AI startups are disrupting professional networking, stirring buzz, and attracting attention from investors.

Face-to-face interactions are pivotal to career growth, from interviews to salary negotiations to promotion requests. To help users prepare, LinkedIn Learning's expanded AI-powered coaching feature allows LinkedIn Premium subscribers to engage in mock conversations with AI about topics of interest.

Users can now describe the kind of job they want in plain language, and AI helps surface matches they might have otherwise missed.