A startup founder who served time in prison is looking to court an untapped market: ex-cons
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Using AI to match formerly incarcerated people with jobs, housing, and community reframes reentry as a data and marketplace problem — not just a services gap. For builders, this is a template for applying AI to structurally underserved, high-friction populations where incumbents don’t bother to optimize.
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