Unscary

An iPhone app by B43

AI onboarding that gives every new hire the same baseline

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The Unscary AI Learn tab: a greeting reading “Welcome back, Sarah”, a Monday-to-Friday week strip showing a self-chosen bar of three lessons a week, and a highlighted next lesson, “What is AI, really?”, with a Start button.

What the research says

“Although 86% of employees surveyed use AI tools at work, only 24% feel fully equipped with the skills required to use them effectively”
Skillsoft research finds most employees use AI tools at work but only about a quarter feel fully equipped to use them effectively. Source: finance.yahoo.com
“79% of employees feel unprepared to use AI at work.”
A 2025 Education Index survey finds a large majority of employees feel unprepared to use AI at work. Source: www.brighthorizons.com

Why new hires arrive with uneven AI skills

Some of your new hires use AI daily; others have barely touched it and quietly hope nobody asks. Workforce research shows the gap clearly: heavy tool usage across employees, but far fewer who feel equipped to use AI well — and few are ever formally assessed. Onboarding is where that unevenness either gets fixed or gets baked in.

A builder step in the Unscary AI app. The exercise reads “Now add the part that was missing,” showing a mock chat with a support-reply request and an empty Context slot, and a field below where the member writes the context to add.

How Unscary levels the baseline

Unscary gives each new hire the same track: short lessons in plain language, followed by hands-on reps on practical tasks. Everyone works from the same starting line and progresses by doing — the same approach B43 uses in its in-person AI training for companies, packaged so a hire can run it from their phone during onboarding.

What people ops sees in the app

Each hire builds a streak of daily practice and earns points as reps land. The personal progress report shows what each person can actually do with AI — a baseline you can check at the end of onboarding instead of assuming, and a consistent answer when a manager asks whether the new cohort is ready.

Give your next cohort a running start with AI.

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