“STAR”T UP: AstrumU, a machine-learning startup that aims to connect students with careers, has raised $3 million from Ignition Partners and Correlation Ventures, GeekWire reports. Other angel investors were not disclosed. Based in Kirkland, Washington, AstrumU’s goal is to connect companies with job-seekers. And the company will also be partnering with universities to help do that, but corporations will be AstrumU’s end customers, according to GeekWire.
A Kirkland-based machine learning start-up is looking to use AI to connect companies with job seekers. The company has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from investors including the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The company hopes to address what it sees as inefficiencies in the higher education system by using machine learning to help students find meaningful careers straight out of college. Whilst AstrumU will work with students and universities, it is understood that corporations will be AstrumU's end customers.