Smarter, Faster, and More Connected with AI-powered Innovation in the July 2025 Release

The July 2025 release of Cornerstone Galaxy marks a significant leap forward in our vision to empower talent development through intelligent, connected, and mobile-first experiences. With new AI-powered tools, expanded mobile capabilities, and deeper integrations across workplace ecosystems, our July 2025 release enables organizations to unlock workforce potential at scale. From immersive learning and personalized growth journeys to enhanced compliance and HR functionality, every update is designed to meet today’s talent challenges with tomorrow’s technology.

Expanded Cornerstone Galaxy AI Capabilities

Our July release introduces a host of new AI capabilities in Cornerstone Galaxy powered by Cornerstone Galaxy AI. These include an intelligent in-platform assistant that empowers administrators with AI capabilities for content curation, compliance monitoring, report generation, and more. Additionally, Cornerstone Immerse Companion, immersive technology that enables learners to roleplay with AI mentors and coaches, will expand to new modalities, starting with a browser modality and expanding to further modalities later this year. Broadening access and enabling new use cases for technology, this milestone release represents the first phase of Cornerstone's vision to extend AI-driven efficiency across the entire organization with personalized, on-demand assistance that transforms how enterprises develop and mobilize talent.

We also recently announced a strategic partnership with that’s more than just an integration; it’s about delivering agentic capabilities and real-time skilling right at the place of action, whether that’s Salesforce, Slack, Tableau, or beyond. And, we’ve teamed up with Microsoft to bring learning and skilling into the flow of work through deep integrations with Microsoft 365 and Copilot—empowering employees right where they work, in tools like Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Word. We look forward to sharing more about these partnerships in the near future. 

Build a Workforce Equipped to Thrive in an AI-Rich Environment

As AI reshapes industries and fuels workplace innovation, HR leaders are stepping up to lead the charge—empowering their teams with critical AI skills to drive transformation from within and obtain a competitive edge in 2025 and beyond. To accelerate this journey, Cornerstone introduces AI Fluency Playlists in our Curated Content Subscriptions, equipping learners at every level to confidently navigate and harness the power of AI.

• Playlists include 10-50 curated courses, covering beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

• Topics span AI ethics, machine learning, data science, big data, writing with AI, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Azure, and advanced AI techniques.

• Available in the following subscriptions starting July 14th: Professional Skills, Technology, Cornerstone Originals & Grovo Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

• Existing subscribers to these content subscriptions will receive the playlists at no additional cost.

The New Evolution of the Galaxy Mobile Experience. Unified. Intuitive. Built for the Frontline.

Today’s frontline and deskless employees operate in environments where work doesn’t wait – tasks are time-sensitive, roles are high-stakes, and access to training needs to match that pace.The latest release of the Galaxy Mobile App unifies learning, performance, and growth capabilities into one integrated, mobile-first solution.

This newly integrated experience helps employees stay on track with development goals, complete required training in the moment, and receive coaching when it counts, no matter where work happens.

• Unified experience: A single mobile experience enables users to complete assigned training and self-directed learning in one seamless interface

• Structured Learning meets hyper-personalized discovery: Pathways and Journeys with visual progress tracking, smart logic, and mobile-ready social engagement features.Surface relevant content through curated Channels and Discovery carousels, filters, and personalized recommendations – right in the flow of work.

• Performance enablement on the go: Stay on track with development goals and feedback cycles using mobile access to check-ins, goal status, and progress tracking.

• Compliance-ready for shared devices: Includes multi-user login, offline training, QR-code sign-ins, and biometric/MFA access to reduce risk and simplify usage at scale.

Included with your Cornerstone subscription, this mobile experience is built to scale across teams. This launch sets the stage for what’s next – expanded mobility, internal job discovery, and career growth tools coming soon.

Expand Value with the Cornerstone Extend Marketplace

Launching this August, the new Cornerstone Extend Marketplace is your modern, centralized hub to find trusted solutions that expand the impact of your Cornerstone investment. This will be replacing the existing partner directory on our website.

