the levers to move them

Aug 22, 2024·Julia Stiglitz

How Uplimit's AI-powered cohort learning increases efficiency in enterprise upskilling

Discover how Uplimit's AI-powered cohort learning platform is transforming enterprise upskilling with unprecedented completion rates of over 75%.

Aug 2, 2024·Amber Tennant

5 Tips for Running Effective Cohort Based Training Programs

Uplimit’s mission is to deliver effective education at scale, and one way of doing that is via cohort-based learning.

Jul 18, 2024·Julia Stiglitz

Announcing our Series A funding led by Salesforce Ventures

We’re thrilled to share that Uplimit has officially closed our Series A funding round, led by Salesforce Ventures!

Jul 2, 2024·Julia Stiglitz

Josh Bersin on AI and L&D: An Evolving Conversation

Josh Bersin recently joined the Uplimit community to discuss the implications of AI for learning and development.

Jun 27, 2024·Karie Willyerd

Defeating Rick’s Law: Five Learning Strategies to Engage Leaders

Five strategies effective in getting leaders to sign up and show up for training

May 13, 2024·Zayd Badwan

Scaling Outcomes in Customer Education: Reflections from a conversation with Databricks’ Rochana Golani

The scope of customer education has expanded dramatically over the past decade. Programs that once focused primarily on onboarding new customers now touch every part of the customer lifecycle.

Feb 8, 2024·Sourabh Bajaj

Master the fundamentals of Site Reliability Engineering with a course from Uplimit and Google

We’re excited to announce that Uplimit has collaborated with Google to launch a new free-of-charge course, Intro to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), on the Uplimit platform! This course is part one of a two-part series designed to prepare engineers of all backgrounds for SRE-focused industry roles. You can snag your spot in the first cohort by applying through the course page.

Feb 1, 2024·Julia Stiglitz

Uplimit brings AI-powered learning to customer education: Announcing our partnership with Databricks

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Databricks team to help power their customer education programs! Databricks was facing a challenge that’s familiar to almost every SaaS company today. Their team recognized the critical role that customer education plays in driving product engagement and retention, but asynchronous training resources often weren’t enough to get customers fully up and running, and high-touch instructor-led learning didn’t scale. With Uplimit’s AI platform, they’re able to deliver a supportive, personalized experience to hundreds of thousands of learners across the world. The results speak for themselves: more than 75% of learners in our cohorts completed Databricks’ courses.

Jan 11, 2024·Julia Stiglitz

Designing an AI upskilling program: 4 principles for success

Artificial intelligence is poised to fundamentally transform our economy. Thirty percent of hours worked today could be automated by AI by 2030, with efficiency gains spanning nearly every industry and role. Some estimates suggest AI will change the way 8 in 10 US workers do their jobs. Business leaders are rushing to take advantage of this technology, with the vast majority of CEOs either making or planning significant investments in generative AI.

Sep 7, 2023·Erin Becker

The next era of customer education: an interview with Lindsay Thibeault of SaaS Academy Advisors

In our Next Era of Customer Education Series, we join customer education leaders to discuss emerging trends in customer learning, exploring the future of external training, emerging best practices and technologies in customer training, and their experiences in and insights about this growing field. Here, we chat with Lindsay Thibeault of SaaS Academy Advisors about all things customer education and building SaaS academies.

Aug 8, 2023·Julia Stiglitz

CoRise is now Uplimit! Announcing new AI capabilities for enterprise learning

Uplimit (formerly CoRise) is thrilled to make some exciting announcements, including our new name, new AI features in our platform, and that we're opening our AI-powered platform for a select group of beta enterprise partners to run their own courses. Read more about how we're deepening our commitment to our mission of reaching more learners than ever before with high-impact courses that will help them attain the skills of the future.

Jul 31, 2023·Erin Becker

The next era of customer education: an interview with Adam Avramescu of Personio

In our Next Era of Customer Education Series, we join customer education leaders to discuss emerging trends in customer learning, exploring the future of external training, emerging best practices and technologies in customer training, and their experiences in and insights about this growing field. In this inaugural interview, we chat with Adam Avramescu of Personio and the CELab podcast, as well as the author of an essential book on customer education.

May 3, 2023·Zayd Badwan

The Tech Industry Needs Better Leadership Training

We've long heard demand from the tech industry for better leadership training, tailor-made to the needs of this fast-paced environment. Read more about our new leadership courses and why we're partnering with instructors like Carole Robin, award-winning instructor of the “Touchy Feely” class at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and Sara Sperling and Stuart Crabb, former leaders of Meta’s Learning and Development function, to create courses for technical and non-technical managers alike.

