Revitalizing America's
Industrial Base
Empowering America's
most critical workforce and ambitious industrial companies.
Problem
There's a labor crisis
in our industrial economy
There’s a labor crisis in our industrial economy. Nearly every manufacturer is hiring, but they’re struggling to find the skilled labor they need.
After decades of decline, American manufacturing is making a comeback.
But these growing pains are costing the military and companies everywhere billions of dollars as they struggle to hire qualified, skilled workers to meet production.
This isn’t just an economic issue; this is a national security problem!
Manufacturers are stuck with outdated and expensive staffing models that deliver unvetted, under-qualified candidates. Leaders spend $30K per hire and endure a three-month hiring process, only to face high turnover and delayed production. This broken system impacts over half a million manufacturers across America, draining resources and stifling growth.
We believe manufacturers and workers everywhere deserve better.
Our Story
Empowering America's most critical workforce and ambitious industrial companies.
Laborup was born out of a vision to bridge the gap between skilled blue-collar workers and ambitious manufacturing companies.
Building Laborup is deeply personal to us. We’re from Tennessee. We grew up in and around machine shops, factory floors, and manufacturing lines. We understand the challenges faced by the majority of America—the people no one builds software for. At the same time, we know what it takes to build great software products.
Between us, our investors, and our advisors, we’ve helped build some of the most iconic platforms in the world—Google, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Facebook, Microsoft, and more. Now, we’re bringing that expertise to fix the labor crisis across the U.S. industrial base.
Laborup uses AI to transform how manufacturers hire, connecting companies with vetted, skilled workers faster and more efficiently than ever before. By eliminating friction in the hiring process, we help manufacturers fill critical roles, keep production on track, and strengthen America’s workforce.
Connecting skilled workers to ambitious manufacturing companies
100K+
Blue collar workers reached in TN
12k+
Vetted skilled workers in East TN
~30%
Average pay bump our talent gets
>50%
Savings the companies we
work with realize
Our Mission
We want to empower ambitious industrial companies and America's most critical workforce. The 10 million Americans who are the dedicated machinists, programmers, welders, and more, who make the cars, rockets, planes, and everyday products we all rely on.
Our Vision
We're building the modern software stack to fix the labor issues in our trillion dollar critical industries. We imagine a world where blue-collar workers are put first, honored, and paid what they deserve. We are also hell bent on making American manufacturing companies more productive, and it begins with solving labor issues.
Join the manufacturing revolution