Whether you're looking for integrations or services, the Marketplace helps you get to value faster – with use case-based navigation, validated partner listings, and content-rich profiles that support confident decision-making. In the new marketplace, you’ll find:

• Better search & discovery – Filter by use case, industry, or Cornerstone product to quickly find what fits

• Speed to value – Evaluate options faster with demos, solution overviews, and clear value messaging

• Confidence in compatibility – Every listing is vetted and Cornerstone-ready

• Increased flexibility – Extend your platform without costly custom work

• Unified experience – Tech and services in one place, structured around real business needs

• Informed decision-making – Get the context you need with case studies, documentation, and expert support

Enhanced Performance and Development Tools

New capabilities across the employee experience now make development processes easier and more effective, leading to greater manager-employee connection, aligning efforts to the right goals, and building bench strength to meet changes as they happen.

• Performance Review Comment AI Assistant: Enhance review comments with AI-powered advanced options for tone, length, and formatting, with full accessibility and compatibility across review versions

• Added Achievements and Growth AreasPage: Enables users to access all marked achievements and growth areas in a single location.

• Simplified Goal Tracking: Integrated access to performance goals from the Learning Experience homepage.

• Job-Based Succession Planning: Build a pool of successors by job with the new ability to manage successors outside of succession tasks.

• Redesigned Goals experience:Drive alignment and productivity with an upgraded goal-setting experience with enhanced team view and approval screens and hierarchical view of aligned goals.

A Future-Ready Learning and Content Ecosystem

We’re putting some mojo back into learning management with innovative new tooling to ensure that your people get personal, high-quality training at the right time, in a way that makes their experience simple and engaging, simultaneously driving compliance and growth.

• Training models: Easily manage requires trainings with role and position-based training models

• Single-entry learning object creation/editing, powered by AI metadata generation.

• Simplified mass edits using templated files to update content in Learning Experience

• Compliance Training Hub centralizes qualification and regulatory workflows.

• Learning Experience Groups for peer-driven engagement.

• Improved Group Creation with OU Flexibility: Build more targeted learning cohorts using organizational data

• Cornerstone Content Studio now supports hand-picked curation, AI-powered translation, and partner catalogs from UL, GoodHabitz, and CFI.

Elevating Internal Mobility

We’re making it easier than ever to chart your own path forward, with our internal mobility solution seeing multiple improvements to help employees shape their future:

• Employee-driven Action Plans enable staff to select and track skills, learning, and mentorship aligned to aspirational roles.

• Proactive Alerts surface opportunities based on preferences and profiles, increasing internal mobility.

• Bulk Job Role Export/Import, User Feedback on Recommendations, and Universal Search streamline talent data curation and engagement.

Galaxy-wide Navigation: Seamless, Cohesive User Journeys

A central theme of this release is a more cohesive platform experience for admin and employees alike. Enabling admins to deliver curated, high-impact content journeys in a one stop shop, increasing engagement and enhancing the employee experience.

• Galaxy Unified Navigation ensures users experience familiar intuitive navigation across Cornerstone Galaxy. 

• Galaxy Unified Admin (Beta) rolls out in an August post-release patch with a modernized design system and global navigation that simplifies access for all admins. Including conversational interfaces.

• Dynamic Home Pages by Audience: Build unique and dynamic landing page experiences for specific employee segments and a layout fully personalized to the individual.

Maximizing the Candidate and Employee Profile Experience

As we aim to make becoming a part of our customers’ organizations even easier, we are enhancing the way hiring and employee record-keeping gets done with Galaxy:

• Resume Skill Extraction and Smart Job Recommendations help recruiters and candidates quickly align.

• Interview Manager RSVP makes scheduling flexible and candidate-friendly.

• AI-based Translation for User Records boosts localization.

• Custom Field History and Bulk Salary Deletion drive compliance and auditing precision.

Looking Ahead: July 2025 and Beyond

The July 2025 release of Cornerstone Galaxy is a bold step toward a more intelligent, personalized, and accessible future of work. By combining powerful AI capabilities, immersive learning technologies, and an enhanced mobile experience, Cornerstone is redefining what’s possible in talent development. Whether you’re an administrator streamlining compliance, an employee exploring new growth paths, or a leader aligning performance with business goals—Galaxy delivers the tools to make it happen. As we continue to build toward a fully connected talent ecosystem, this release sets the foundation for a future where learning, development, and performance are seamlessly woven into the fabric of everyday work.

If you have questions, please reach out to your account manager or book a personalized demo.