Stepful Raises $55M to Break Healthcare’s $97B Dependence on Contract Staffing

What if the fastest way for a hospital to fix its staffing crisis isn’t hiring more recruiters, but running its own school? That’s the bet Mount Sinai, Providence, and dozens of other health systems have made with Stepful, whose training platform takes workers from a high school diploma to a clinical career, debt-free and without quitting their day jobs. The company just landed $55M after graduating more than 32,000 practice-ready healthcare workers, and it all started when the founders watched gig workers lose their income overnight during the pandemic. Find out how school-as-a-service is quietly rewiring the way America’s largest employers build talent.