Textio has introduced Lavalier, a new interview intelligence platform designed to help recruiting teams improve hiring quality through structured and evidence-based interviews. Announced in San Francisco, Lavalier aims to address long-standing inefficiencies in recruitment processes, where inconsist

Wellfound acquires Hirefly, an agentic recruiting platform automating outbound sourcing and inbound application review. The move integrates Hirefly’s AI-first workflows and customer base across startups and enterprises, strengthening Wellfound’s recruiting stack and Autopilot service. Wellfou

In January 2026, The Josh Bersin Company released new research predicting the most significant HR transformation in decades, driven by the rapid rise of AI-powered “superagents.” According to the firm, HR technology will evolve from simple AI assistants into semi-autonomous agents and, ultimatel

Alex, an AI-powered recruiting partner, has secured $20 million in funding—including a $17 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners and a $3 million Seed round by 1984 Ventures. The company leverages AI agents to automate interviews, resume screening, fraud detection, and ATS integration, empoweri

In July 2025, Japanese HR services giant Recruit Holdings announced a sweeping reorganization of its HR technology division, cutting approximately 1,300 jobs, or 6% of the department’s global workforce. The restructuring directly impacts its flagship platforms Indeed and Glassdoor, with the latt

hireEZ has launched Agentic AI, a semi-autonomous recruiting solution embedded within its AI-first talent acquisition platform. Positioned between fully autonomous and assistant-level AI, Agentic AI offers guided autonomy—automating tasks like sourcing, outreach, and analytics while keeping recrui

Sense has unveiled its latest innovation, Sense Conversational Voice AI, which integrates with the company's existing Recruiting Automation, Chatbot, and Messaging products. This new technology automates candidate outreach, screening, and scheduling, significantly reducing the time recruiters spend