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Globant, Cascadience & Viability Partner on AI Platform for Students


Globant, Cascadience & Viability Partner on AI Platform for Students
  • by: PR Newswire
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  • May 22, 2026

Globant, the NYSE-listed digitally native technology company, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cascadience LLC and Viability to develop AI-first digital platforms aimed at expanding access and opportunity for individuals with disabilities. The collaboration brings together enterprise-grade AI capabilities, inclusive design expertise, and over five decades of community-based human services experience to create technology that reinforces independence and broadens participation in academic and professional life.

Quick Intel

  • Globant has partnered with Cascadience LLC and Viability to build a suite of AI-first digital platforms for individuals with disabilities, with an initial focus on neurodiverse college students.
  • The platform offers tools for task organization, decision-making, and connection building, designed around user independence and personalization.
  • Globant is leading end-to-end product development, including AI architecture, data integration, accessibility engineering, and user experience design.
  • The platform will be mobile-first and web-responsive, built to meet WCAG 2.1 AA, FERPA, and HIPAA standards where applicable.
  • Viability's 55 years of direct service experience is being translated into scalable digital capabilities through this collaboration.
  • The initiative reflects a shared commitment to inclusion, dignity, and innovation through human-centered technology.

AI-First Platform Targets Neurodiverse Students and Disability Support

The centerpiece of this three-way collaboration is a digital platform built to support neurodiverse college students as well as those experiencing stress or anxiety in managing day-to-day academic challenges. The integrated solution provides structured tools for task organization, decision-making, and social connection building, with personalization and user independence as foundational design principles.

The platform is being developed to complement, not replace, existing support services. It is intended to help students achieve greater satisfaction and success across academic, social, workplace, and daily life environments, extending Viability's proven human services model into a scalable digital format.

Globant Leads Technical Development with Enterprise AI Expertise

Globant is contributing full-cycle product development to the initiative, encompassing AI architecture design, data integration, accessibility engineering, and user experience development. Drawing on its experience building scalable AI-powered platforms in highly regulated sectors, Globant is responsible for the digital backbone of the solution, which includes intelligent task orchestration, adaptive support features, and secure data management.

"At Globant, we believe technology should elevate human potential," said Javier Scher, SVP of Technology & Head of the AI Education Studio at Globant. "Our collaboration with Viability and Cascadience LLC shows how AI can move beyond productivity to create real impact in people's everyday lives. By combining AI-first design with enterprise-grade capabilities, we're building solutions that enhance independence, increase accessibility, and empower individuals to navigate the world with greater confidence."

Viability's Service Model Drives Human-Centered Design

The technical foundation of the platform is built directly on Viability's decades of frontline experience supporting individuals with disabilities. That service knowledge is being translated into digital capabilities that mirror proven methodologies, ensuring the platform delivers on the core values of structure, safety, and confidence for its users.

Cascadience LLC, a not-for-profit technology company and a Viability company, is central to this translation effort. Its mandate of creating inclusive digital solutions for individuals of all abilities and backgrounds aligns directly with the partnership's goals of amplifying user agency and enabling concrete pathways to success in education, career transitions, and workplace environments.

"Cascadience recognizes that individual ways of being and moving through the world are a fact of being beautifully human. Breaking down barriers between individuals and entities succeeding together, by placing adaptable, intentional, and convenient tools at their fingertips is a true game-changer," said Colleen Holmes, President and CEO of Viability.

Accessibility and Compliance Standards at the Core

From a technical compliance standpoint, the platform is being engineered to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and, where applicable, FERPA and HIPAA requirements. This ensures adherence to US education and healthcare data protection regulations, making the solution suitable for deployment in academic and clinical-adjacent environments where data security and accessibility are non-negotiable.

The mobile-first, web-responsive architecture reflects a deliberate design choice to ensure the platform reaches users across devices and connectivity conditions, a critical consideration for inclusive technology built for diverse populations.

A Model for Inclusive AI in the Education and Human Services Sectors

This partnership signals a growing convergence between enterprise AI capabilities and the human services sector, with implications for how technology companies engage with disability services, education platforms, and not-for-profit organizations. By embedding accessibility engineering and regulatory compliance from the ground up rather than as an afterthought, the collaboration offers a replicable framework for inclusive AI product development.

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, initiatives like this one demonstrate that scalable, intelligent platforms can be built with the specific needs of underserved and neurodiverse populations in mind, without compromising on technical sophistication or enterprise-grade standards.

The partnership between Globant, Cascadience, and Viability represents a meaningful step toward a more inclusive digital future, one where AI is not merely a tool for productivity optimization, but a genuine enabler of human potential. By combining Globant's technical depth, Cascadience's inclusive design philosophy, and Viability's half-century of service expertise, this collaboration sets a compelling precedent for how technology, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations can come together to expand access, reinforce dignity, and create lasting impact for individuals with disabilities.

 

About Globant

At Globant, we help organizations thrive in a digital and AI-powered future. Our industry-focused solutions combine technology and creativity to accelerate enterprise transformation and design experiences customers love. Through digital reinvention, our subscription-based AI Pods, and Globant Enterprise AI platform, we turn challenges into measurable business results and promised savings into real impact.

We have more than 28,500 employees and are present in over 35 countries across 5 continents, working for companies like FIFA, Google, Riot Games, and Santander, among others. We were named a Worldwide Leader in Experience Design Services (2025), and previously recognized as a Worldwide Leader in AI Services (2023) by IDC MarketScape. We were featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. We are active members of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord. We are global partners of Open AI, NVIDIA, AWS and Unity bringing world-class technology together to accelerate innovation across industries. Contact: pr@globant.com Sign up to get first dibs on press news and updates. For more information, visit www.globant.com.


About Cascadience

Cascadience LLC is a not-for-profit technology company dedicated to creating inclusive digital solutions that expand access and opportunity for individuals of all abilities and backgrounds. Cascadience is a company of Viability Inc. Viability Inc. is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization providing community-based opportunities for individuals with disabilities or disadvantages to thrive beyond limits. Cascadience is the newest expression of Viability's 55 years and counting of evolving services—extending that expertise into the digital space to expand access and opportunity through inclusive, human-centered technology. We design tools that amplify the user's own agency, build on existing capability, and provide concrete avenues for connection supporting user success across education, vocational pursuits, career transitions, and workplace environments.

 

About Viability

Viability is a private not-for-profit agency offering a network of services connecting individual strengths and goals with skill building; employment options including job training, support, and placement; education and community living to individuals with disabilities or other disadvantages. From our headquarters in Springfield, MA, we serve over 4900+ individuals with disabilities and disadvantages annually in CT, MA, NY, OK, and RI expanding employment and community access. With our team of over 430+ staff members, working annually with hundreds of employer partners meeting their workforce needs. The results are communities of inclusion and connection where people, businesses, and communities all thrive together.

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