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FutureFit AI Raises $4.5M to Empower Workers with a "GPS for your Career"

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JPMorgan Chase and Acumen America co-led FutureFit AI's round to provide workers with an AI-powered tool to help them navigate their careers FutureFit AI, the AI-powered career navigation platform, today announced that it closed on a funding round of $4.5M in late 2021, which will fuel product innovation and growth as the company meets the demand for career navigation and reskilling that has skyrocketed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The investment was co-led by JPMorgan Chase and Acumen America and is the company's first financing round. FutureFit AI is the market leader as the'navigation layer' of workforce development seamlessly connecting multiple stakeholders and solutions in one comprehensive user journey. "To support a more equitable economic recovery, we need to find ways to connect overlooked talent with career opportunity at a time when the needs of employers and the labor market are changing faster than ever," said Hamoon Ekhtiari, CEO of FutureFit AI. Ekhtiari immigrated to North America two decades ago when he didn't know any English and directly experienced the challenges of navigating the labor market.