The 2026 HR landscape is being shaped by three converging forces: rapid AI adoption, rising expectations for employee well-being, and a complex regulatory environment across states and countries. This report highlights how organizations are shifting toward skills-based workforce planning, redefining

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In a major recent development, Mercor has announced a USD 350 million Series C round, led by Felicis with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst and Robinhood Ventures—bringing the company’s valuation to approximately USD 10 billion. The firm—founded just three years ago—operates at

Workday has unveiled its new Custom AI Model Library for the Workday Contract Intelligence Agent, powered by Evisort. With over 120 pre-built AI models, this release enhances Workday’s enterprise AI capabilities by enabling automatic contract analysis across HR, Finance, Legal, and IT. The library

Aragorn AI,, a Dallas-based HR technology startup, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding led by LiveOak Ventures, with participation from Dallas Venture Capital, bringing its total funding to $5.5 million. Founded in 2022 by siblings Ed and Gladys Adjei, the company is building a People Ops Operat

Helios has rebranded as Globalli and launched the world’s first-ever Global People Operating System (OS), designed to unify payroll, compliance, and HR across more than 125 countries. The platform integrates employees and contractors into one payroll core, supports multiple currencies—including

The Talent Studios has launched Determined People™, an agentic AI-enabled cognitive engine designed to transform recruitment into a precise, evidence-driven science. Built by veteran executive search consultants and technology teams across Israel and North America, the platform integrates decades

Valence, the company behind Nadia—the world’s first enterprise AI coach—has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. With deployments across Fortune 500 companies like Experian, Delta Air Lines, Kraft Heinz, and General Mills, Nadia has already facilitated over

Draup has launched Etter.ai, an agentic AI platform designed to help enterprises transform their workforce strategies. Built on Draup’s extensive global labor and market data, Etter decomposes job roles into individual tasks, classifying them as human, AI, or human+AI, and models their automation

RADICL, founded by workplace technology veterans Dan and Patrick Riley, has launched an AI-native platform designed to redefine how people and teams collaborate in the modern workplace. Unlike traditional top-down systems, RADICL takes a bottom-up approach to empower individuals, strengthen teams, a