By Tim Hannan, Chief Marketing Officer, Coursera Since our founding in 2012, Coursera has worked hard to increase access to world-class education. Over the years, we’ve introduced features like course auditing, financial aid, and AI-powered translations to make learning accessible to as many people as possible. Today, we’re taking another step forward in this evolution, […]
As our world becomes increasingly digitally connected, cybersecurity is no longer solely a consideration for IT departments: it’s a strategic priority that every business must take seriously. Organizations that lack the expertise to assess risk, detect potential breaches, and design safer systems are vulnerable to attacks that can cost millions of dollars and damage their
By Mustafa Furniturewala, Chief Technology Officer, Coursera Today’s technology leaders face unprecedented transformation challenges as cloud and AI reshape how technical work is performed. To understand how technology leaders are navigating these challenges, Coursera has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to survey senior technology executives leading digital transformation initiatives. The results, released today in
By Greg Hart, Coursera CEO I’m excited to welcome Grant Parsamyan as Coursera’s new Chief Data Officer, effective July 21, 2025. Grant brings more than two decades of experience building large-scale data platforms and leading enterprise-wide data transformations. He has helped organizations scale with speed and precision, bringing together data engineering, infrastructure, and analytics to
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Meet Grace, a former fashion designer who’s boldly paving a new path for herself in computer science. Inspired by the example of mathematician Amalie Emmy Noether—and determined to overcome her math anxiety to be a good role model for her daughter—she started taking courses online. It wasn’t easy balancing learning with her family responsibilities, and
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By Isa Rivera, Military ERG Lead, Coursera On Independence Day, we celebrate the freedoms we enjoy — and we’re proud to support U.S. service members and military spouses with job-relevant skills to help build their futures. As a leader of Coursera’s Military Employee Resource Group (ERG) and a member of a military family, I’m especially
Coursera receives the maximum possible score in eight criteria, including Partner Ecosystem, Individual Skills Assessment, Team Skills Assessment, and AI Capabilities for Skills Acquisition By Karine Allouche, General Manager, Enterprise, Coursera I’m delighted to announce that Coursera has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Technology Skills Development Platforms, Q2 2025, receiving the maximum
By Mustafa Furniturewala, Coursera CTO I’m excited to announce that Coursera Coach has won the Newsweek AI Impact Award for AI Education: Best Outcomes, Commercial Learning. This award recognizes innovations using AI to tackle key business challenges and deliver measurable impact. Coach is an AI-powered personal tutor designed to make online learning more personalized, interactive,
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Daniel Acuna has always wanted to talk to computers. Long before large language models, before Python and GPUs, he was a curious student in Chile trying to build a chatbot, without formally knowing how to program. “I thought I could interact with the computer,” he says. “And somehow, I got it to respond to a
When Professor Kendall Farnham agreed to teach in the online Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering at Dartmouth, she knew it wouldn’t be easy. “How do we facilitate learning with desktop hardware when I can’t look over your shoulder and tell you that you plugged something in backwards and that’s why it’s smoking?” she laughs.
