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Emerge Career

Emerge Career

The AI-Powered Workforce Development Platform

NYC
7 employees
education, edtech, government
Seed · $3.2M
Founded 2022
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About Emerge Career

Governments choose us to unify the entire the workforce development cycle – from recruitment, career assessment, vocational matching, training & coaching, to employment, and job retention – building America's future workforce.

Our powerful technology breaks cycles of poverty and incarceration, helping governments operate more efficiently and reduce unemployment.

Open positions (8)

Senior Partnerships Manager

Full-time
New York, NY
$145k – $170k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

New Business & Strategy Lead

Full-time
New York, NY
$110k – $170k
0.1% - 0.25% equity

Founding Media Producer (Social Media)

Full-time
New York, NY
$110k – $140k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

New Business Operations Lead

Full-time
New York, United States
$140k – $165k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

Social Media Marketing Intern

Internship
New York, NY
$30 – $40

Founding Public Sector Account Executive

Full-time
New York, NY
$150k – $240k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

Founding Media Producer

Full-time
New York, United States
$120k – $155k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

Senior Partnerships Manager

Full-time
New York, United States
$140k – $175k
0.1% - 0.3% equity

Company details

Team Size7
LocationNYC
Industryeducation, edtech, government

Funding

Total raised

$3.2M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Uzoma "Zo" Orchingwa

Uzoma "Zo" Orchingwa

Co-founder. In 2022, Zo and Gabe co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication products for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge seeks to address. Zo holds a Masters degree in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, and a JD-MBA from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management.

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Gabriel Saruhashi

Gabriel Saruhashi

Co-founder. In 2020, Gabe and Zo co-founded Ameelio, a tech nonprofit that builds education and communication tools for prisons. While scaling Ameelio, they stumbled upon the issue of unemployment post-incarceration which Emerge Career seeks to address. Previously, he was a YC intern and the first product manager at Zippi (YC19). Gabe is a Yale grad, where he co-founded an organization connecting refugees with their new communities, and built an app to assist homeless communities in New Haven.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.