An Orlando AI startup has gone international.
The workforce training company PETE announced today that it had acquired a firm that will help expand into international markets.
The firm, PlutoLMS, is an online learning platform based in Cape Town, South Africa.
The product allows people to upload teaching document or modules, while also providing ready-made videos to put curriculum together from scratch.
PETE, which was launched in 2023 by Orlando tech leaders Luis Garcia and Jacques Fu, has attracted customers in tech, finance, legal, sports and others.
The company bolsters organizations’ workforce training systems.
Its clients include the Kia Center, Orlando City Soccer and WorthAI, a fintech firm that Fu helped cofound when it was known as Fattmerchant.
Garcia called the move a “key milestone” as the company tries to redefine workforce training.
“With their wide customer base and exceptional LMS platform, we are expanding our reach into new markets,” he said in a press release. “This move solidifies PETE’s position as global leader in training innovation, offering investors and clients alike an opportunity to be part of a truly transformative growth story.”
The acquisition will help PETE Learning attract larger clients while also enhances its position as a global leader in a competitive industry.
PETE Learning has become one of the more-interesting stories in Orlando’s tech scene, thanks to Fu’s experience with Fattmerchant and Garcia’s past as a high-profile tech expert at Full Sail University.