Let’s Level the Playing Field with AI.

MANIFESTO

There is a widening gap between the affluent and disadvantaged. Millions can't earn a living wage despite hard work, threatening the American Dream's foundation of equal opportunity. Many fear the advent of commercially available AI will make things worse.

We believe the opposite. At Next LX we envision a future where:

* Modern AI & game engine technologies power true-to-life simulated workplaces where job candidates can skill up for free.

* Thus, anyone who has hustle, ability and character gets the chance to build the skills needed to support themselves and those they love, regardless of their educational background or bank account balance.

* Then, organizations can embrace work-as-evidence, defeating the tyranny of credentialism and laying the foundation for meritocracy.

founders


  • CEO

    Danvers began his career as an online marketer at 3 acquired startups, co-founded a digital agency in the higher ed space, then co-developed a workplace skill transfer platform.

    He got his first break as an intern at monster.com.


  • CTO

    Jess was a full stack developer at multiple companies, co-founded a machine learning startup acquired by ReMax, and supported the placement of 1k+ low wage workers into coding jobs as head of Lambda School: Labs.

    He got his first break as a software developer on the SIMS 3.

FOR INVESTORS

Want to join us in building a new category disrupting the $200BN placement industry by vertically integrating the most innovative adult education method of the decade?

Interested in an infinitely scalable opportunity to rebuild the American dream and fortify our Democracy by walking the talk and truly supporting the working class.

We can’t do this without you. Let’s connect and discuss our pre-seed round.

FOR COLLABORATORS

We love working with people who are working on the future:

  • of computing

  • of work

  • of society

Sometimes that looks like taking on a sprint or project level contract with us and sometimes that looks like sharing your fantastically interesting undertaking with us. This is frequently done remotely, but we particularly enjoy sharing these experiences in person.

We’ve grabbed a big bright office, 15 miles from RDU in Industrious Chapel Hill. In addition to a private desk, call rooms and focus rooms are available. Breakfast is served every morning, along with snacks in the afternoon all in a large, open area that doubles as co-working. There is also a large board & card game collection which is brought out during some lunches and on Thursday nights.

For lodging we recommend Aloft (half mile walk or short drive) or the Rizzo Center (less than 2 miles away). Finally, we try to solve some of our toughest challenges in nature: come join us for hiking, swimming and kayaking - just a ten minute drive to Danvers’ neighborhood lake.