Thrive’s Spring Release: AI where it matters, human when it counts.
From agentic AI to real rewards, here's everything landing on Thrive this spring
What if all the manual admin work was taken off your plate?
How much time and mental energy would you get back, and what would you do with it?
Thrive’s Spring 2026 Release is built around that question. From agentic AI that handles the operational heavy lifting, to peer-to-peer mentoring that brings human connection to the forefront, every feature in this release is designed to give you more time for the work that matters.
Here’s what’s new.
Explore the full Spring Release here.
Agentic AI: Meet the L&D assistant who works while you don’t.
This Spring, Thrive’s AI assistant Kiki becomes fully agentic.
With five responsibilities rolled into one agent, Kiki is moving from a tool you interact with to one that works independently.
Analytics: Kiki monitors completion rates, engagement trends, compliance gaps, and skills development across your organisation. She’ll surface opportunities and flag risks before they become problems, without you having to pull a single report.
Content creation: Brief Kiki in plain language and she'll generate, adapt, and publish learning content across 60+ languages. Your content backlog is a thing of the past.
Admin: Focus on strategy instead of maintenance. Kiki handles the manual platform work so you can spend less time tagging and archiving content, and more time focusing on what really makes a difference.
Coaching: The best moment to reinforce learning is the moment it happens. Kiki delivers AI-generated challenges, reflective prompts, and scenario-based exercises that make training stick long after the session ends.
Find out what Kiki can do for your team.
Mentoring: Unlock the expertise already inside your organisation
Make use of the best mentors: the ones who are already in your organisation. Thrive’s mentoring software helps people find each other faster than ever before, and makes every relationship count from day one.
Messaging and goals: Mentors and mentees can set goals, track progress, and communicate without switching between tools — keeping momentum between sessions rather than losing it.
Reporting: Demonstrate the value of mentoring at every level, with real-time insights into engagement, skills development, and goal outcomes.
Smart mentor matching: Optimal pairings, instantly. Thrive's matching engine analyses the data so programme managers don't have to.
See how Thrive Mentoring works.
MCP server: Thrive, now inside the tools your team already use
Your teams shouldn't have to leave the tools they work in every day just to access learning. With Thrive's MCP (Model Context Protocol) server — already in beta with 500+ customers — they won't have to.
MCP is the emerging industry standard for connecting AI systems to external software. Where integrations used to require expensive, bespoke builds, MCP makes the connection universal. Any AI that speaks MCP can talk to any system that supports it, and Thrive now speaks it fluently.
Multi-agent connectivity: Thrive’s MCP server connects directly to the AI ecosystem your organisation already runs on, with no switching and no workarounds.
In-workflow actions: Create, update, and manage Thrive content without ever leaving the tools your team works in every day.
Chat GPT, Claude, and Gemini support: Works with the AI tools your teams know and trust, so adoption isn't a change management problem.
Learn more about Thrive’s MCP server.
Reporting: The full picture, whenever you need it
We've rebuilt Thrive's reporting suite from the ground up — covering every corner of the platform so your L&D team always has the evidence it needs, on demand.
Skill dashboard: Get granular about how capability is building across your organisation. Whether by team, function, or individual, Thrive’s dashboards show you where learning is making a difference.
AI reporting: See not just what Kiki is doing, but how she's helping. Track the questions being asked and the effect AI is having across every team.
Spaces reporting: Now you can see the real impact of community engagement. Thrive shows you how your Spaces are being used, and connects that activity to broader learning outcomes.
Self-serve analytics: Every insight is available without raising a request. Filter, segment, and export on your own terms, whenever you need to.
Explore Thrive’s Reporting capabilities.
Rewards: Give learners a reason to engage
Recognition matters. Thrive Rewards gives learners tangible incentives for hitting their goals, configured to your organisation and redeemed right inside the app.
Points-based rewards: The completion of learning content and goals translates into points that can be spent on everything from air miles to cash.
Reward store: Thrive’s integrated reward store offers region-specific gift cards and merchandise available to redeem directly from the Thrive Mobile App.
Custom criteria: Decide exactly what earns rewards. Combine content completion, points thresholds, and audience eligibility using flexible rule logic that puts you in control.
Mobile-first: Rewards have been built for mobile from the ground up, so they’re always within reach wherever your people are working.
Learn more about Thrive Rewards.
Chat: Conversations connected to the learning that sparked them
Learning doesn't happen in isolation, and neither should the conversations around it. Thrive Chat keeps every exchange inside the platform, tied to the content, goals, and milestones that matter.
Conversations that carry context: Chats don't disappear when a session ends. Every exchange is stored and searchable, meaning relationships, progress, and shared understanding build naturally over time rather than starting from scratch.
One platform, every conversation: Connection should happen where learning does. Mentors, mentees, peers, and managers can message each other directly without switching tools.
Reach learners in the moment:Admins can send targeted messages straight to participants — timely nudges, personalised feedback, and important updates delivered with the immediacy of a direct message rather than the formality of an inbox.
Learning that doesn't wait for the next meeting: Reflection, discussion, and goal check-ins can happen whenever they're needed. Teams stay connected and keep moving forward between formal touchpoints.
Every feature in this release is designed around the same idea: L&D teams should spend their time on the work that makes a real difference.
Less admin. More impact. See exactly how each feature makes that happen, and explore the full Spring 2026 release here.