Thrive raises the bar for employee experience with its most powerful platform release to date
Thrive, the AI learning platform reinventing how modern businesses connect people, knowledge, skills and systems, today announced its Winter Release, a transformative launch that truly reimagines what the modern-day LMS and employee experience can be for enterprise organisations.
Designed for the way work really happens, this new release brings every app, every answer and every human connection together in one intelligent, unified platform. For the first time, organisations can deliver learning, communication, performance, skills, mentoring and workflow tools in a single, seamless experience.
Thrive Hub, the new digital front door for work
Thrive Hub is a personalised, interactive launchpad that connects every system, app, file and workflow your people rely on.
Employees can start and end their day on Thrive, accessing email, CRM, calendars, files, tasks, systems and learning in one seamless interface.
With interactive widgets and premium, custom-built connectors, users can complete actions across their tech stack without switching tabs, losing focus or breaking flow.
Rachel McGowan, Head of Learning & Development at VIVO Defence Services, commented:
“It’s so user-friendly, and having everything in one place will increase productivity massively. It’s the kind of employee experience our teams have just been waiting for.”
Kiki connector search: AI-powered answers from every system
Thrive’s AI Assistant, Kiki, now searches across your company’s entire ecosystem, including Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box, bringing scattered knowledge together without the chaos of disorganised folders or forgotten file names.
Users get instant, accurate, secure answers powered by AI, transforming how knowledge flows across your organisation, surfacing insights the moment they’re needed.
“Why should learning, work and apps live apart when they can all start together?” said Cassie Gasson, Co-CEO of Thrive.
“Our Winter Release cements Thrive as the unified platform for learning, knowledge, apps and human connection. We’re giving organisations one platform to find answers, build skills, connect people and get work done - all powered by AI that's producing very real results for our customers.”
Thrive Mentoring - AI-powered human connection
Launched today, Thrive Mentoring takes the admin out of matching mentors and mentees. With AI-powered matching based on skills, goals, seniority, interests and programme criteria - you remove bias and make mentoring seamless and scalable.
With built-in calendar integration, goal tracking, programme visibility and reporting insights, you can finally run mentoring programmes with less admin, more impact, and measurable outcomes.
Rachel Sellers, Learning and Development Manager at Burger King commented:
“What I really like is how mentoring brings structure, goals and real outcomes into the learning culture. Sharing resources, tracking progress, it all adds to that community feel. Everything in Thrive’s Winter Release builds toward a stronger learning culture, and mentoring is a big part of that.”
Thrive Mentoring Programmes
Also unveiled today is Thrive Mentoring Programmes, a brand-new arm of Thrive's popular content offering. These ready-to-go mentoring packs give mentors everything they need to deliver a structured, guided and high-impact experience for every mentee.
Complete with conversation prompts, pre- and post-session resources, session agendas and question cards, Thrive Mentoring Programmes makes mentoring easy for everyone, whilst ensuring consistency, confidence and meaningful growth in every relationship.
Already powering mentoring at LVMH, Clyde & Co, Mazars, EY, Scottish Water and Reed, Thrive Mentoring is helping thousands to build deeper connections and grow faster, and is, as of today, now available to all Thrive Platform customers.
Spaces - Your social community engine
The all-new Thrive Spaces brings community, communication and collaboration to life like never before.
With fully customisable layouts, dynamic content blocks, rich multimedia and AI support, Spaces helps you turn learning into a social, shared experience.
Social feeds, user-generated content, and real-time updates make sharing effortless, whilst support from LLMs like Gemini’s Nano Banana, VEO3 and Open AI’s Sora makes it easy for you to generate immersive media instantly - taking creativity, quality and engagement to new levels.
From onboarding to DEI and leadership development, Spaces sparks sharing, connection and community-driven experiences all within Thrive.
Aiste King, People Development Manager at Reiss, shared:
“For us, this is huge. As a global brand, we’ve needed this level of connectivity for a long time. It lets people connect who might never normally interact, all within a space tailored to them. Honestly, it’s goodbye WhatsApp, hello Spaces. I already have seven different ways I can see this benefiting our business. I cannot wait.”
New features to power frontline performance
Thrive announced that they’re also doubling down on tools built specifically for deskless team - the people who serve customers, keep operations running and bring brands to life.
With hundreds of customers in retail, hospitality and deskless environments, including Vodafone and Frasers Group to Nothing Bundt Cakes, Reiss and Hawksmoor, these new capabilities are purpose-built to meet the realities of frontline work.
Assessments
Thrive’s new Assessments give managers a simple, structured way to observe, score and track practical competence.
They’ll be able to create flexible assessments, embed them into learning pathways, track attempts, review performance and store everything securely on the learner’s record, all with deep analytics and insights.
Thrive App Offline
For frontline and mobile workers, Thrive’s offline app support ensures learning, content and assessments remain available anywhere - even without WiFi.
You can download what you need, complete secure assessments offline and keep progressing, no matter where the day takes you.
Thrive continues to shake the status quo, and make it their mission to transform workplace learning, moving organisations far beyond outdated LMSs and disconnected systems.
From onboarding to sales enablement, to compliance, communication, mentoring and skills, Thrive now brings every part of the employee experience into one intelligent, beautifully unified ecosystem.
At the centre is Kiki, Thrive’s AI engine that surfaces knowledge, guides development in real-time, automates everyday tasks and makes it effortless for every person in your organisation to learn, grow and get work done; all in one place. Angela Toghill, Director of L&D at Yopa Property, summarises the Thrive release:
“Our learners hate switching from screen to screen and platform to platform, and so do I. Having everything under one beautiful Thrive roof is exactly what everyone needs.”