The future isn’t coming—it’s already here. And it just landed in Slate.
At the recent Slate Summit 2025 in Las Vegas, Technolutions founder and CEO Alexander Clark unveiled a powerful new wave of AI-driven features, marking the next chapter in Slate’s evolution. Slate AI is transforming from a promising assistant into a full-blown force of automation, insight, and creativity. Whether you’re a Slate superuser or just starting to explore what’s possible, these new AI features are set to revolutionize how higher education institutions manage admissions, communications, student success, and everything in between.
Here’s why we can’t stop talking about the latest round of Slate AI enhancements, and why you probably won’t be able to either.
Smarter Documents, Faster Reads
Slate AI in Batch Acquire lets you stop skimming transcripts and start asking questions. Want to recalculate a GPA? Find a quote in a recommendation letter? Understand an unusual grading scale? Open a document and just ask. Slate AI reads the document with you—and thinks with you too.
And in the Reader, AI Highlighting makes this even more visual. Ask it to mark up all math and science courses in a transcript. Highlight every mention of leadership in a personal statement. With one prompt, your eyes go straight to what matters.
AI That Knows—And Knows Where to Look
Forget flipping between tabs. With Slate AI’s universal knowledge, you can ask your assistant everything from “When is Slate Summit?” to “What’s the weather like in Boston next week?”—and it pulls from the entire internet, not just the Slate Knowledge Base.
Even better, you can teach Slate AI where to look first.
With Knowledge Sources, there is now a powerful new way to prioritize trusted information. Got a university-specific FAQ or donor microsite? Feed it to your Slate AI bot or agent, and it’ll go there first. You’ll get faster, more accurate answers tailored to your institution.
Hello, AI Agents and Chat Bots
AI Chat Bots just got a serious upgrade. They now support SMS and embedded web experiences, can reference internal sources, and can even submit forms on a constituent’s behalf. That means real-time, on-demand help that’s more conversational—and less transactional.
But that’s just the beginning.
Agents are the heavy lifters of the Slate AI ecosystem. Think chatbots—but supercharged. Agents can manage campaigns, handle inboxes, and send messages with precision. You decide how much autonomy to give them, from drafting emails to sending them outright. Drip campaigns, event reminders, escalation logic—they do it all.
Design + HTML Help, Now with AI Assist
Creating an Express Portal or a Deliver mailing just got a lot easier. With Slate AI HTML editing, you can say goodbye to endless rounds of formatting <div> tags or nesting <tr> tags in your tables. Highlight a portion of your message and let Slate AI write (or rewrite) the code for you—exactly where you need it.
And yes, it works in Express Portals too. Want help styling a dashboard? Formatting Liquid markup in a table? Just ask. No more toggling between HTML cheat sheets and your editor.
New Ways to Interview—and Verify
Let your AI do the talking with AI Interviews. This feature lets you create custom interviews where an AI interviewer asks open-ended questions in your tone, with your prompts, and using avatars and voices you select. It’s a scalable, personal, and engaging way to hear directly from applicants, without scheduling a single Zoom call.
And if you’re worried about identity verification? Slate now offers AI Identity Verification powered by Stripe. Applicants take a selfie, upload a photo ID, and provide government ID digits. The AI ensures they’re really there and updates their record accordingly. You can even add holds to applications automatically if something doesn’t check out.
Snippets, System Instructions & Query Intelligence
Efficiency meets elegance with Slate AI Snippets. Create reusable prompts that show up in the exact right Slate context—HTML editors, the Reader, and more. You can even set System Instructions that guide all AI responses across your instance.
And when it comes to data? Slate AI’s Query Analysis is like a built-in data scientist. It can crunch, filter, and summarize large queries, helping you unlock insights faster than ever before.
The Big Picture
Technolutions hasn’t just added AI to Slate—it’s woven artificial intelligence into the very fabric of the platform. The result? A more human experience powered by thoughtful automation.
From personalizing applicant communication to assisting college and university staff with real-time HTML help, from smart document review to conversational interviews, this latest release of Slate AI tools isn’t about replacing people—it’s about empowering them.
So here’s the question: What will you build with Slate AI?
Explore the Details:
- 2025 Slate Summit Executive Summary
- Slate AI Overview
- AI Chat Bots
- Agents
- AI Interviews
- Knowledge Sources
- Reader AI
- Slate AI Snippets
- AI Identity Verification
Unlock the Full Power of Slate AI With Carnegie
Need help strategizing how to implement these features at your higher ed institution? Carnegie’s Slate Optimization team is already dreaming big—and we’d love to help your team do the same. Start a conversation with us today!