FutureFit AI has announced a strategic partnership with the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) to support regional and state leaders in building integrated talent marketplaces that connect learners, employers, and training providers. The collaboration aims to strengthen workforce pathways, improve skills-based hiring, and accelerate regional economic growth through AI-powered workforce development initiatives.
The partnership between FutureFit AI and BHEF is designed to address growing workforce challenges caused by rapid labor market changes. By combining workforce technology, education systems, and employer needs, the organizations aim to help regions create scalable talent ecosystems that support career mobility and economic resilience.
"The labor market is changing faster than our workforce systems were built to handle," said Hamoon Ekhtiari, CEO of FutureFit AI. "Most regions have the pieces—the employers, the education providers, the job seekers—but they lack the connective tissue to bring them together into a functioning marketplace that powers stronger economic mobility, filling jobs when businesses need them filled and launching promising careers. That's precisely the gap this partnership is designed to close. BHEF convenes the exact leaders who can turn that vision into reality, and we're proud to be their partner in doing it."
As part of the collaboration, the organizations will develop the Talent Marketplace Playbook, a field guide intended to help state and regional leaders implement collaborative workforce strategies. The guide will focus on creating integrated systems that align workforce training, education pathways, and employer demand.
FutureFit AI’s platform uses real-time labor market intelligence, AI-powered career navigation, and skills-based matching to support workforce planning across education and employment systems. The company says its technology enables scalable and demand-driven career pathways that address labor shortages in critical industries.
BHEF will contribute its national network of higher education leaders and corporate executives to expand collaboration opportunities and encourage workforce innovation across regions.
The initiative also aligns with broader trends around skills-based hiring, AI-driven workforce planning, and work-integrated learning. BHEF’s ongoing programs, including its AI & the Future of Talent Collaborative and the Center for Work-Integrated Learning Innovation, focus on helping organizations and institutions adapt to changing workforce demands.
"In conjunction with strong regional leadership, talent marketplaces have the potential to change how regions connect people to opportunity," said Kristen Fox, CEO of BHEF. "FutureFit AI brings the subject matter expertise and experience of building these systems in the field. Together, we'll give regional and state leaders the insights and roadmap they need to turn collaborative strategies into shared action."
The partnership highlights the increasing role of AI-powered workforce infrastructure in helping governments, employers, and educational institutions respond to evolving labor market needs while improving access to career opportunities.
About FutureFit AI
FutureFit AI builds technology and AI solutions that help individuals, employers, and institutions navigate a rapidly changing labor market. FutureFit AI combines real-time labor market data with personalized career pathways to drive measurable workforce outcomes. Through government and industry partnerships in states across the U.S., provincially and federally in Canada, and in Europe, FutureFit AI connects people, education providers, and employers within a shared talent matching and career exploration system. www.futurefit.ai
About the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
The Business-Higher Education Forum is a national network connecting pioneering corporate and higher education leaders to identify emerging skills and co-develop inclusive pathways that address talent needs. BHEF empowers and catalyzes collaborations that deliver accelerated, inclusive, and effective solutions across education and work and to meet the changing talent needs of learners, workers, and businesses.
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