Campus, a college startup backed by Sam Altman , has hired Meta 's former AI Vice President Jerome Pesenti as its technology head, the company announced Friday.
As part of the deal, Campus will buy Pesenti's artificial intelligence learning platform Sizzle AI for an undisclosed amount and integrate its personalized AI-generated educational content already used by 1.7 million people.
The acquisition advances the company's "roadmap" by two to three years and helps the platform cater learning toward individual student needs, said Tade Oyerinde, Campus founder and chancellor.
"This is a game changer," he told CNBC.
Campus was founded to disrupt the community college system by "maximizing access to world-class education," according to its website. It offers accredited associat