May 2, 2023·Julia Stiglitz

Announcing our Tech Leadership Vertical

I’m excited to share that today, we’re adding more than a dozen new courses in a brand-new vertical, Tech Leadership, to the Uplimit catalog. We are also thrilled to welcome a group of world-class leadership instructors to our platform—including Carole Robin, award-winning instructor of the “Touchy Feely” class at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and Sara Sperling and Stuart Crabb, former leaders of Meta’s Learning and Development function.

Apr 5, 2023·Al Dea

5 Ways to Stand Out and Advance In Your Career

We’re excited to announce our new course offering, How to Stand Out and Advance in Your Career! Beginning on May 8, this three-week long course will teach you how to differentiate yourself in the workplace and ensure that your hard work translates into long-term professional success. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on projects, you'll gain insight into the strategies, methods, and tools that can help you reach your career goals. By the end of the course, you'll have a better understanding of today’s job market and the strategies that can help you stand out as a leader and influencer within your industry or organization. Whether you're just starting out, seeking a promotion, or ready to become an industry thought leader, this course will help you navigate the complex world of work and achieve success on your own terms. To celebrate our new course, let’s kick things off with a few introductory pointers about standing out and advancing in your career.

Mar 22, 2023·Dennis Hume

Creating a Course on Uplimit: A Comprehensive Guide

I learned about Uplimit about a year ago from my friend who had just started teaching a class on dbt. Listening to her experience it sounded like a great option to discuss interesting subjects while being able to get into more detail than you are normally limited to with a single blog post or hour long talk. I had a few topics in mind but one topic I’m particularly interested in and wanted to expand upon was data engineering, specifically around Dagster. I have now completed two runs of my Uplimit course (with another coming up soon) and have really enjoyed the experience. Looking back I wanted to share some thoughts on building and maintaining a course with Uplimit.

Mar 17, 2023·Sourabh Bajaj

Supercharge Your DevOps Career with Free Kubernetes Training from The Linux Foundation and CoRise

Uplimit is thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Linux Foundation Training & Certification and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to offer an exciting opportunity for you to get trained and certified in Kubernetes, one of the most sought-after skills in the industry today. If you’re an aspiring DevOps professional looking to level up your skills and boost your career, this course path is for you!

Feb 28, 2023·Mark Tenenholtz

What is Time-Series Forecasting? An Overview

We’re excited to announce our new course offering, Forecasting with Machine Learning! Beginning on March 13, this four-week long course will introduce you to one of the most prevalent applications of machine learning: time-series forecasting.

Feb 24, 2023·Ville Tuulos & Hugo Bowne-Anderson

From ML Production to the Bottom Line: How to Drive Business Results with Machine Learning Projects

We’re excited to announce our new course offering, Full-Stack Machine Learning With Metaflow! Beginning on April 24, this four-week long course will teach you how to bridge the gap between laptop data science and production ML workflows. We’ll show you how to use industry-standard tools like Metaflow to productionize your machine learning workflows, focusing on maximizing the value and robustness of the outputs. Throughout, you’ll learn how to think strategically about your model and make a strong case for its place within your company’s broader organizational strategy. On that note, we thought we’d celebrate our new course with a short primer on how to use machine learning to deliver tangible business value. Enjoy!

Jan 31, 2023·Henry Weller

A Quick Guide to Orchestrating Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the data engineering experts at Astronomer to launch our new course offering, Effective Data Orchestration with Airflow! Beginning February 6, this four-week long course will introduce you to Airflow 2.5, the latest release of the popular open source platform. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know about using Airflow to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows to orchestrate reliable and cost-effective data pipelines.

Jan 12, 2023·Devavrat Shah & Farhat Habib

20 Exciting Use Cases for Time Series Analytics

We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the business intelligence experts at Ikigai to bring you a new course offering, Time Series Analytics! Beginning on March 27, this four-week course will introduce you to time series analytics and walk you through the best methods for using it to make forecasts. Work on real-world, project-based scenarios and learn from two leading experts in the industry (your main instructor, Devavrat Shah, also teaches computer science and AI at MIT). If you’re interested in mastering a cornerstone of data analytics, you can’t miss this course! To celebrate our new course – and show you why this is such a valuable skill to learn – we’ve compiled a list of twenty timely and relevant use cases for time series analytics and forecasting.

