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SAP to Acquire SmartRecruiters: Integrating Innovative Talent Acquisition Portfolio Will Help Companies Attract and Retain Top Talent

SAP has announced its agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters , a leading provider of AI-powered talent acquisition solutions. This strategic move aims to enhance SAP’s SuccessFactors HCM suite by integrating SmartRecruiters’ strengths in re

Aug 1, 2025

San Francisco’s Sparrow Secures $35M Series B to Tackle Global Leave Compliance with AI

Sparrow , the first end-to-end leave management platform designed for modern, global companies, has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $64 million. The company leverages AI and compliance expert

Jul 29, 2025

San Francisco’s Ashby Lands $50M Series D to Advance Enterprise Recruiting Innovation

Ashby, a San Francisco-based intelligent hiring platform, has secured a $50 million Series D round led by Alkeon Capital, doubling its valuation since the Series C. The funding follows significant growth—customer count rose from 1,300 to 2,

Jul 22, 2025

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

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Torch Acquires AI Learning Company Praxis Labs to Redefine Coaching as a Catalyst for Organizational Change

Torch, a contextual coaching platform, has acquired Praxis Labs, an AI-powered learning platform known for its research-backed simulations, skill assessments, and AI coaching. This strategic acquisition aims to bridge the persistent gap bet

Jul 10, 2025

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

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

SmartRecruiters Launches Agentic AI Hiring Platform

SmartRecruiters has unveiled a groundbreaking agentic AI hiring platform featuring Winston, an embedded AI companion that streamlines every stage of the hiring journey. With SmartOS at its core, the system automates repetitive tasks like sc

Jun 10, 2025

Homebase Launches AI Hiring & Scheduling Assistants for Small Businesses

Homebase has launched two AI-powered assistants—Hiring Assistant and Scheduling Assistant—to tackle the biggest time-consuming challenges for small businesses: hiring and scheduling. Built specifically for hourly teams, these tools automate

Jun 5, 2025

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

Clara Home Care Closes $3.1M Seed Round to Transform Senior Home Care

Clara Home Care, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding to transform senior home care with its AI-driven platform. By simplifying the direct hiring of professional caregivers, Clara helps families access affo

Jun 3, 2025

eTip Launches Debit Payroll Card to Modernize Tipped Wage Access

eTip, a leading digital tipping platform for hospitality and service sectors, has launched a new no-fee VISA debit payroll card that allows instant access to tips and wages. The card, available in both physical and virtual formats, is desig

Jun 2, 2025

Darwinbox Becomes First HCM Platform Globally to Launch Its Own Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

Darwinbox has become the first global Human Capital Management (HCM) platform to launch its own Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, marking a major leap toward enabling secure, intelligent collaboration between AI agents and enterprise sys

May 12, 2025

Rippling Raises $450M in Series G, Valuation Soars to $16.8B as YC Becomes a Customer

Rippling has raised $450M in a Series G round, boosting its valuation to $16.8B. The round includes investors like Elad Gil, Sands Capital, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Baillie Gifford, and Y Combinator. A $200M tender offer accompanies

May 11, 2025

Confirm Launches AI-Powered One-Click Performance Reviews, Bringing Speed, Fairness and Simplicity to Performance Management

Confirm has launched its AI-powered One-Click Performance Reviews to simplify, accelerate, and bring fairness to performance management. Built on Organizational Network Analysis (ONA), the solution auto-generates self-assessments and manage

Apr 29, 2025

San Francisco-Based TeamOhana Expands Funding to Launch AI Agents for Finance, HR, and Talent Collaboration

TeamOhana, a strategic headcount management platform, has secured $7.5 million in seed funding, bringing its total funding to over $11.5 million. The company plans to expand its AI-driven "Agentic AI" workforce planning platform, which acts

Apr 29, 2025

WorkStep Acquires WorkHound to Strengthen Frontline Engagement Capabilities Across Logistics and Industrial Sectors

WorkStep has officially acquired WorkHound, a frontline employee feedback platform, in a strategic move to deepen its impact on frontline workforce engagement. By combining WorkStep’s data-driven insights and WorkHound’s real-time feedback

Apr 24, 2025

Checkr Expands into Employment Verification with Acquisition of Truework

Checkr has announced its acquisition of Truework , a major player in income and employment verification. This strategic move allows Checkr to expand beyond background checks into the multi-billion dollar employment verification industry. Tr

Apr 17, 2025

“The Spy in the Slack Channel”: Inside the Silicon Valley Espionage Scandal Between Rippling and Deel

In a plot that feels more like the screenplay of a corporate thriller than a courtroom reality, two of Silicon Valley’s most celebrated HR tech unicorns—Rippling and Deel—are now locked in a high-stakes legal war involving secret communicat

Apr 4, 2025

Thatch Secures $40M Series B to Redefine Health Benefits from San Francisco

Thatch has secured a $40M Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and ADP Ventures. The company aims to revolutionize employee healthcare by replacing outdated employer-co

Apr 3, 2025

UKG Appoints Former Autodesk CIO Prakash Kota to Lead Global Tech and AI Strategy

UKG has appointed Prakash Kota as its new Chief Information Officer, marking a strategic move to enhance its global HR and workforce management offerings. With over two decades of experience in enterprise technology, including his recent ro

Apr 3, 2025

The Adecco Group and Salesforce Launch New Company to Integrate Human and AI Talent

The Adecco Group, in collaboration with Salesforce, has launched a new company aimed at seamlessly integrating human and digital talent in the workforce. This venture will utilize Salesforce's digital labor platform, Agentforce, and Adecco'

Mar 27, 2025

Marit Health Launches Groundbreaking Community-Powered Platform for Salary Transparency in Medicine, Secures $3.2M Seed Round

Marit Health , a newly launched platform designed to provide salary transparency for physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), is revolutionizing the healthcare sector. Backed by $3.2 million in seed funding, Marit offers clinician

Mar 27, 2025

Firstup Launches Workforce Orchestration, Transforming How Enterprises Drive Employee Activation

Firstup has launched an AI-powered workforce orchestration solution to revolutionize enterprise employee communications. By bringing AI-driven marketing automation principles to internal workforce engagement, organizations can now automate

Mar 20, 2025

Lattice Debuts AI Agent for HR as HRIS Customer Growth Surges 250%

Lattice has introduced an AI-powered HR agent to streamline HR processes and enhance employee productivity. The AI agent automates responses to common HR inquiries, allowing HR teams to focus on strategic tasks like performance management a

Mar 18, 2025

HR Tech Espionage Scandal: Rippling Sues Deel Over Alleged Trade-Secret Theft and Corporate Spying

A lawsuit filed by Rippling accuses Deel, a $12 billion HR tech unicorn, of orchestrating corporate espionage and trade-secret theft. The complaint alleges that Deel cultivated a Rippling employee as a corporate spy, who conducted thousands

Mar 18, 2025

Remote Unveils Recruit: AI-Powered Hiring with One-Click Global Onboarding

Remote has introduced Recruit , an AI-driven talent sourcing solution that simplifies global hiring by providing access to a vast talent intelligence dataset, smart sourcing capabilities, and one-click compliant hiring. Through its partners

Mar 11, 2025

ServiceNow to extend leading agentic AI to every employee for every corner of the business with acquisition of Moveworks

ServiceNow has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moveworks, combining ServiceNow’s agentic AI and automation strengths with Moveworks’ front-end AI assistant and enterprise search capabilities. This move aims to deliver powerful AI-d

Mar 10, 2025