Box, Accel Alum Raise Funds to Help Navigate AI Talent Crunch
- Interview Kickstart trains engineers and helps them land jobs
- AI development is spurring unprecedented global talent demand
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Interview Kickstart has raised $10 million from Blume Ventures to expand a library of courses in fields from machine learning to data sciences, demand for which is surging alongside the global development of AI.
Co-founded by early Box Inc. engineer Soham Mehta and Accel Partners alum Ryan Valles, the fledgling firm aims to help supply the skilled engineers needed to support a boom in artificial intelligence. It’s looking to grow its roster of about 500 recruiters and instructors from some of the world’s largest technology firms, and charges students $3,000 to $9,500 for lessons in everything from generative AI application to how to prep for job interviews. Those course can run from three months to a year.