Career exposure.
In their pocket.
In their classroom.
Ambition delivers real careers through 30-day simulated internships. On the web during class or program time, and on the phone everywhere else. Free for every student.
The Ambition Approach
30 days inside a real career. Then they pick another one.
Every internship has a fictional employer, real work, and something they actually build by the end. 15 minutes a day.
Pick a career.
Entrepreneurship, nursing, game design, wealth management, engineering, and more. Careers most of them have never seen up close.
Show up to work.
Videos, quizzes, and hands-on activities. On a school Chromebook during advisory, or on their phone on the bus. Same internship either way.
Leave with a direction.
By day 30 they know what the work feels like, what it pays, and what the path in looks like. Then they try another one.
The Outcome
A teen who can picture their future starts working toward it.
Future orientation is a teen's belief that their future is worth working toward right now. It is one of the strongest predictors of whether a young person stays connected to school and work into their twenties.
We track one thing most closely: whether a teen is taking real steps toward a career, not just imagining one. Across more than 1,000 teens, that went up 14%.
They do the work. They leave on their way to a career that pays.
Increase in teens taking real steps toward a career, not just imagining one.
Pre and post · 1,000+ teens
For the Adults in Their Corner
They do the internship. You see all of it.
Every teacher, counselor, mentor, and parent gets a dashboard. You see who's moving and who stalled, what each teen is working on today, and a prompt tied to that exact internship. The career conversation is ready before you sit down.
A live roster.
Every student, their current internship, progress, and last activity. On track, making progress, or needs a check-in.
Prompts tied to the work.
Not generic career questions. Questions about the internship they are in right now.
The quiet ones find you.
The students who went quiet show up at the top of your week, with a note you can send in one click.
Where It Runs
One platform. Four places it runs.
In school.
Advisory, homeroom, or a career-connected learning block. Every student in the room, on the computers they already use, with the teacher watching progress.
In programs.
After-school, mentoring, juvenile justice, faith communities. 15 minutes twice a week, built into time you already run.
In community college.
Cohort programs where the whole measure of success is helping students land somewhere.
On their own.
A teen who isn't in any of those can download the app and start today. Any adult in their corner signs up as a Guide and sees what they're working on.
The Gap
Nobody hands them a map.
Teens from low-income communities graduate knowing academic subjects but not how to make their way in a workforce that is changing faster than any curriculum can keep up with.
A young person who hasn't found a path by 25 is far more likely to end up unemployed, in poverty, or without stable housing. The programs built to prevent that have never reached enough of them.
We work in all three.
From the students
I never knew what I wanted to do. After the entrepreneurship internship, I started selling custom bracelets at school. I make $200 a month now.
The wealth management track changed how I think about money. I taught my mom what I learned and I'm starting to think I might have a future here.
I did the nursing internship and it clicked. I know exactly what I'm doing after high school. No one in my family has ever worked in healthcare.
The App
Everywhere
class
isn't.
The same 30-day internships, on their phone. A teen who isn't in a school or program can download Ambition and start today, and a teen who is can keep going on the bus, at practice, at home. Free for every student.
The People Behind This
Built by two kids who came up without a map.
“My parents ran youth nonprofits throughout my childhood and instilled in me a dedication to serve communities that have been left behind. All of our youth deserve the highest quality investments, and when that reality comes to fruition, we all benefit.”
“I overcame childhood adversity to become a first-generation college graduate. At Facebook I worked on the teens team and saw how effectively phones reach young people. I asked why we weren't using that for something that actually helps them. Now we are.”