Episode Details

ivee has announced the first close of its seed round, raising $1m and going for more.

The company started as a recruitment platform helping people back into work. After Dragon’s Den and a sharp shift in the market, it expanded into AI upskilling as companies began racing to retrain their workforce. Amelia Miller argues the next divide in the labour market will be AI-fluent vs non-AI-fluent, and that learning to use these tools properly is quickly becoming career leverage.

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Timestamps:

0:10 - Announcement of seed round close

1:59 - Expansion into AI upskilling

4:57 - Key skills for AI proficiency

5:48 - Workflow automation and AI agents

6:59 - Upskilling on AI for career growth

7:33 - AI fluency wage premium statistics

8:19 - Importance of AI in non-technical jobs

11:56 - Best tools for AI usage

12:44 - Importance of micro upskilling

14:01 - Normalizing business pivots

16:34 - Shift towards AI fluency

17:21 - Iterating product before release

19:00 - Importance of public messaging

21:00 - Mission-driven organization focus

22:30 - Exciting new partnerships and funding