Cambridge startup wants to fill the 'skills gap' with AI assistance - The Boston Globe

Cambridge startup AdeptID, formed last year to build an AI-backed talent-matching service for companies, announced a seed funding round on Thursday. The eight-person company raised $3.5 million in a deal led by Zeal Capital Partners and including Better Ventures, Boston nonprofit JFF's Employment Technology Fund, and other angel investors. AdeptID's software is designed to help companies find workers who have the proper skills for a job opening even if they lack the seemingly required experience or credentials, such as a college degree. Cofounders Fernando Rodriguez-Villa and Brian DeAngelis met at agriculture tech startup Indigo Ag, which acquired Rodriguez-Villa's previous startup, TellusLabs, in 2018. The pair both "had enough of a screw loose required to go and start something new," Rodriguez-Villa, now CEO of AdeptID, said.