
Next Play helps companies employees, with an AI app that facilitates internal mentorship matching, follow-up, and goal setting. Next Play is a chatbot that personalizes employee career development in order to help companies attract, develop, and retain more diverse talent. Next Play works with users to identify goals and preferences, matches mentees and mentors at scale, and guides employees to achieve their goals. HR directors can gain insight into employee engagement data.

Next Play helps companies employees, with an AI app that facilitates internal mentorship matching, follow-up, and goal setting. Next Play is a chatbot that personalizes employee career development in order to help companies attract, develop, and retain more diverse talent. Next Play works with users to identify goals and preferences, matches mentees and mentors at scale, and guides employees to achieve their goals. HR directors can gain insight into employee engagement data.
Core product: AI-driven internal mentorship matching, follow-up, and goal-setting chatbot for employee career development
Customers / users: HR teams and employees for mentorship programs and engagement insights
Team size (evidence): 2 employees
Funding (evidence): Recorded total funding: $0.00 (USD); Crunchbase lists funding rounds and two investors
Founders: James Jennings; Kris Owens; Greg Freeman
Employee career development, internal mentorship, retention and engagement for HR teams
HR tech / talent acquisition
“Listed investors include Village Capital and MassChallenge”