Harmony, a New York-based AI platform for enterprise employee support, has raised $34 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Hitachi Ventures, Fin Capital, Mercer Ventures, Operator Partners and several angel investors also participated. Founded by Nitzan Shapira and Ran Ribenza

August 18 is emerging as HRDay: H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, and R is the 18th. The 2026 international launch centers on “AI Runs the Work. HR Keeps It Human.” HR professionals can also contribute to The Record at hrday.org. DHRmap Editorial Every industry seems to have its calendar

Partner Content from HRDay.org August 18 is emerging as a global day for the human resources profession. Created around a simple connection—H is the eighth letter of the alphabet and R is the eighteenth—HR Day invites HR professionals, business leaders and organizations to recognize the peopl

Paylocity has acquired Aidora, an AI-native leave management compliance software company, to strengthen its HR platform with more automated, employee-friendly leave administration. Announced on July 9, 2026, the transaction adds a natural language interaction model that allows employees to engage by

Blink has raised $17M in new funding led by Enlightened Hospitality Investments, affiliated with Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group. The round coincides with a new global partnership with Shake Shack and will support Blink’s AI-first platform for frontline employee experience. B

MikeWorldWide (MWW) has acquired workforce communications firm HudsonLake, adding organizational change, employee experience, labor relations, and employer branding capabilities to its reputation management platform. Clients include Toyota, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines. Workforce strategy

Workday has introduced its next wave of Agentic AI capabilities, signaling a major shift from traditional enterprise software toward autonomous task execution. The announcement centers on the concept of the “New Work Day,” where human employees and AI agents collaborate within a unified platform

Origin has raised $30M Series A+ led by Notion Capital, bringing total funding to $50M+ in 12 months. Its AI-powered platform, Cuido™, helps enterprises unify fragmented global benefits data, improve visibility, and reduce costs — with clients like Pfizer, Comcast, and BP. New funding wil

Workhuman’s employee recognition platform now supports 8M users across 180+ countries and has facilitated 100M+ recognition moments. With a “thank you” sent every 2 seconds, the platform powers a $1B global rewards marketplace and shows measurable results in performance, retention, and employe

Remote has completed the acquisition of Atlas, a global expense management solution, marking a strategic expansion of its global employment operating system into financial operations. As companies increasingly hire beyond their headquarters and operate fully distributed teams, managing employee expe