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Compliance training consolidates, Microsoft's ecosystem deepens, and hiring fraud forces a new tool category into existence.
360training Acquires Atlantic Training, Adding OSHA and Workplace-Safety Courses
360training has acquired Atlantic Training, adding a 305-course catalog spanning OSHA, workplace safety, HR compliance, and soft skills — along with the WAVE EHS management software platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal broadens the Austin-based, PE-backed training company's commercial portfolio, which now spans more than 17 brands.
Agentic AI in HR: Lessons From IBM, Workday and Josh Bersin - Business Chief
Business Chief has published a feature examining how agentic AI is reshaping HR functions, drawing on perspectives from IBM, Workday, and industry analyst Josh Bersin. The piece frames adoption considerations for HR practitioners navigating the shift toward autonomous AI agents in the workplace.
HR TechnologyWhen AI Does the Work, Who Manages the Worker?
From banking agents to skills acquisitions, today's deals force a question HR hasn't fully answered yet.
Bascom Group Acquires 370-Unit Workforce Housing Community in Dallas MSA - PR Newswire
Bascom Group has acquired a 370-unit residential community in the Dallas metro area. The transaction is a straightforward real estate deal with no HR-technology or AI workforce angle.
AI & AutomationKastle Raises $24M Series A Led by Insight Partners to Build the AI Workforce for Banking Operations - PR Newswire
Kastle, a startup building autonomous AI agents for banking back-office operations, has closed a $24M Series A led by Insight Partners. The round underscores rising investor appetite for purpose-built 'AI workforce' platforms — digital workers designed to handle domain-specific operational tasks in regulated industries — and sharpens the strategic question facing HR and people-ops leaders in financial services: how to govern, integrate, and manage a workforce that increasingly blends human and AI workers.
HR TechnologyThe Mid-Funnel Is Crowded — and Everyone's Trying to Own It
From consolidation plays to California's AI hiring crackdown, today's news circles one pressure point: who controls candidate evaluation, and under what rules.
Magentic raises $18M to build the AI workforce for the physical world
Magentic has raised an $18M Series A led by Felicis, with Sequoia Capital and The Westly Group participating. Its multi-agent digital workers manage procurement workflows end to end. Customers report 2–5% savings, 60% better data quality, and $4M found at one company.
New Survey from Legion Technologies Finds Workforce Technology Is Improving Employee Flexibility and Operational Efficiency
Legion Technologies has released its 2026 State of the North American Hourly Workforce report, surveying hourly employees and managers across 11 industries. The headline finding, according to the company, is that modern workforce management (WFM) technology is enabling organizations to deliver greater schedule flexibility to workers while simultaneously improving operational efficiency — a pairing long assumed to involve painful trade-offs.
Amazon raises minimum starting pay for full-time core operations employees to $20/hour, with average pay reaching nearly $24/hour, and launches grocery discount and access to new lifetime banking bene
Amazon has announced it is raising the minimum starting wage for U.S. full-time core operations employees — covering warehouse and logistics roles — to $20/hour, with average pay for those workers reportedly reaching nearly $24/hour. The company is also introducing a grocery discount benefit and access to a new lifetime banking product as part of a broader effort to improve day-to-day affordability for its frontline workforce. No HR-technology or workforce-software component has been disclosed.
ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for August 29, 2026
ADP reportedly released a preliminary estimate of its National Employment Report for August 29, 2026, according to HR Tech Feed. The feed item contains no actual employment figures or HR-technology context, making meaningful analysis impossible at this stage.
Phenom Named a 2026 Top HR Product of the Year by HR Executive
Phenom has been named a 2026 Top HR Product of the Year by HR Executive magazine, according to a September 15 announcement. The specific product or feature behind the designation was not disclosed in the announcement.
India’s Darwinbox Secures Follow-on Investment from TVG; Amount and Round Undisclosed
Teachers' Venture Growth has made its second investment in Darwinbox, following its 2025 entry. Darwinbox serves 1,400+ companies and 4.5 million employees globally. Its AI-native HCM platform, Darwinbox Cortex™, launched in August. Investment terms were not disclosed.
Las Vegas Raiders Select UKG to Power Their Workforce Across Football and Business Operations
The Las Vegas Raiders have chosen UKG as their workforce management platform, according to a Business Wire announcement. The deal is aimed at unifying scheduling, operations, and real-time workforce visibility across both the franchise's football and business sides.
Phenom Unveils Agenda for AI Day 2026, Its Annual Technical Showcase Behind Applied AI & Agents for HR
Phenom has published the agenda for AI Day 2026, its annual technical showcase centered on applied AI and agentic capabilities for HR. The event underscores the vendor's continued investment in AI-driven hiring and talent tools, though specific product announcements or launch details have not been disclosed.
HR TechnologyNara Health Raises $14M to Reinvent Health Insurance Through AI Benefits Administration and Alternative Health Plans
Nara Health, a Chicago-based startup, has closed $14 million in combined pre-seed and seed funding led by Khosla Ventures. The company is developing an AI-native Third Party Administration platform designed to overhaul employer-sponsored health benefits, with a particular focus on offering alternative health plans that reduce premium costs for the roughly 170 million Americans covered through their employers.
