Gild
AI-native workforce operating system for the trades, matching skilled workers to enterprise contractors.
AI-native workforce operating system for the trades, matching skilled workers to enterprise contractors.
Gild connects job seekers, employers, and trade schools to address labor allocation across construction, manufacturing, transportation, telecom, logistics, and energy sectors.
The company is headquartered in New York and operates as a privately held technology firm with a focus on real-time workforce intelligence and operational visibility for enterprise contractors.
Forge is the flagship AI-powered workforce orchestration platform from Gild, designed for contractors, utilities, manufacturers, and industrial service firms. It unifies worker profiles, project schedules, and operational data into a single graph.
Managers dispatch crews, track labor hours, and manage job costing through a conversational chat interface, while workers interact via multilingual SMS without installing additional mobile apps.
Demand for skilled trade labor is accelerating amid United States infrastructure investment, data center construction booms, and energy transition projects. Traditional recruiting and scheduling tools often fail to address blue-collar workforce shortages at scale.
Gild is positioned to capture share in this expanding market through trade school partnerships, geographic scaling, and AI-driven matching that speeds time-to-fill for critical infrastructure roles.
Gild differentiates by focusing specifically on skilled trades rather than generalist workforce software. Its AI agents conduct phone calls to enrich worker profiles and auto-fill shifts, integrating directly with ERP, payroll, and project management systems.
The platform uses an SMS-first worker experience to remove app adoption barriers, and its policy-aware orchestration respects coverage rules and hour caps while optimizing labor utilization.
