DianaHR, a San Francisco–based startup founded by former Gusto Head of Engineering Upeka Bee, has raised a $3.7 million seed round led by SNR Ventures with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and unicorn founders from Mercury, Twitch, and Dropbox. Targeting the 1.4 million U.S. SMBs

At its 2025 Innovation Day, ADP unveiled new AI-powered features across Workforce Now®, ADP Global Payroll®, and ADP Lyric HCM®, designed to solve HR’s biggest pain points. The enhancements, built on ADP Assist, focus on proactive payroll anomaly detection, instant workforce analytics, real-tim

Alight has released the second major update of its Alight Worklife® platform for 2025, reinforcing its AI-powered capabilities across employee benefits administration. This release enhances five key areas: health, wealth, wellbeing, navigation, and absence management. With over 30 new features—in

 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, anywhere. With human-in-the-loop control and seamless system

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 proprietary HR language model “HRLM,” Wisq is enabli

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 payroll into a system of intelligence that manages compliance,

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, HOF Capital, SV Angel, Homebrew Capital, and several high-profile

On May 7, 2025, Engagedly, an AI-powered talent management platform, announced its acquisition of hiringtool.co, a GenAI-first applicant tracking system (ATS) tailored for startups and SMEs. This strategic move integrates intelligent hiring workflows with Engagedly’s broader suite for performance,

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 talent with the right skills, most organizations are sittin

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 and workforce planning. By integrating with company data sour