OutRival Presents The New Normal Ep 9: University of Phoenix with COO Raghu Krishnaiah

OutRival Presents: The New Normal · Sep 16, 2026 · 45m

"Every job is going to be impacted by AI. It's going to happen faster, and we just have to keep up with it."

Raghu Krishnaiah is the Chief Operating Officer of University of Phoenix, where he oversees the student experience for more than 80,000 working adults, most of them in their mid to late 30s, working full time and raising families while they earn their degrees. The university turns 50 this year, counts more than a million alumni, and was recently ranked the university with the most alumni in Fortune 500 companies.

In this episode, Raghu breaks down how a 50 year old institution runs AI…