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No worker left behind. At the frontier.

We stand at the frontier of AI so workers don't have to chase it. We bring today's most capable tools to the workers the market skips, free, tool-neutral and safe, through the places they already trust. And we measure and shape the next frontier so its gains reach the people who do the work, not only the firms that deploy it.

What we do See our impact

What we believe.

  • The gains are real, and they reach workers last.The evidence points to AI's gains going to the experienced, the credentialed and the already-equipped. The workers with the most to gain get the tool last. That is the gap we exist to close.
  • Safety is how you keep the gains.You cannot prosper on a tool you cannot trust. Safe use (what to share, what to check, how to spot the scam) is lesson one, not a footnote.
  • Tool-neutral, always.Every major AI tool, no exclusive deals, every relationship disclosed. We are not a lab's funnel and not a union.
  • Measure, then say so.Our evidence arm, WEIGH, takes no money from the companies it measures and publishes every May 1, including findings labs and employers will not like.
  • Free to workers.No paywalls, no upsell. Funded by partners, public programmes and donors.

Two frontiers. One organisation.

Today's frontier: the bridge

HAPI, lessons, coached practice on today's best tools at trusted sites, job fairs, skill verification. Free to workers. Tool-neutral.

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The next frontier: the evidence

WEIGH, The Load Line, Checkweigh and the Worker Impact Evaluation spec. Independent, firewalled, published every May 1.

See the research

From recovery to readiness to the frontier.

NWLB began as a response to pandemic-era displacement: a place where workers could find each other and the next step. As AI reshaped every industry it became a readiness movement. In 2026 it took its position at the frontier: the independent organisation that puts today's tools in workers' hands and measures what the next ones do to them.

200K

people reached since 2022

200+

events a year

May 1

WorkCongress, every year

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EIN 88-3268312, Boston

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Help make the 1 in 16 true.

Only one in sixteen US workers expects workers to be the main beneficiaries of AI. We are the ones making it so.

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