Lightcast

Lightcast is a labor market analytics company formed in 2022 from the merger of Emsi and Burning Glass Technologies, backed by private equity firm Francisco Partners. It aggregates and analyzes hundreds of millions of job postings, employment records, and economic data to deliver workforce intelligence for employers, universities, government agencies, and economic development organizations. The company is widely cited for its real-time job postings database and skills taxonomy, including data on AI-related hiring trends in the public sector.