# A Cloud Guru | A Pluralsight Company

> A Cloud Guru built subscription-based cloud training for individuals and enterprise teams, combining certification courses with labs and cloud sandboxes. Acquired by Pluralsight in July 2021, its standalone platform retired in November 2025; its cloud learning content and experiences now sit within Pluralsight.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Sam Kroonenburg (Co-founder and former CEO), Ryan Kroonenburg (Co-founder and instructor), Ant Stanley (Original co-founder; left in 2016)
- **Products:** Cloud certification courses, ACG for Business, Hands-On Labs, Cloud Playground, AWS This Week
- **Notable:** AWS recognized Ryan Kroonenburg as a Community Hero in May 2016., Reported 850,000 learners in 186 countries in April 2019., Acquired Linux Academy in December 2019.

## Products & services

- **Cloud certification courses** — AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud learning paths, quizzes and practice exams; now accessed through Pluralsight.
- **ACG for Business** — Team learning management, reporting and structured cloud workforce development; launched in May 2018.
- **Hands-On Labs** — Guided exercises in real cloud environments; Linux Academy acquisition expanded practical training.
- **Cloud Playground** — Cloud sandboxes for experimentation without using production environments; enterprise announcement in April 2020.
- **AWS This Week** — Video updates explaining AWS developments; documented by 2017.

## Achievements

- AWS recognized Ryan Kroonenburg as a Community Hero in May 2016.
- Reported 850,000 learners in 186 countries in April 2019.
- Acquired Linux Academy in December 2019.
- Pluralsight completed the acquisition of A Cloud Guru on July 8, 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Pluralsight announced integrated plans and migration for paid ACG personal memberships and business plans.
- **2025-11** — On November 4, ACG began its final shutdown; standalone systems became inaccessible and migrated accounts moved exclusively to Pluralsight.
- **2026-02** — Pluralsight updated its November integration notice on February 5, confirming migration completion and mobile-app retirement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pluralsight.com/cloud-guru
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-cloud-guru/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/acloudguru
- GitHub: https://github.com/ACloudGuru-Resources
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@acloudguru
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pluralsight/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pluralsight

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