BlackBeltHelp

The 2026 Roadmap · April 29, 2026 · Miami, FL

Higher ed partners voted. Here's our 2026 roadmap.

Real-Time Help Desk Intelligence ranked #1. We're shipping it.

35 customer institutions, from Columbia University and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to Pima Community College, Tarrant County College District, and Spelman College, ranked our six potential roadmap items. The data named the next products. We built them.

Insights Pro · Studio · Agent Assist  |  Early access Q3 2026 · GA at EDUCAUSE late September 2026
Survey results The Roadmap (up)Vote, March 2026
35
Institutions
responded
4.10/5
Score for
Insights Pro
77%
Rated it
4 or higher
What we're shipping in 2026

The customer-voted roadmap.

Two products customers asked for. One that extends what's already in production. All entering early access in Q3, GA at EDUCAUSE.

Customer-voted #1

Insights Pro

Predictive analytics & executive reporting.

Builds on Insights Core (live in production today). Customers asked for visibility before the spike, not after. Insights Pro answers.

  • Predictive call volume forecasting
  • Executive dashboards built for board and accreditation reporting
  • Custom report builders
  • Trend analysis that surfaces emerging issues before they spike
Early access Q3 2026 GA EDUCAUSE, late September 2026
Direct AI control

Studio

No-code AI agent builder.

Direct control over your AI agent footprint. Customers asked for control, not a vendor ticket queue. Studio answers.

  • No-code agent builder, owned by your team
  • Pre-built integration templates for Banner, Canvas, Salesforce, and Microsoft Entra
  • Configuration controls for routing, escalation, and knowledge sources
  • Test, deploy, and update agents without an engineering ticket
Early access Q3 2026 GA EDUCAUSE, late September 2026
Also entering early access
Agent Assist
Real-time response layer for human agents. Helps your team resolve faster with AI-suggested replies, knowledge surfacing, and post-call analytics.
2026 Early Access
Hear it to believe it

What's already live, in production today.

Our roadmap extends a foundation. These products are running at 130+ partner institutions right now. Pick one and hear it work.

IT · IAM
End-to-End Password Reset
Identity verified, credentials reset, MFA enrolled. All on one call.
EN ES
IT · LMS
AI Front Desk: IT & LMS
Account access, course enrollment, login support. AI-resolved on the first call.
EN ES
Student Services
AI Front Desk: Advising
Academic advising inquiries with campus-specific knowledge and advisor routing.
EN
Enrollment
AI Front Desk: Admissions & Financial Aid
FAFSA, scholarships, application status, enrollment. Answered on the first call.
EN
Already in production
130+ institutions, 8M+ student interactions annually.
Password Reset AI Front Desk: IT AI Front Desk: LMS AI Front Desk: Advising AI Front Desk: Financial Aid AI Front Desk: Admissions Insights Core
Customer voices

The roadmap we built is the one customers asked for.

Direct quotes from the survey responses, plus our CPTO on what we did with them.

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More details on the dashboards on trends and KPIs.

Survey response Tarrant County College District
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Real-time events, status updates, outages, maintenance, and events that trigger volume spikes.

Survey response Strategic Education
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Our customers asked us to give them visibility before the spike, not after. They asked us to give them control over the AI footprint on their campus, not a vendor ticket queue. Insights Pro and Studio answer both questions. The roadmap isn't something we built in a conference room. It's the priority order our customers voted for, and we're shipping it.

Shekhar Gulati CPTO · BlackBeltHelp
Roadmap timeline

From early access to general availability.

  1. Q1
    Today
    Roadmap announced
    Built on votes from 35 customer institutions.
  2. Q2
    Q2 2026
    Early access
    Insights Pro, Studio, and Agent Assist enter early access for partner institutions.
  3. Q3
    Late September 2026
    GA at EDUCAUSE
    General availability for Insights Pro and Studio at the EDUCAUSE annual conference.
Be first in line

Get early access to Insights Pro and Studio.

Partner institutions get the call. Talk to your account team or contact sales below.

Hear it to believe it.

The roadmap is built on a platform already running live. Talk to us about what your institution needs in 2026.