{"id":135321,"date":"2026-03-25T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/901754098"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:16:10","slug":"ed-tech-nonprofit-acquires-mainstay-for-ai-powered-student-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/ed-tech-nonprofit-acquires-mainstay-for-ai-powered-student-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed-Tech Nonprofit Acquires Mainstay for AI-Powered Student Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=2132213958  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c1b9626\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3000x1458+0+140\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F08%2F09%2Fbfe3435a449d9db69ce1857ecebb%2Fstudent-access.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> As colleges and universities explore the potential of artificial intelligence to improve student support, a nonprofit is betting on models that combine technology with human-centered services.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit Lemnis has acquired Mainstay, an ed-tech company whose AI-powered student support tools are used by more than 200 colleges and universities in the U.S., and will transition the company into a nonprofit division, according to a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/public-charity-acquires-pioneering-developer-of-ai-for-higher-education-302722665.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">news release<\/a> this week. The move reflects Lemnis&#8217; strategy of acquiring ed-tech organizations to operate under its own umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstay is Lemnis&#8217; second ed-tech acquisition this year, following its purchase of the student-coaching provider InsideTrack in February. Together, the deals point toward an emphasis on combining technology-driven outreach with human support.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"><\/span><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019d-26e8-dfbd-adfd-7efe5bb00000\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> with human-centered services. The nonprofit Lemnis has acquired Mainstay, an ed-<span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> &#8230; that successfully combine breakthrough <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> with the empathy, support and &#8230; world requires reimagining how <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> and human connection work &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}