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goHappy Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Pamlico Capital to Accelerate Innovation in Frontline Employee Engagement

goHappy , a Richmond-based provider of app-free frontline employee engagement solutions, has received a strategic growth investment from Pamlico Capital to accelerate innovation and product expansion. Serving over 1 million frontline worker

Jul 22, 2025
Venture Capital

San Francisco-Based CandorIQ Raises $4.8M Seed Round to Reinvent Compensation and Workforce Planning with AI

CandorIQ , an AI-powered compensation and workforce planning platform based in San Francisco, has raised $4.8 million in seed funding led by Array Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, CRV, and Switch Ventures. The platform helps H

Jul 22, 2025
Product News

Paylocity Advances One Unified HCM and Finance Platform with Launch of Integrated Spend Management Solution

Paylocity has launched “Paylocity for Finance,” expanding its modern HCM platform into the Office of the CFO by integrating Airbase’s award-winning spend management technology. This unified solution enables organizations to manage payroll a

Jul 22, 2025
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Copenhagen-Based Kiku Raises €4M Seed to Build AI Infrastructure for Frontline Hiring

Kiku, a Copenhagen-based startup, has secured €4 million in seed funding to accelerate the expansion of its AI agent for frontline hiring across Europe. The company’s virtual agent, Sara, automates candidate screening, note-taking during in

Jul 17, 2025
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ManpowerGroup Reports 2nd Quarter 2025 Results

Revenues of  $4.5 billion  (flat as reported, -3% constant currency (CC), -1% organic CC) Latin America  and  Asia Pacific  continued to experience good demand while demand in  Europe  and  North America  saw stabilizing trends in many mark

Jul 17, 2025
Product News

Salary.com Launches Elevate to Transform Pay and Career Conversations Between Employers and Employees

New Portal Provides a Secure, Centralized Hub for Job Description Management, Pay Communications, and Career Pathing to Align HR, Employees, Managers, and Executives WALTHAM, Mass., July 16, 2025 - Salary.com , the global leader in compensa

Jul 16, 2025
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Job Boards Are Dying—AI Is Becoming the New Hiring Front Door

In July 2025, Japanese HR services giant Recruit Holdings announced a sweeping reorganization of its HR technology division, cutting approximately 1,300 jobs , or 6% of the department’s global workforce. The restructuring directly impacts i

Jul 12, 2025
Company News

Papaya Global and Worksome Partner to Transform the $2 Trillion Contingent Workforce Market for Enterprise Clients

Papaya Global and Worksome have formed a strategic partnership to transform how enterprises manage and pay their contingent workforce. As freelancers and contractors now make up 40% of the global labor market, this integration combines Papa

Jul 9, 2025
Product News

iCIMS Introduces New AI Capabilities for Smarter Sourcing and Recruiting

iCIMS has launched a new wave of AI-powered enhancements to streamline talent acquisition workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve candidate and recruiter experiences. The summer release introduces three key AI assistants—for candidate

Jul 9, 2025
Venture Capital

Eudia Acquires Johnson Hana to Build World's First AI-Augmented Human Workforce

Eudia has acquired Johnson Hana to create the world’s first AI-augmented human workforce focused on legal services. By combining Eudia’s agentic AI platform with Johnson Hana’s elite legal consultants, the company pioneers a new model where

Jul 8, 2025
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Lightcast Acquires Rhetorik to Expand Global People, Company, and Labor Market Intelligence

Lightcast , a global labor market intelligence leader, has acquired UK-based Rhetorik to significantly enhance its data capabilities. This strategic acquisition brings together Lightcast’s demand-side labor insights with Rhetorik’s supply-s

Jul 8, 2025
Venture Capital

LumApps and Beekeeper Merge to Form $1B+ AI Employee Hub for the Future of Work

LumApps and Beekeeper , two founder-led leaders in workplace technology, are merging in a Bridgepoint-backed deal that values the combined company at over $1 billion . The new entity will serve 7 million users across 2,000+ organizations ,

Jul 2, 2025
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zvoove Acquires mywage to Expand into UK with AI-Powered Payroll Platform

zvoove , a European leader in cloud solutions for the staffing and service industries, has announced its acquisition of mywage , a UK-based HR and payroll SaaS provider. This strategic move expands zvoove's presence into the UK — the third-

Jul 1, 2025
Product News

CoachHub Announces Official Rollout of AIMY™, Empowering the Global Workforce with an AI-driven Coaching Solution Accessible to Employees of All Levels

CoachHub has officially launched AIMY™, its AI-powered coaching solution now available to all clients. Rooted in behavioral science and built on a foundation of real coaching frameworks, AIMY™ delivers continuous, personalized guidance—voic

Jun 30, 2025
Venture Capital

Enrich Layer Acquires HR Signal® to Integrate Market-Leading Workforce Insights Engine™ into their Data Platform

Enrich Layer , a leading provider of unified B2B data enrichment APIs, has acquired HR Signal®, an AI-driven predictive workforce analytics platform known for its proprietary Workforce Insights Engine™. This strategic acquisition aims to ex

