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New Workday Global Research: AI Agents Are Here—But Don't Call Them Boss

Workday’s latest global research, AI Agents Are Here—But Don’t Call Them Boss , reveals that while 75% of employees are ready to collaborate with AI agents, only 30% are comfortable being managed by them. The survey of nearly 3,000 professi

Aug 12, 2025

Upwork Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Upwork reported strong Q2 2025 financial results, with record revenue of $194.9 million , GAAP net income of $32.7 million , and adjusted EBITDA of $57.1 million , marking a 17% profit margin and a record 29% EBITDA margin. The company rais

Aug 8, 2025

Fiverr Q2 2025 Earnings: $108.6M Revenue Driven by AI & Managed Services

Fiverr reported solid second-quarter 2025 results, with total revenue reaching $108.6 million, up 14.8% year-over-year. The growth was driven primarily by AI-related services, the strong performance of Fiverr Pro’s Managed Services, and a s

Jul 30, 2025

Julius AI Raises $10M to Democratize Data Analysis With AI Agents

Julius AI has raised $10 million in funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator, and other notable investors to democratize AI-powered data analysis. The platform allows non-technical users to analyze data, generate visualization

Jul 28, 2025

Leena AI Announces the Launch of Voice-Enabled, Agentic AI Colleagues to Revolutionize Employee Centricity and Enterprise Productivity

Leena AI has launched voice-enabled Agentic AI colleagues to revolutionize employee support and workplace productivity. These AI agents use natural voice interactions to assist employees across HR, IT, Sales, Finance, and more—anytime, anyw

Jul 24, 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

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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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

CA-based Wisq Raises $15M to Accelerate Human-Centric AI for HR

Wisq has raised a $15 million round from Norwest, Shasta Ventures, and True Ventures to accelerate the rise of Agentic HR—where AI supports, rather than replaces, the human side of HR. With its purpose-built AI HR Generalist “Harper” and pr

Jul 1, 2025

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

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

New York-Based Warp Raises $18M Series A to Build AI-Driven Payroll and Compliance Platform for Startups

Warp , a New York-based HR and payroll automation startup, announced it has raised $18 million in Series A funding , bringing its total funding to $24 million . The round was led by Sound Ventures , with participation from Y Combinator , HO

Jun 18, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

Humantelligence Unveils Ask Aura™: The Next Evolution in AI-Powered Workplace Coaching for Leaders, Managers & Teams

Humantelligence has introduced Ask Aura™, an AI-driven coaching assistant that delivers real-time, personalized guidance to employees, especially managers, to improve communication, collaboration, and leadership skills directly within tools

May 6, 2025

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ServiceNow and UKG collaborate to supercharge employee productivity and efficiency with agentic AI

At Knowledge 2025, ServiceNow and UKG unveiled a groundbreaking partnership to integrate their AI platforms—ServiceNow's newly launched AI Agent Fabric and UKG's People Fabric—to transform HR, payroll, and workforce management. This strateg

May 6, 2025

Italian-based Skillvue raises $6.3M to transform how companies discover and develop hidden talent

HR tech platform evolves from recruitment tool to comprehensive skills partner as organizations struggle to identify capabilities in both candidates and employees. Milan, May 05, 2025 -- While 70% of HR professionals desperately search for

May 5, 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

Artisan Raises $25M Series A to Build Autonomous AI Sales Workforce

Artisan has secured a $25 million Series A round led by Glade Brook Capital to expand its AI-driven sales platform. Known for its bold slogan “Stop hiring humans,” Artisan offers AI employees called "Artisans" to autonomously perform sales

Apr 16, 2025

Spain-Based Job&Talent Secures €92M to Accelerate AI-Driven Staffing Solutions

Job&Talent , a Spain-based digital staffing platform, has secured €92 million (US$101.3 million) in a Series F funding round, bringing its valuation to €1.3 billion. The funding will accelerate its international growth and support its AI-dr

Apr 10, 2025

Josh Bersin Company's Galileo™ Leaps Ahead with Next-Gen Reasoning Model & Industry-Leading Skills and Jobs Knowledge Base

With a new reasoning model, Galileo™ Mercury release now features "chain of thought" processing for advanced AI capability. A New "Consultant Mode" transforms Galileo into an HR and organizational consultant. Vast datasets of jobs, skills,

Apr 10, 2025

Workday Puts AI Agents Center Stage with Rock Stars Gwen Stefani, Paul Stanley, and Billy Idol

Rockers Tell Office Workers “We’ll Stay Out of Your World, if You Stay Out of Ours” PLEASANTON, Calif., Apr. 7, 2025 – Workday, Inc . (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people , money , and agents , is bringing AI agents cent

Apr 7, 2025

ServiceNow to boost CRM offering with acquisition of Logik.ai’s best-in-class, AI-powered CPQ solution

ServiceNow has announced the acquisition of Logik.ai, a leader in AI-powered, composable Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) solutions, to enhance its CRM and Sales and Order Management capabilities. The move aims to streamline complex sales wo

Apr 3, 2025

Perceptyx Launches First ‘Experience-Aware’ AI Coaching Agent

Perceptyx has unveiled the industry's first "experience-aware" AI Coach, a generative AI agent embedded within its EX platform that delivers real-time, personalized leadership development. Unlike generic coaching tools, AI Coach continuousl

Apr 2, 2025

Canada-Based Ribbon Lands $8M to Build the AI-First Hiring Platform for High-Turnover Industries

Ribbon , an AI-native hiring platform, aims to fix the broken recruitment system by offering intelligent, voice-based interviews and real-time analytics that drastically reduce hiring times and improve candidate experiences. Backed by $8M i

Mar 31, 2025