Future of Work Startups

Sixty AI uses machine learning to reduce repetitive digital tasks like inbox management, scheduling, and document preparation, freeing users to focus on meaningful work and relationships. The company targets professionals seeking to reclaim time from constant digital demands.

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Skedda provides a meeting room booking platform that allows organizations to reserve office spaces in real time through an interactive floor plan, with features for check-in via QR code or Wi-Fi detection and workplace analytics to track space utilization.

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Blue Mountain Resorts offers outdoor team building activities designed to develop collaboration, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving skills for corporate groups, youth organizations and sports teams. The company provides customizable workshops ranging from 2 to 4 hours with on-site professionals guiding participants through progressive challenge activities and reflection sessions.

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SkillAugment develops technology to support and enhance human workers in manufacturing, aligned with an Industry 5.0 approach. Its products include augmented reality shopfloor tools and kitting/packing solutions aimed at reducing errors and improving production quality and productivity.

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SkillBench offers an analytics platform that helps organizations guide generative AI deployment decisions, aiming to improve productivity while maintaining workforce skills. It provides research-backed data and insights to optimize human-machine collaboration and inform AI implementation.

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SkillCat offers a mobile app with online training and industry-accredited certification programs—such as EPA 608, OSHA-10, and IACET-accredited JobReady courses—for people entering the skilled trades like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work. The subscription-based platform lets learners study and get certified from home as an alternative to traditional trade school.

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Skillcrush is an online, self-paced coding bootcamp offering mentor-led, project-based courses in web development and design for career changers, with a focus on underrepresented groups such as women, non-binary people, and BIPOC. It provides tracks like Frontend Developer and job-search support to help students transition into tech careers.

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Skillmaker.AI provides an AI-powered platform that combines XR technology to help companies and educators create, deploy, and manage training programs for hands-on workforces. The platform automates training content development using a methodology that accelerates skills training, reduces time-to-proficiency, and improves workforce retention.

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SkillMil offers hiring services that combine software-driven matching with human review to help employers recruit candidates.

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Skills Alliance is a recruitment consultancy specializing in life sciences and STEM markets, providing talent acquisition services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, digital health, manufacturing, and animal health companies.

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SkillsTrust provides pay equity solutions and HR compliance services designed for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform simplifies transparent pay-setting and employee engagement for companies with limited in-house HR expertise.

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Skilltrade provides turnkey healthcare workforce training programs combining live instruction, virtual simulations, hands-on labs, externships, and certification prep for working adults and career changers. It partners with employers, workforce boards, and academic institutions across the US to build talent pipelines for roles such as medical assistants, patient care, and surgical support.

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Skillup is a SaaS HR software provider focused on talent management, offering tools for training plan management, professional interviews, skills mapping (GEPP), and people/talent reviews. It targets mid-sized companies (ETI) and integrates with existing HR systems such as payroll, ATS, and LMS tools.

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Skillzea operates gig work groups connecting people with local one-off jobs in New Zealand, organized by city (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill). It appears to function as a marketplace linking local workers with short-term jobs.

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Skylyte offers a digital "navigator" that measures and improves team health and resilience, using a diagnostic-led approach to baseline team wellbeing, surface actionable data, and support team action-planning with coaching and nudges. It targets workplace teams and managers to reduce burnout and churn, positioned in the mental health and future-of-work space.

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Skysheet builds a spreadsheet application that runs in the web browser.

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Slasify provides global HR solutions including employer of record, payroll processing, and contractor management services for companies hiring remote teams across 150+ countries. The platform enables fast-scaling businesses to manage cross-border employment, pay in 130+ currencies, and maintain compliance without establishing local legal entities.

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Duarte is a presentation design and communication firm that helps companies and individuals build and improve their presentations. It originated in Silicon Valley doing technical illustration and presentation work.

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Slidely AI is an AI-powered PowerPoint add-in that automates slide creation and design tasks, helping teams produce presentations faster while maintaining consistent branding. It supports native integration across Windows and Mac, connects to custom LLM endpoints, and offers private deployment options with SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance.

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Slinger is a hospitality staffing platform that lets venues book vetted on-demand workers to fill rota gaps, run trial shifts, and convert workers into permanent hires. It serves hospitality businesses looking to staff and recruit through a vetted worker marketplace.

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Slite provides a knowledge base platform designed for team collaboration and information organization. In 2025, the company expanded into AI-powered search and workflow automation through its Super product.

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Slogan (スローガン) is a Japanese company focused on unlocking human potential by redefining the relationship between people, organizations, and society. It promotes work rooted in intrinsic motivation and self-understanding, aiming to reconcile human values with economic performance.

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Slush is a not-for-profit organization that hosts the world's leading startup event in Helsinki, bringing together European startups, investors, and tech journalists. Beyond its annual main event, Slush operates a year-round online community platform and supports local startup ecosystems globally through Slush'D, with the goal of inspiring and helping founders tackle pressing global challenges.

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smapOne is a no-code/low-code platform that lets business departments digitize their operational processes themselves via AI prompts, drag-and-drop, or templates, without programming skills or IT involvement. It targets enterprises in sectors such as logistics, manufacturing, facility management, construction, energy, and banking, with built-in governance and audit capabilities.

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