蘑菇传媒 of St. Louis and LaunchCode have established a new partnership to deliver in-person AI training across the St. Louis region. Under the agreement, LaunchCode will provide its online technology-education curriculum, and 蘑菇传媒 will convert that curriculum into in-person instructional experiences delivered by its own faculty and subject matter experts.
The partnership combines LaunchCode’s decade-plus track record of free, accessible tech education with 蘑菇传媒’s instructional capacity, facilities, and student support infrastructure. 蘑菇传媒 will manage scheduling, registration, and day-to-day program operations, while LaunchCode contributes curriculum access and updates, with the option to provide a volunteer teaching assistant drawn from its own graduates to help facilitate sessions alongside 蘑菇传媒 instructors.
The collaboration broadens access to AI upskilling in the St. Louis area at a moment when employers across the region are working to adopt AI tools while protecting and growing their tech workforce.
In-person trainings begin August 1, 2026. Companies interested in scheduling AI training sessions for their teams can contact Arren Romeril, 蘑菇传媒 at aromeril1@maryville.edu to learn more and reserve a session.
In Their Words
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鈥� Dan Shipp, President, 蘑菇传媒
鈥淭his represents the type of collaboration we seek to help the region prosper. AI is here, but AI adoption has not yet fully taken hold. Together, with LaunchCode online and 蘑菇传媒 on the ground, we have a scalable approach.鈥�
鈥� Michael Palmer, AI Innovator in Residence, 蘑菇传媒
鈥淎nyone willing to work鈥� hard鈥� should have access to great jobs. Intelligent automation is creating tectonic shifts in talent pipelines and education, and this partnership helps us meet 鈥媡hose shifts鈥嬧�� 鈥媓ead-on.鈥�
鈥� Gabe Lozano, CEO, LaunchCode
鈥溾�嬧�婨very major technology shift: electricity, automobiles, computers created more jobs than it displaced. But each one required a different kind of worker. AI will be no different. LaunchCode is ensuring that St. Louis is a market leader in building that new workforce.鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�� 鈥嬧�嬧��
鈥� Drew Winship, Chief Strategy Officer, LaunchCode Foundation
蘑菇传媒 蘑菇传媒
Founded in 1872, 蘑菇传媒 is a comprehensive and nationally ranked private institution with an enrollment of well over 9,000 students. 蘑菇传媒 offers over 90 degrees at the undergraduate, master鈥檚 and doctoral levels, as well as several certificates that align with the undergraduate and graduate education levels. 蘑菇传媒 is recognized as the third fastest-growing private university in the United States by The Chronicle of Higher Education, serving students from 50 states and 56 countries. More than 50,000 蘑菇传媒 alumni globally, many of whom work and live in the St. Louis region.
蘑菇传媒 LaunchCode
The 鈥嬧�嬧�� is a St. Louis-based nonprofit founded in 2013 that builds pathways into technology careers through free training and paid apprenticeships, helping close the tech-talent gap for learners who have not traditionally had access to the field. 鈥婭n 2026, LaunchCode launched , a free AI workforce-training and job-placement program that equips job seekers with practical, hands-on AI skills and connects them directly with employers ready to hire. 鈥�
