hireEZ appointed Dr. Tianlong Chen (UNC Chapel Hill) as Chief AI Scientist to lead the hireEZ AI Lab and accelerate its Agentic AI roadmap. Building on hireEZ’s early AI-sourcing work (since 2016) and its all-in-one platform, the new research group will convert cutting-edge work on reliable, effic

Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Dayforce Inc. in a deal valued at more than $11 billion, potentially taking the HR software provider private. Despite strong revenue growth and improving profitability, Dayforce has struggled in public markets, losing 60% of its value since 2021. The acqui

Upwork Inc. has launched Lifted, a wholly owned subsidiary designed to help enterprises manage the full spectrum of contingent workforce needs, including independent contractors, AOR, EOR, staff augmentation, and SOW engagements. Built on recent acquisitions of Bubty and Ascen, Lifted integrates sou

Workday and DailyPay have announced a strategic partnership to provide on-demand pay solutions for millions of workers across the U.S. and Canada. The integration with Workday HCM and Payroll will allow employees, particularly frontline and hourly workers, to access their earned wages in real time,

Deel has launched its AI Workforce, a new platform feature designed to help global HR and payroll teams manage administrative workloads through AI-powered agents. With seven specialized AI agents for functions like hiring, payroll, compliance, time-off requests, and offboarding, Deel aims to reduce

Workday confirmed a security incident in which attackers accessed a third-party customer relationship database and stole personal contact information (names, emails, phone numbers). Workday says there’s no indication of access to customer tenants or HR records. The breach aligns with a broader wav

Workday has acquired Flowise, an open-source, low-code AI agent builder platform, to empower customers and partners with fast, customizable, and responsible AI development capabilities. Flowise enables users to design and deploy AI agents for HR, finance, and other sectors with a visual interface, i

Darwinbox, a fast-growing AI-powered human capital management (HCM) platform, has secured US$40 million from Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), part of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The funding will accelerate the company’s North American expansion and advance its agentic AI innovations,

ZipRecruiter has launched Breakroom in the U.S., a workplace rating platform designed for frontline industries such as retail, hospitality, and logistics. With over one million employee ratings, Breakroom offers role- and location-specific insights into pay, schedules, team culture, and work conditi

Workday’s latest global research, AI Agents Are Here—But Don’t Call Them Boss, reveals that while 75% of employees are ready to collaborate with AI agents, only 30% are comfortable being managed by them. The survey of nearly 3,000 professionals across North America, APAC, and EMEA highlights t