The HRTech Wire · auto-curated
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
HR technology, every morning — wired to the companies and people behind it.
AI investment and legal risk dominate today's HR-tech landscape: Ema has raised $77M to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT, and finance, while Bullhorn's 2026 GRID Talent Trends Report finds 92% of candidates rate AI voice interviews as good as or better than human interviews — even as mounting AI hiring and layoff lawsuits are putting employers on notice. IBM meanwhile warns that AI adoption could erode human skills that CHROs consider vital, adding a cautionary note to rapid automation enthusiasm. On the solutions front, SAP has been recognized as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Workforce Management Technology, HireClix has expanded its Employer Brand Network with dynamic 1:1 job ad targeting, and TekStream has launched MissionTek Advisors to broaden its specialized recruiting and workforce offerings.
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candidate experienceBullhorn· 7:30 AM PDT
Bullhorn's 2026 GRID Talent Trends Report, drawn from a survey of nearly 2,300 job seekers, finds that 92% of candidates who experienced an AI voice interview rated it equal to or better than a human recruiter interview, with 93% saying they would reuse the same staffing firm after a positive AI interaction. The report also highlights job matching, faster communication, and application responsiveness as the top areas where candidates see AI delivering measurable value in recruitment.
ATSStreetInsider· 2:25 AM PDT
The Cognitive has launched an AI recruiting platform that reportedly consolidates candidate sourcing, outreach, and interviewing into a single workflow, targeting a key pain point for talent acquisition teams juggling multiple tools. The all-in-one agentic approach puts it in direct competition with established ATS and AI hiring vendors.
ATSHR Tech Feed· 6:40 PM PDT
Joveo launched what it calls a full-funnel agentic recruiting platform at RecFest USA 2026, reportedly spanning talent attraction through analytics in a single layer that integrates with employers' existing ATS systems — a direct challenge to point-solution sprawl that HR-tech buyers have been managing across the hiring stack.
ATSHR Tech Feed· 6:32 PM PDT
Career platform iHire's 2026 State of Online Recruiting Report reportedly finds hiring facing a mutual trust breakdown, with employers contending with AI-generated fraudulent applications while job seekers grow skeptical of ghost job postings and AI-driven screening tools.