Dec 22, 2022·Jennifer Prendki

5 Data Preparation Tips for Better Machine Learning Models

We’re excited to announce our new course offering, DataPrepOps and the Practice of Data-Centric AI! Beginning on February 6, this four-week long course will arm you with practical data preparation skills to improve model performance in any machine learning project. In addition to working on real-world challenges like running your own active learning process and building a mini MLOps pipeline, you’ll learn a formal DataPrepsOps process you can use on machine learning projects moving forward. If you’re interested in machine learning or MLOps, consider this course foundational. To celebrate our new course, we’ve compiled five DataPrepOps tips to help improve model performance and accuracy. These tips just scratch the surface – if your curiosity is piqued, we’ll see you in February!

Dec 9, 2022·Sydney Bang

How I became an Analytics Engineer at Spotify 2 years after graduating with an Exercise Science Degree

Sydney Bang is an Associate Data Analytics Engineer at Spotify and an Alumni of Uplimit's Analytics Engineering with dbt course. Her career started in Kinesiology and she writes about her journey transitioning from exercise science to a successful career as an Analytics Engineer.

Dec 7, 2022·Venkatesh Prasanna & Ayush Kataria

Search at Infosys Wingspan: Experiences from Uplimit’s Search with Machine Learning course

Venkatesh Prasanna is a Technology Architect and Ayush Kataria is a Specialist Programmer focused on Search at Infosys Wingspan. They recently completed the Search Fundamentals course on Uplimit and brought many ideas back to the search system at their company.

Nov 9, 2022·Jacob Samuelson

Announcing our New Data Analyst and Data Science Career Tracks

Today we’re proud to announce the launch of two new career tracks to help learners prepare for roles and excel as Data Scientists and Data Analysts. Demand for data-related roles is projected to increase considerably over the next decade, and unsurprisingly, these have been some of the most requested topics by our learners. Both tracks combine industry-leading instructors, applied projects, and global communities of professionals. Read more about each track below.

Nov 2, 2022·Sourabh Bajaj

6 Best Free Online Courses to Learn Python and Boost Your Career

Python is one of the most versatile programming languages, and often touted as the best one to start a programming career because of a short learning curve. Python has been around for nearly 30 years and is still rising in popularity because of a neverending list of use cases, including the latest in data science and machine learning.

Oct 26, 2022·Sourabh Bajaj

Announcing our Free Python for Data Science Course

We’re excited to share that we’re accepting applications for our second free course, Python for Data Science, which will go live in December. Check it out here.

Oct 17, 2022·Daniel Tunkelang & Grant Ingersoll

Better Search through Query Understanding

Our previous post focused on using content understanding to make indexed content more findable. This post will explore ways to improve search through query understanding, the process by which a search engine transforms a search query to represent the searcher’s intent.

Oct 10, 2022·Grant Ingersoll & Daniel Tunkelang

Better Search through Content Understanding

In this post, we’ll explore ways to improve search using content understanding. If you want to learn more about this, check out our upcoming Search with Machine Learning course, where we go into these concepts in depth and work on projects that apply these concepts to real world scenarios.

Sep 28, 2022·Julia Stiglitz & Jacob Samuelson

Announcing Uplimit (formerly CoRise) fundraise from Greylock, GSV Ventures, and Cowboy Ventures

We are incredibly proud to announce our seed financing and the official launch of Uplimit (formerly CoRise)! Learn more about our mission is to upskill the world’s workforce and unlock every learner’s potential.

Sep 22, 2022·Sourabh Bajaj

6 Best Free Online Courses to Jumpstart Your Learning of SQL

We scoured the internet for the best free courses for anyone looking to learn SQL, a language that helps anyone – Product Managers, Data Scientists, Marketers, Sales people, Finance teams – to work with data. We’re excited to share the top 6 resources we found.

Sep 22, 2022·Emily Hawkins & Jake Hannan

Upgrading our Analytics Engineering teaching stack: dbt + snowflake + Sigma

For our 4th run of Analytics Engineering with dbt course, we are excited to add two new industry leading tools to our teaching stack: Snowflake as the data warehouse and Sigma for data visualization. Learn more about how this course integrates the practices, tools, and on-the-job realities of an Analytics Engineer.

Sep 20, 2022·Sourabh Bajaj

Introducing Our Free SQL Crash Course: Why Uplimit (formerly CoRise) wants to build a better free alternative for learners around the world

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our free SQL Crash Course! This 2-week course is live, cohort-based, and will introduce the fundamentals of SQL - what it is, why it's so powerful, and how to get started writing queries. This course is perfect for anyone looking to start a career in data science or analytics!

Sep 12, 2022·Jacob Samuelson

Announcing our Analytics Engineering Track

Our brand new Analytics Engineering Track includes 3 core courses to help you gain fluency with the essential building blocks of SQL, Python, and dbt to become an Analytics Engineer.

