Powered by GPT, Abbie provides personalized, expert guidance to support and streamline your entire international education journey.
ApplyBoard Launches “Abbie,” the World’s First AI-Based Advisor for Study Abroad
KITCHENER, Ontario, June 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ApplyBoard, a leading international student mobility platform, today announced the launch of Abbie, an industry-first AI advisor designed to revolutionize the study abroad experience. Powered by Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI platform, the patent-pending product is powered by the latest GPT models to provide personalized, high-quality support to students, recruiting agents, and other stakeholders at every stage of their international education journey.
As an all-in-one advisor, Abbie provides a wealth of knowledge and resources, including comprehensive information on institutions, programs, and application processes around the world. Powered by advanced natural language processing capabilities, Abbie provides customized guidance based on each student’s unique profile, ensuring they receive the precise advice most relevant to their specific educational needs and aspirations. Abbie can answer students’ questions in seconds that previously took hours or days, making the program matching and application process faster and easier than ever before.
“This launch marks a major milestone in ApplyBoard’s mission to connect students around the world,” said Meti Basili, co-founder and CEO of ApplyBoard. “By harnessing the power of AI, we will revolutionize how students navigate the complex and cumbersome world of study abroad. Abbie is more than just a tool; it represents our commitment to student success and our vision for the future of international education.”
Abbie leverages ApplyBoard’s extensive knowledge base, including institution and program information, anonymized student search and application data, and insights from ApplyBoard’s knowledge base Assist, ApplyInsights, and other proprietary resources. This comprehensive dataset allows Abbie to provide recruiting agents with unparalleled support and strategic guidance to help them better serve students.
“The development of Abbie proves that AI has a major role to play in transforming the education sector,” said Dr. Haitham Amar, Head of AI Strategy at ApplyBoard. “By combining cutting-edge technology with ApplyBoard’s deep expertise in international student mobility, we’ve created a tool that not only simplifies the international education process, but also gives students and recruiting agents the insights they need to succeed, in a fraction of the time it would take otherwise.”
Key features include:
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Personalized expertise: Customized instruction based on each student’s profile and needs
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All-in-One Advisor: We provide comprehensive support throughout the entire study abroad process, from program search to application support.
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Instant Support: Available 24/7 within the ApplyBoard platform
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Multilingual Features: Supports multiple languages to serve users around the world
Abbie is currently available to select recruiting agencies in the ApplyBoard network and will be rolled out more broadly and with additional features over the coming months. To learn more, visit applyboard.com/services/abbie.
About ApplyBoard
ApplyBoard helps students around the world access the best education by simplifying the search, application and acceptance process to over 1,500 educational institutions across Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and Ireland. Headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, ApplyBoard has helped over one million students from over 150 countries on their educational journey since 2015. For more information, visit www.applyboard.com.
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