LincolnWorks
Work. Learn. Earn.
A for-profit company that develops people through real work. Apprentices build real products for real clients, powered by AI-assisted learning — and graduate with a portfolio, not debt.
Workforce Development Got Backwards
Traditional paths hand graduates debt and a diploma. LincolnWorks hands them a portfolio of real shipped work, paid for by the clients who needed it built.
$0 Tuition
Apprentices learn and work without paying for the privilege. Housing and meals included.
Real Work, Real Clients
Afternoons go to revenue-generating client projects and portfolio companies — not theoretical exercises.
Portfolio, Not a Diploma
Graduate with shipped products and a demonstrable track record, not a piece of paper and a balance owed.
How a Day Works
Mornings — Workshops
AI-powered, personalized workshops in tech, business, and trades. Curriculum adapts to where each apprentice is — and where they want to go.
- ✓ Tech tracks (software, AI tooling, infrastructure)
- ✓ Business tracks (sales engineering, ops, finance)
- ✓ Trades tracks (skilled crafts paired with the digital toolset)
Afternoons — Ship
Real work on the portfolio companies and outside client projects. Apprentices contribute to things customers actually pay for.
- ✓ Build features that go into production
- ✓ Sit on client calls; own a workstream
- ✓ Merit-based advancement on demonstrated value, not tenure
Three Ways In
Apprentices
Trade 1–2 years of focused work for a portfolio, real income, and a path that doesn't start with debt.
Express interest →Business Partners
Get custom software and steady-state work built by motivated apprentices supervised by senior engineers.
Partner with us →Investors
For-profit workforce development, with a portfolio of revenue-generating client work to underwrite the model.
Learn about investing →Why this lives next to a software factory
LTC Labs builds software. LincolnWorks builds the people who build software (and a lot else besides).
Sister brands, complementary missions — one factory turning out shipped products, one turning out shipped careers.