Aug 23, 2022·Jacob Samuelson & Zoe Liang

From data analyst to analytics engineer: A conversation about career transitions with a Uplimit (formerly CoRise) alum

Zoe Liang, an Analytics Engineer at Hightouch and an alumni of Analytics engineering with dbt, recently sat down with Jacob Samuelson, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Uplimit (formerly CoRise), to discuss how the course impacted Zoe's career trajectory from a data analyst to an analytics engineer.

Aug 16, 2022·Julia Stiglitz

Announcing Uplimit (formerly CoRise) Memberships, a new all-access subscription offering

Today, we are thrilled to share that we’re launching Uplimit (formerly CoRise) Memberships with unlimited access to the all courses on the platform and more! Join learners from top organizations who are using Uplimit Memberships to learn the most in-demand skills and grow their careers.

Aug 12, 2022·Scott Milslagle & Max Allen

The making of an ML engineer: A panel discussion with Uplimit (formerly CoRise) ML Foundations Track alumni

Scott Millslagle, a Data Engineer at Handshake, and Max Allen, a Risk Engineer at Ramp, were learners in the the first run of Uplimit's (formerly CoRise's) Machine Learning Foundations Track. They recently sat down with Sourabh Bajaj, Uplimit Co-Founder, to dicuss thier experiences and key take aways from the track.

Aug 4, 2022·Emily Ekdahl & Julia Stiglitz

Why Emily Ekdahl chose CoRise to level up her job performance as a machine learning engineer

Emily Ekdahl is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, and was one of the first learners to complete the Uplimit's (formerly CoRise) Machine Learning Foundations track. Emily sat down with Julia Stiglitz, Uplimit co-founder and CEO, about her experience in the track and what she’s tackling next.

Jul 18, 2022·Rishabh Mehrota

Learning from user interactions in recommender systems: A conversation with Rishabh Mehrota

Rishabh Mehrota is currently Director of Machine Learning at ShareChat, former tech lead at Spotify, and instructor of Personalized Recommendations at Scale on Uplimit (formerly CoRise). Rishabh sat down with Uplimit co-founder Sourabh Bajaj to discuss how he leverages user behavior data and insights to build complex recommender systems.

Jul 15, 2022·Jacob Samuelson

How to land an ML job: Advice from engineers at Meta, Google Brain, and SAP

Panel discussion on careers in Machine Learning with Kaushik Rangadurai (technical leader at Meta), Shalvi Mahajan (AI scientist at SAP), and Frank Chen (founding engineer at Uplimit, formerly CoRise).

Jul 8, 2022·Nick Frosst

Large-scale models and the future of Natural Language Processing: A conversation with Nick Frosst

Nick Frosst, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, sat down with Uplimit (formerly CoRise) co-founder Sourabh Bajaj to discuss his experience building large-scale NLP models at Cohere and Google Brain and advice on careers in NLP.

Jul 4, 2022·Nihit Desai & Josh Wills

Building real-world Machine Learning systems: Lessons from the frontlines

Josh Wills, a software engineer at WeaveGrid (ex Slack, Google, Cloudera, and IBM) sat down with Nihit Desai, CTO and co-founder or Refuel.AI, to discuss applying machine learning to real-world challenges.

Jun 15, 2022·Ola Gustafsson

Unlocking Search with a Global Community

Ola Gustafsson, a Data Scientist, discusses his experience taking Search on Uplimit, building deep connections, and applying knowledge directly to his work.

Jun 8, 2022·Daniel Tunkelang

Using machine learning to improve search: A conversation with Daniel Tunkelang and Dmitry Kan

Daniel Tunkelang is one of the instructors of the Uplimit (formerly CoRise) Search Track, and former search lead at Google, Linkedin, and co-founder Endeca. He recently sat down with Dimitry Kan, AI scientist at Silo AI, to discuss using ML to improve search.

May 25, 2022·Mike Wu & Vijay Karunamurthy

The future of AI and Machine Learning: A conversation with Vijay Karunamurthy

Vijay Karunamurthy is the head of engineering at Scale AI. He has been at the forefront of new developments in AI in personalization, privacy, search, monetization, and more. Uplimit (formerly CoRise) instructor Mike Wu sat down with Vijay to talk about his career journey, recent developments in AI, and his advice for getting into this fast-growing field

How Uplimit (formerly CoRise) Helped Ben Wilson Land a New Job (and a Side Gig in Doodling)

May 19, 2022·Ben Wilson