The HRTech Wire · auto-curated
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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AI-powered hiring and workforce tools dominated today's headlines, with Xobin launching an AI Interview Auditor for greater transparency in automated hiring, SK AX debuting a tool capable of assessing 1,800 applicants in six hours, and Intellihr raising $303K to scale its AI recruiting platform. On the investment front, Fronted secured €1.7M to streamline global hiring and expansion, while Dayforce extended its agentic HCM platform to public sector clients through Carahsoft and Chegg Skills partnered with PowerTrain to deliver AI and workforce training across government and defense. Workforce equity and compliance also drew attention, with an equality watchdog calling for a ban on salary history questions and scrutiny mounting over unpaid pre-shift payroll risks.
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💰 $17MEuropeTech.eu· 10:00 PM PDT2 sources
Ravical has raised $17M, according to Tech.eu, with a pitch to let accounting firms grow without adding headcount at the same pace. The round is a signal for HR and workforce buyers in professional services who are weighing AI tools as a substitute for hiring.
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Read the full storyAI workforcePR Newswire· 6:37 AM PDT
NCS has launched an AI Mission Centre and plans to build a team of more than 300 forward-deployed engineers over the next two years. For HR leaders, the move signals how IT services firms are staffing up for AI delivery, though the item does not describe any HR software or workforce tool.