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August 2026 Meeting – AI for Job Retention

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Register for the August 13 meeting.

More than 4 in 10 people placed through vocational rehabilitation lose the job in the first year, usually for reasons no one caught in time. Anchor is the confidential AI platform that keeps people employed. It checks in with workers on a steady cadence, in private, and surfaces real risk the moment it appears. Two-thirds of people tell Anchor what they’d never tell an employer. A job retention specialist confirms the flags and steps in to help: the judgment is always human.

David Douglas of Guideway Labs demos Anchor and shares what the team is learning from PRIME, a U.S. Department of Education–funded national retention study where Anchor is live in 4 state programs.

David Douglas is co-founder and CEO of Guideway Labs and leads Anchor, the AI within PRIME, a national job-retention study for people with disabilities funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He has worked in disability employment for eight years, including five as technology partner to VRTAC-QE. A four-time founder with 25 years in software, David is passionate about building AI that serves humans. He has three grown daughters and is an avid fitness enthusiast.

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