Workday has a new CMO
Workday has named Sarah Kennedy Ellis as Chief Marketing Officer, effective October 5, 2026. She will report directly to co-founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri and take ownership of global marketing, communications, and brand strategy, with a stated mandate to advance Workday's AI-era growth story.
G-P Secures #1 Position in HR Technology Advice’s (HRTA) Inaugural EOR Market Report - The Malaysian Reserve
G-P (Globalization Partners) has reportedly claimed the #1 ranking in HR Technology Advice's (HRTA) first-ever Employer of Record market report — a milestone that underscores both the company's market positioning and the growing analyst scrutiny of the EOR sector.
Jack & Jill Raises £30M Series A For AI Hiring Agents - konsulteer.com
AI recruiting startup Jack & Jill has reportedly closed a £30M Series A to build and scale AI hiring agents, according to konsulteer.com. The round underscores continued investor appetite for agentic automation in talent acquisition. Key details — including lead investor, valuation, and founding team — have not been disclosed in available reporting.
ADP Partners with AWS to Accelerate AI-Powered Innovation in Human Capital Management - HRTech Series
ADP has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at accelerating AI-powered innovation across its Human Capital Management platform. According to the source report, the alliance represents a deeper cloud-infrastructure commitment intended to speed up product development for enterprise HR buyers. Specific deal terms, financial details, and named product deliverables were not disclosed in the available information.
Main Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in UK-Based Orgvue in First UK Platform Investment
Main Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in UK-Based Orgvue in First UK Platform Investment. Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in London-headquartered Orgvue, marking the software investor’s first platform investment in the UK. Orgvue provides cloud-based Strategic Workforce Management software used by close to 200 global enterprise
Salesforce leads $166 million investment in HiBob, valuing Israeli HR tech company at $3.2 billion - calcalistech.com
Salesforce has led a $166 million funding round in HiBob, an Israeli-founded modern HRIS platform, pushing the company's valuation to $3.2 billion. The investment represents one of the largest recent bets on next-generation core HR infrastructure and underscores growing enterprise software interest in the HR technology sector.
Venture CapitalFlip Raises $25 Million to Bring AI to Deskless Workers at Risk of Being Left Behind by the AI Revolution
Flip has raised $25M to expand AI access for frontline and deskless workers. Existing investors Notion Capital and HV Capital increased their stakes, while L-Bank joined as a new investor. Funding will support Fusion and Frontline Identity.
Company NewsWorkday Introduces AI Research Team Dedicated to Advancing Reliable, Trustworthy, and Efficient Enterprise AI
Workday has launched Workday AI Research to tackle enterprise AI challenges including agent memory, explainability and multi-agent orchestration. Its latest research reports 12% higher memory precision, ~8% better quality and 5.8% higher mu
Product NewshireEZ Rebuilds Its Recruiting Platform From the Ground Up Around AI Agents
hireEZ has rebuilt its talent acquisition platform around agents, with access starting Aug. 27. EZ Agent works across 1B+ professional profiles plus ATS and talent community data, while recruiters retain approval over strategy, shortlists a
HotNewsWorkday Surges on Reported Silver Lake Takeover Talks: A New Test for SaaS in the AI Era
A reported takeover approach has suddenly put Workday at the center of one of the largest potential enterprise software transactions in years. Reuters reported on August 13 that technology investment firm Silver Lake has been in discussi
Venture CapitalMetaview Acquires Reval as Recruiting AI Moves From Assistants to Autonomous AI Coworkers
Metaview has acquired AI-native recruiting firm Reval . Reval founders Seth Tilliss and Aditya Gupta will join Metaview to accelerate fillmore, its autonomous AI coworker. fillmore has attracted 2,000+ hiring managers and recruiting teams t
Company NewsHireQuest Q2 Profitability Surges as Staffing Market Shows Signs of Recovery
HireQuest reported Q2 2026 revenue of $8.1M, up 6.0% YoY. Excluding the MRINetwork divestiture, revenue grew 16.6% and system-wide sales rose 6.9%. Net income reached $2.7M, while Adjusted EBITDA increased to $4.6M. GOOSE CREEK, S.C.
Venture CapitalSan Francisco Humanoid Robotics Startup Avatar Robotics Raises $6.5M Seed Round Led by AlleyCorp
Avatar Robotics raised a $6.5M Seed round led by AlleyCorp, with a pre-seed led by defy.vc. Since launching in Dec. 2025, its humanoid robots have packed, sorted, and helped ship 900,000+ products across live warehouse environments, with 24
Company NewsPaylocity FY2026 Revenue Reaches $1.771 Billion as Net Income Rises 18.8% and AI Strategy Accelerates
Paylocity closed fiscal 2026 with double-digit growth, stronger profitability, and an expanded product strategy spanning HR, Finance, and IT. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 11.0% year over year to $444.7 million, while recurring and other reve
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