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Check Out the AI Powered Startup, Stepful!

Carl Madi spent a chunk of the last decade working for Uber and Handy, an online marketplace for cleaners. But when the pandemic struck, he saw many people lose their jobs overnight. He noticed that there was a significant shortage of medical assistants, a career that was recession-proof and provided attractive pay and benefits. So, Madi wondered if he could help cleaners become medical assistants. In 2021, he teamed up with Tressia Hobeika, who had previously worked at Udacity, and an ex-Apple engineer Edoardo Serra to found Stepful, an AI-powered online program that trains people for entry-level healthcare jobs like medical assistants and pharmacy technicians in four months at an average cost of $2,500. Since then, Stepful has grown from having only 50 students in its first year to expecting 30,000 enrollees in 2024.