Category-defining · the trust layer for flexible work
Able makes workers instantly bookable.
AI-enhanced staffing platform with credential verification.
Institutional cover
AI-enhanced staffing platform with credential verification.
Searchable, right-to-work checked, referenced, credentialed, bookable candidates. Able is the trust layer.
Verified profile. Skills, availability, AI-assisted video bio, credentials, equipment, bookable calendars.
Pseudonymised AI matching. Skills, availability and distance only.
Direct shift offer. Accept or decline. Multi-team and multi-shift bookings supported.
Same-day pay. Workers pay 0%. Venues pay 8%. Three subscription tiers including enterprise.
Skills-first matching for shift work has been technically tractable for less than 24 months.
81% of employers using skills-based hiring in 2024 — up from 56% in 2022. The Gigfolio is the format that fits.TestGorilla · State of Skills-Based Hiring 2024
EU Digital Identity Wallet mandatory across 27 Member States by December 2026. W3C VC 2.0 standardised May 2025.
15–45% margins. Weeks to fill. Weeks to pay. Structurally untenable.
EU AI Act high-risk recruitment from August 2026. UK Employment Rights Bill 2024. Compliant-by-design wins.
NHS targeting agency-spend reduction across multi-billion temporary budget. Public-sector temp reform is now policy, not aspiration.NHS England · Long Term Workforce Plan 2023
80% of the global workforce. Less than 1% of the $300bn annual enterprise software spend reaches them.Emergence Capital · Deskless Workforce 2024
Every wearable, voice and augmented interface for frontline work runs on what Able makes legible.
Using agentic AI and ethical AI as architecture, Able delivers an entire suite of services that is good for the economy and good for the user.
Refreshingly boring adherence to global regulation. Sovereign-owned, portable credentials. Skills-first by design.
Independently licensable SaaS. White-label for healthcare, education, government. Sovereign-owned, portable credentials.
The algorithm never sees a name, photo, postcode or demographic.
Built on the public credential rails the world is moving to.
No star ratings. Feedback triggers training and development. Recognition shapes future matching.
Algorithmic throttle so opportunity is shared.
At no cost to the worker. Migrating to open banking rails.
Shift-to-permanent placement pathway. Auditable track record. A standalone capability across the staffing market.
Workers can hold five or more skills on the platform. The Gigfolio carries every one.
Authored by Joe Fennell. Public-good release. Sets the category standard.
Workers publish live availability. Hiring managers book a shift the way they book a meeting.
The architecture creates the differentiation below.
| Architecture test | Able | Indeed Flex | Stint | Coople | Temper | Limber | Instawork | Wonolo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credential verification engine | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Pseudonymised matching | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Recognition becomes T&D | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Same-day pay (no worker fee) | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| 36-hour fairness cap | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Trial-to-Hire (shift to permanent) | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Bookable calendars | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| EU AI Act ready · transparency | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| W3C VC 2.0 · EUDI ready | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
These are foundational architecture choices on rails the incumbents would need to rebuild to adopt. Architecture audit, May 2026 · verified against publicly available platform documentation
A solopreneur with £50k angel investment, one contracted tech lead and one part-time intern.
Workers and hiring managers
Verified worker profiles
From 4 bookings · past 5 weeks
Live PAYG since March 2026
Women in Innovation 2025/26 awardee
Mission Kitchen committed as anchor. 30+ further businesses registered on the platform — headcount from the seed unlocks active conversion.
Pipeline depth reflects warmth of intent at first conversation, ahead of dedicated commercial capacity. Behaviour-change categories convert on the second conversation — the seed funds the team that runs them.
Two continents, three countries, eighteen months.
Disruptive infrastructure is won by deploying both sides at once and making trust visible. Uber and Airbnb proved the playbook. Able stacks the same elements — and adds institutional cover the consumer platforms never had.
Founded Able to make work easier to access, more efficient to manage, and better for everyone involved.
VP at BlackRock · corporate strategy, fixed income business management, Aladdin implementation. Manager at Deloitte · led global HR ERP implementations for Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and DuPont. King's College London alumna.
Cambridge MPhil. Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Authors Able's open-source ethics framework — the public-good release that sets the category standard.
Philip Greenwood · Founder. Previous tech founder; specialist in distributed ledger, decentralised systems, machine learning and digital identity infrastructure. Direct fit for Able's architecture. Market evaluation continues alongside.
HR-tech sector investor. Deep operator network across UK and Europe.
Fractional COO, scale-up adviser, NED. Operations and AI at scale. Ex Microsoft, Meta, Expedia. Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in Technology.
Innovate UK adviser, transitioning to private capacity. Continues to support commercial strategy and investor positioning.