Produced by TAtech × The Excelsior Group
Boston University · January 20–21, 2027

The founding gathering for Human Advancement AI.

Propel is the meeting place where the Builders of Human Advancement AI — the meta‑category that includes HRTech, TAtech, EdTech and WorkTech — connect with Backers and Buyers.

Success will be new term sheets and partnerships that accelerate AI solutions helping us learn, get hired, perform, grow and thrive.

AI-native companiesCurated participationDeal Center: structured 1:1s, both days
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Registration is open. Builders apply for curated seats; Buyers, Backers and General interest register directly.

HUMAN
ADVANCEMENT
AI
HUMAN OUTCOMES
MARKETS CONVERGING
Learning
Hiring
Performance
Mobility
Human Potential
WorkTech
TA-Tech
HRTech
L&D Tech
EdTech
A national call to action

Propel is answering the call from our nation's leaders.

"We Must Act Now."

A statement signed by Nobel laureates, economists, former cabinet members, governors and technology leaders calling for AI that complements people and benefits society.

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"America has a technology strategy. It doesn't yet have a people strategy. That's the work."

Gina Raimondo
Founder, RAISE US
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

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A new category

Advancing Human Potential.

Human Advancement AI is the emerging ecosystem of AI-native companies whose primary purpose is helping people learn, work, grow, adapt and thrive—while enabling the employers, educators and workforce organizations that serve them to perform better.

One continuous human journey
Advancing people and their organizations
ASSESS
LEARN
MATCH
ADVANCE
THRIVE

AI is collapsing the old HRTech, recruiting, EdTech, L&D and workforce silos into a market organized around one outcome: advancing people.

Who belongs here

Builders. Buyers. Backers.

A curated room designed to accelerate funding, adoption, partnerships and category formation.

01

Builders

Founders of AI-native companies, from pre-seed through Series B, building the next generation of human advancement solutions.

Meet capital and customers.
02

Buyers

Employers, enterprise talent leaders, educators, nonprofits, government agencies and workforce institutions ready to pilot what comes next.

Discover, evaluate and deploy.
03

Backers

VC, growth equity, PE, CVC, corporate development and strategic investors looking for the category before it is obvious.

See 90 days of diligence in two days.
THE DEAL CENTER
A core operating feature of Propel—not a conference sidebar.
Structured 1:1 matchmaking is built into both days, connecting vetted founders, buyers and backers to produce term sheets, pilots and partnerships.
Be there at the founding

Register for Propel.

Tell us who you are and we'll route you to the right door. Buyers, Backers and General interest go straight to formal registration. Builders apply for one of roughly 200 curated seats — about four minutes, with a response within two weeks.

When & whereJanuary 20–21, 2027 · Metcalf Trustee Center, Boston University
FormatTwo days of sessions plus the Deal Center — structured, vetted 1:1s running both days
SeatsCurated room of ~200 Builders, Buyers and Backers
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Produced by
TAtech

TAtech

TAtech is a network of solution providers in the global talent technology ecosystem, advancing their partnerships, brand & product promotion and thought leadership in nextgen recruitment.

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The Excelsior Group

The Excelsior Group

AI transformation delivered. Strategy, build-and-transfer programs and ecosystem development for organizations navigating the AI era.

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In coordination with

Massachusetts AI Coalition

A private-sector initiative bringing together Massachusetts founders, operators, investors, researchers and supporters to strengthen the Commonwealth's leadership in AI.

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