AI is reshaping how we learn, find work and do our jobs. Emerge’s second fund backs founders building across three markets – Learn, Navigate and Work – that will determine who shares in the productivity gains and who is left behind.

Demand for new skills is rising faster than the world can supply them. In Emerge’s founding manifesto, our GP and founder Jan Lynn-Matern sets out why the talent and skills system is failing workers and employers alike, and how startups can close the gap.