No Worker Left Behind
The frontier reaches workers last. We stand there and bring them across.
No federal programme is funded to put frontier AI tools in non-tech workers' hands, and nobody independent measures whether AI's gains reach workers. No Worker Left Behind does both, on two firewalled programme lines, published every May 1.
Two frontiers. One organisation.
Each line has its own proof, its own funders and its own calendar. They share a mission, a date and a brand. They do not share a funder list.
Frontier One: the bridge to today's frontier
HAPI (the free check), short lessons, coached practice on today's most capable tools at trusted sites (libraries, career centres, community groups, Goodwill, MassHire), job fairs and skill verification. Safe AI at Work is lesson one. Tool-neutral, free to workers. May take lab discounts, seats and credits under the published tool-neutral rule: no exclusivity, every relationship disclosed.
Frontier Two: WEIGH, the evidence
WEIGH (Workforce Effects of Intelligent systems: Gains & Harms) is NWLB's independent institute. The Load Line, every May 1, measures what deploying AI does for and to workers, gains first. Checkweigh audits deployments. A Worker Impact Evaluation spec goes to the labs. Takes no money from AI labs or from the employers and vendors it measures; funder list public; no funder review before publication; no source above 25%.
The gap, in numbers government already cites.
used AI at work last month: graduate degree vs high school or less.
workers earning over $200K are four times as likely to use AI at work as those under $50K.
US workers expect workers to be the main beneficiaries of AI at work; 67% expect it to make work worse.
of the public want AI's gains reinvested in workers.
Why a neutral bridge, not another storefront.
The access field is crowded and lab-adjacent: Verizon and Goodwill, Google's certificate, RAISE US. What none of them combines is real frontier-tool practice, worker-side safe use, and vendor neutrality. That is the position we hold, and the DOL AI Literacy Framework already names the gap we fill: literacy "can only be successful if learners have the foundational tools and access needed."
- Tool-neutralEvery major AI tool, no exclusive deals, all relationships disclosed. The armour against the storefront critique.
- Delivered through trustLibraries, career centres, community groups and employer sites, not a new destination workers have to find.
- Measured and publishedA Worker AI Access and Safety Pulse (Frontier One) and The Load Line (Frontier Two), every May 1 at WorkCongress.
- Aligned with your mandatesDOL AI Literacy Framework, TechAccess: AI-Ready America, WIOA, Digital Equity Act, the G20 AI Prosperity Objectives.
- 501(c)(3), EIN 88-3268312Annual reports published. Receipt for every gift.
For AI labs specifically.
If you want broad adoption and a defensible record on workers, you need an independent partner at the frontier.
- Frontier One can take your supportNonprofit discounts, seats, credits, a fellow. Published under the tool-neutral rule, alongside your competitors'.
- Frontier Two cannotWEIGH takes no lab money. That is what makes its findings worth citing.
- What we askA Worker Impact Evaluation spec for your deployments, a joint study, and a seat at WorkCongress every May 1.
- The test we applyDoes this tool make this worker's skill worth more? (Acemoglu, Autor and Johnson, Brookings, Feb 2026.)
In good company.
people reached since 2022
events hosted
partner organisations
of programmes free to workers
Tell us about your mandate and your budget. We will come back with a workplan and which programme line it belongs to.
Frontier One and Frontier Two never share a grant.