Laureate Education signs 3-year Google Cloud AI deal for Latin America

Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR), a higher education company serving approximately 500,000 students in Mexico and Peru, announced a three-year agreement with Google Cloud to expand artificial intelligence capabilities across its network of institutions.

Under the agreement, Laureate expects to deploy Gemini Enterprise, Google Cloud Platform, Google Workspace for Education, Gemini for Education, and Google Cloud Skills Boost, among other offerings. The initiative is intended to unify data across hundreds of institutional applications and support more personalized learning experiences for students and faculty.

The deployment will be accompanied by implementation, innovation, and change-management services developed in collaboration with Laureate's institutions, in accordance with local academic, regulatory, and operational requirements.

Eilif Serck-Hanssen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Laureate Education, said: "Working with Google Cloud allows our academic leaders and faculty to evolve what we teach, how we teach, and how we support learning; using AI to deliver more personalized experiences, strengthen the value proposition of a Laureate education, and better prepare future-ready graduates."

Milton Larsen, Managing Director for the LATAM Public Sector at Google Cloud, said the collaboration aims to help students "break down information silos, overcome retention obstacles, and master the modern cloud and AI skills that the global workforce rewards."

Laureate operates five higher education institutions across Mexico and Peru, offering undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs through campus-based and online learning.

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