Leading tech executives have backed Glasgow firm Gigged.AI in a £1m round of funding.
The skills intelligence platform has raised a combination of grant funding, equity investment and venture debt which includes participation from Par Equity and Scottish Enterprise.
The round includes former Skyscanner CFO Shane Corstorphine; former Skyscanner and Current Health COO Richard Lennox; former CEO of UserTesting Andy MacMillan, who is now CEO of California-based Alteryx; and former executives at IBM and Airbnb.
Gigged.AI will use the funds to grow its enterprise customer base in the UK and US amid a growing concern over tech skill shortages caused by the rise in AI projects.
Its platform gives technology leaders within enterprise organisations real-time visibility and control over all available skills across their internal employees, contingent workers and AI agents.
By connecting these three talent pools into one platform, organisations can match the right capability to the right project, improve utilisation and reduce delivery bottlenecks, it says.
Gigged.AI has 12 enterprise clients including Fortune 500 firms such as Leidos and Concentrix.
“We have seen first hand that most enterprises are losing revenue through tech skill shortages, with the rise in AI accelerating that challenge,” said CEO and co-founder Rich Wilson.
“By combining internal employees, external freelancers and pre-built AI Agents our technology is helping tech leaders fill skill gaps quickly.”
Paul Atkinson, Par Equity partner and staffing industry veteran with multiple exits in the sector, said: “The future of work is a fast-growing segment. Over the last 12 months Gigged.AI has successfully pivoted to enterprise and is now well positioned to be a category leader with huge market potential.”
Gigged.AI is also close to launching a new Agentic AI feature called Sia (Skills Intelligence Agent), which is designed to help enterprise tech teams instantly find and deploy the right skills at the right time.
Through a simple, natural language interface, Sia transforms voice or text prompts like “Find me a Data Analyst for next week” into scoped projects and intelligent matches in seconds.
“Sia brings together three talent sources into one interface, giving CIOs and CTOs the ability to deliver projects faster through real-time skills intelligence,” said Craig Short, CTO.
“It’s a game-changer for busy tech leaders who need to find the right skills at the right time.”
In parallel, Gigged.AI has joined the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, allowing enterprise customers to procure the Skills Intelligence Platform through their existing Microsoft agreements.