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HR tech investment surged today as Salesforce led a $166 million round in HiBob, valuing the Israeli HR platform at $3.2 billion, while Recruiter.com expanded its AI capabilities through an acquisition of an AI interview tool. On the product front, iCIMS unveiled its Intelligent Hiring Platform vision alongside new releases from Vervoe, signaling a broader industry push toward AI-driven talent acquisition. Amid the spending, a note of caution: workers are growing more critical of AI adoption, and Virginia's new pay-range posting requirement is drawing attention as a potential bellwether for pay transparency legislation nationwide.
complianceHiringthing· 4:06 PM PDT
Virginia's Wage Transparency Act, which took effect July 1, 2026, requires all employers — regardless of size — to include a good-faith pay range in every public and internal job posting, ban salary history inquiries, and gives applicants a private right of action; Maine's similar law followed on July 29, according to HiringThing, which notes the private right of action in Virginia is the provision most likely to be replicated in future state legislation.
talent acquisitionHR Tech Feed· 8:15 AM PDT
Recruiter.com has acquired Feenyx, an AI-powered candidate evaluation platform, adding skills testing, interview intelligence, and identity verification capabilities to its recruiting suite. The deal targets a longstanding hiring bottleneck: reliably assessing whether applicants can actually perform a role.
HiBobHR News· 7:42 AM PDT
Salesforce has led a $166 million investment round in HiBob, signaling growing enterprise confidence in AI-driven HR technology platforms. The deal marks one of the more significant HR-tech funding milestones in recent memory, with a major CRM giant backing a leading HRIS vendor.
ATSHR Tech Feed· 7:07 AM PDT
iCIMS has unveiled its Intelligent Hiring Platform vision, upgrading its ATS with contextual AI automation built on over two decades of proprietary hiring data, including two new AI agents that expand its existing agentic recruiting lineup. Skill-assessment platform Vervoe also features in the round-up of new HR-tech releases.
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ATSPR Newswire· 6:01 AM PDT
iCIMS has unveiled its "Intelligent Hiring Platform," laying out a strategic vision for the future of talent acquisition through an integrated, AI-driven recruiting suite. The announcement signals a significant product direction shift for one of the ATS market's leading vendors.
talent acquisitionHR Executive· 4:45 AM PDT
A commentary argues that AI's most underappreciated workforce value lies in reducing labor-market mobility friction — matching workers to roles they'd never have considered — illustrating the point with an initiative where AI-driven analysis surfaced roughly 20,000 non-traditional teacher candidates near K-12 schools, yielding some 400 applicants in a week. The piece urges HR leaders to shift from volume-based recruiting toward workforce intelligence systems that predict long-term candidate success.
employee experienceHR Executive· 4:30 AM PDT
Glassdoor research reveals a dramatic shift in employee sentiment toward AI at work, with positive mentions falling from 81% in 2019 to 43% by 2026, as fears around job replacement, surveillance, and lack of employer support drive growing negativity. The data also shows that employees with positive AI views are significantly less likely to seek new jobs, underscoring the people-strategy stakes for HR leaders managing AI adoption.
candidate experienceHR Tech Feed· 4:06 AM PDT
A podcast episode examines how new candidate-facing tools — including ghosting-tracking and AI-powered job-scam detection platforms — are reshaping recruiter accountability and employer brand visibility, offering practical guidance for talent acquisition teams.
HiBobcalcalistech.com· 3:44 AM PDT
Salesforce has led a $166 million funding round in HiBob, pushing the Israeli HR technology company's valuation to $3.2 billion. The deal marks a major vote of confidence in HiBob's modern HRIS platform and signals deepening strategic interest from Salesforce in the HR-tech sector.
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