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AI's expanding role in hiring is drawing fresh scrutiny on multiple fronts, as a lawsuit tests employer liability when applicants are screened out by algorithmic software, Connecticut joins a growing roster of states enacting workplace AI laws, and a new tool emerges to give employers visibility and input into what ChatGPT tells job seekers about them. Product launches from Culture Amp, candidate.fyi, and Leapsome, alongside Chime's expanded Workday partnership for financial wellness benefits, reflect continued platform investment even as Microsoft's offer of buyouts to 25% of its workforce and a proposed USCIS rollback of the 60-day grace period for certain nonimmigrant workers signal significant workforce disruption ahead. Rounding out the day, analyst Teri Zipper shares lessons from 2026 and predictions for 2027, while pension reform proposals and Enmovil's plans to scale its enterprise AI hiring team underscore the breadth of structural change reshaping the employment landscape.
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Portuguese startup Granter has raised €1.6 million, led by 3XP Global through its Impact Innovation Fund, bringing its total funding to €2 million. Its AI-powered platform helps startups and SMEs find, apply for and manage public funding. Deel, the US HR technology company, is among the additional investors. Granter plans to double its workforce and expand into Spain, Germany, Italy and eventually the US.
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Read the full storyLarridin, a San Francisco company, has raised a $30 million Series A led by Pelion Ventures, bringing its total funding to $47 million. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz and Gradient Ventures joined, along with new investors including GFT, W23, Thayer, DG Daiwa Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Cougar Capital. The platform measures the cost, productivity and impact of AI across human and AI agent workforces, and the company plans to use the funds to speed up product development and grow its teams.
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