Six Organizations Selected to Develop AI-Powered Solutions for Educators and Students

At the 2025 Education Summit, Salesforce announced the six organizations chosen for its Salesforce Accelerator – Agents for Impact cohort. This initiative empowers nonprofits and educational institutions with AI-driven tools to enhance learning, expand access, and create meaningful educational outcomes. By leveraging Agentforce, Salesforce’s platform for deploying autonomous AI agents, these organizations aim to address critical challenges in education and workforce development.

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Why This Matters

Students today often lack timely, personalized support to navigate school, plan for post-secondary education, and gain early work experiences. According to Salesforce research:

• 56% of students don’t have 24/7 access to assistance for common questions.
• 52% of higher-ed students would have been more likely to apply to a college or university if information was easier to find online.
• 1 in 3 higher-ed students would have used an AI agent for faster admissions, program discovery, and standardized testing support.
• 77% of higher-ed students would use AI agents to help with school processes like time management, academic advising, and course registration.

AI agents can help educators build more responsive, efficient, and tailored support systems, ensuring students receive the help they need when they need it. By equipping organizations with Agentforce, Salesforce is streamlining operations for teachers and counselors, enhancing learning experiences, and expanding pathways for student success.

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The Six Organizations and Their AI Solutions

The selected organizations are developing innovative Agentforce solutions to address specific challenges in education and workforce development:

1. America on Tech
   • Challenge: Manually generating over 50 funder reports annually strains their small team.
   • Solution: Developing a grant reporting agent to automate report generation, answer data queries, and update funder records.
2. Chicago Public Schools (Children First Fund)
   • Challenge: Managing a high-quality PK-12 digital curriculum co-developed with hundreds of teachers.
   • Solution: Creating an AI-powered curriculum co-design agent to streamline development, accelerate distribution of teacher-created materials, and enable personalized student learning.
3. Genesys Works
   • Challenge: Optimizing internship matching for high school students.
   • Solution: Building an internship matching agent to improve placements, allowing staff to focus on building relationships with students and corporate partners.
4. ImBlaze by Big Picture Learning
   • Challenge: Administrative burdens limit student participation in work-based learning opportunities.
   • Solution: Developing an internship coordinator agent to improve data curation, enhance student search experiences, and expand career-ready opportunities.
5. InsideTrack
   • Challenge: Synthesizing case notes for over 200,000 learners annually.
   • Solution: Creating a data agent to analyze trends, update records, and generate actionable insights for coaches.
6. Jobs for the Future (JFF)
   • Challenge: Delivering technical assistance manually is time-consuming and resource-intensive.
   • Solution: Building a technical assistance agent to automate processes, enhance tailored programming, and support education and workforce practitioners.

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Support for the Cohort

The six organizations will receive:

• $2 million in grants to develop their solutions.
• A two-year technology grant for donated Salesforce products.
• Six months of intensive coaching from Salesforce experts and pro bono volunteers.
• 12 months of one-on-one consulting on topics like generative AI, product design, and solution architecture.

This initiative builds on Salesforce’s commitment to driving innovation in education and workforce development. Since 2022, Salesforce has launched six accelerators, committing million to help organizations scale impactful solutions. For example, last year, College Possible developed an Agentforce solution to guide college coaches in supporting students with financial aid applications and other critical processes.

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The Broader Impact of AI in Education

AI is already transforming education, and AI agents have the potential to drive even greater impact by improving learning outcomes and reducing teacher workload. As Ron Smith, VP of Philanthropy at Salesforce, explains:

“AI is already transforming education, and AI agents have the potential to drive even greater impact by improving learning outcomes and reducing teacher workload. Through this accelerator, organizations will leverage Agentforce solutions to deliver personalized learning experiences for every student, while giving educators the tools to focus on what they do best: teaching. We’re proud to support these organizations in using AI to better prepare students for the jobs of the future.”

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Voices from the Cohort

Lorne Rodriguez, Manager of Enterprise Generative AI, Chicago Public Schools:
“Chicago Public Schools is committed to providing a high-quality, future-ready education for all students. Through the Salesforce accelerator, we are equipping our curriculum designers with AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and innovation. Using a human-in-the-loop approach, our curriculum co-design agent will streamline development, ensure alignment with Chicago-specific standards, and keep content dynamic while preserving designers’ control and expertise. This partnership allows us to scale innovation and better support teaching and learning across the district.”

Tiffany Hsieh, Director of Innovation Programs, Jobs for the Future:
“Our mission is to drive transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems to expand access to quality jobs. Through the Salesforce accelerator, we are leveraging Agentforce to transform how we deliver technical assistance. The new technical assistance agent will help us automate time-intensive processes, enhance our tailored programming, and augment our staff’s expertise and coaching – allowing us to scale our impact and better support our partner organizations driving economic advancement.”

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Conclusion

The Salesforce Accelerator – Agents for Impact represents a significant step forward in using AI to address critical challenges in education and workforce development. By empowering these six organizations with AI-powered tools, Salesforce is helping to create more personalized, efficient, and impactful learning experiences for students while reducing the administrative burden on educators. As AI continues to evolve, initiatives like this will play a crucial role in preparing students for the jobs of the future and ensuring equitable access to education for all.