Jun 26, 2025
Company News

DHI Group Cuts 25% of Workforce at Dice Amid Strategic Restructuring

DHI Group (NYSE: DHX), the parent of tech-focused job boards Dice and ClearanceJobs, announced a 25% workforce reduction as part of a strategic restructuring. This decision follows an earlier 8% layoff in January and will result in $4.2 mil

Jun 26, 2025
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AI-Native Platform Niural Secures $31M to Automate Payroll and Global Ops

Niural, an AI-native global PEO platform, has raised $31 million in Series A funding to reinvent financial operations for modern CFOs. By combining proprietary infrastructure with executional AI agent EMMA, Niural transforms traditional pay

Jun 26, 2025
Company News

End of an Era: Zen JV Files for Bankruptcy, Marking the Final Chapter for CareerBuilder and Monster

Zen JV, LLC, the parent entity behind well-known recruitment brands like CareerBuilder and Monster Worldwide, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware. The filing includes ten affiliated entities and initiates a forma

Jun 24, 2025
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San Francisco-Based VoiceCare AI Secures $4.54M to Automate Complex Healthcare Conversations

Voicecare AI , a healthcare-focused agentic AI startup, has raised $4.54 million in a seed round led by Caduceus Capital Partners, with participation from Mayo Clinic and others. The San Francisco-based company is pioneering healthcare admi

Jun 23, 2025
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Aya Healthcare Acquires Locum’s Nest to Advance Innovative Workforce Solutions in the UK

Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare staffing and talent software company in the U.S., has acquired Locum’s Nest, a leading U.K.-based digital workforce platform that connects clinicians with open NHS shifts. This acquisition aims to comb

Jun 20, 2025
Venture Capital

Workerbee Secures Founder-Led Investment to Accelerate Trusted Agentic AI Hiring Infrastructure

Workerbee , an agent-powered hiring platform, announced a strategic investment from its founding team to scale its AI infrastructure and accelerate growth. With Heiko Roth stepping in as CEO, the company aims to disrupt traditional hiring p

Jun 17, 2025
Venture Capital

Vancouver’s Acorn Secures $12.3M to Advance Performance Learning Systems (PLMS)

Acorn , a Vancouver-based AI-powered performance and learning management platform, has secured $12.3 million in Series A funding led by Level Equity. The funding will accelerate product innovation and global expansion, coinciding with the l

Jun 17, 2025
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WorkWhile Secures $23 Million Series B, Fueling AI-Powered Revolution in $650B Staffing Industry

WorkWhile , an AI-driven labor platform transforming the $650B staffing industry, has raised $23 million in a Series B round led by Rethink Impact. The company leverages machine learning to match businesses with reliable hourly workers, ach

Jun 16, 2025
Venture Capital

ai.work Launches from Stealth with $10M Seed to Build Autonomous AI Employees for Enterprises

Tel Aviv- and New York-based startup ai.work  has emerged from stealth with a $10 million seed round led by A * and lool ventures , unveiling a new AI Worker platform built to automate internal enterprise operations. Founded by Maor Ezer an

Jun 10, 2025
Product News

Greenhouse Launches Dream Job To Fix Job Hunting and Boost Candidates' Chances Of Getting Hired

Greenhouse, a leading hiring software platform, has launched “Dream Job,” a new feature designed to counteract the inefficiencies of modern job hunting in the AI era. With job applications doubling since ChatGPT's release and recruiters ove

Jun 5, 2025
Company News

Workday Announces New AI Agent Partner Network and Agent Gateway to Power the Next Generation of Human and Digital Workforces

Workday has unveiled the Agent Partner Network and Agent Gateway at DevCon 2025, introducing a transformative shift in workforce management by integrating AI agents into the enterprise ecosystem. With partners like AWS, Microsoft, Google Cl

Jun 3, 2025
Venture Capital

UKG Acquires Shiftboard, a Leading Energy and Manufacturing Employee Scheduling Solutions Provider

UKG has acquired Shiftboard, a top scheduling software provider serving mission-critical sectors like oil and gas, energy, and manufacturing. Shiftboard’s platform optimizes union compliance, fatigue management, and 24/7 operations through

Jun 2, 2025
Product News

goHappy Launches Frontline Referrals to Transform Hourly Workforce Hiring

goHappy, a leader in frontline employee engagement, has launched Frontline Referrals , a revolutionary tool designed to modernize hourly worker recruitment. This no-app, text-based solution enables frontline staff to refer friends and forme

May 28, 2025
Product News

Workday Unveils Next Generation of Illuminate Agents to Transform HR and Finance Operations

Workday introduces new Illuminate Agents, a suite of advanced AI tools designed to revolutionize HR and financial operations. These agents automate key processes including contingent hiring, contract negotiations, accounting documentation,

May 19, 2025
Venture Capital

London-based Origin Secures $21M Series A to Revolutionize Global Benefits Intelligence

Origin today launched the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform, securing $21 million in a Series A led by Felix Capital (with Acadian Ventures and Notion Capital). Powered by its AI engine Cuido™, Origin centralizes and struc

May 14, 2025
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