Top 13 Startups developing AI for Human Resources Management

Updated: Jan 03, 2026
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These startups use artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning algorithms to automate HR processes, including candidate screening, employee onboarding and training, performance evaluation, workforce planning, and talent management.
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Eightfold
Country: USA | Funding: $424M
Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
2
Gloat
Country: USA | Funding: $192.6M
Gloat is an AI-based anonymous career development platform allowing users to both know their worth and get concrete offers in real time.
3
Legion
Country: USA | Funding: $185.5M
Legion’s AI-powered workforce management platform helps companies maximize labor efficiency while increasing employee engagement.
4
Aisera
Country: USA | Funding: $164.5M
Aisera provides AI-driven service solution that automates operations and support for IT, human resources, sales, and customer service.
5
Simpplr
Country: USA | Funding: $131.1M
Simpplr is an AI-powered employee experience platform that provides personalized experiences that inspire and engage employees. Simpplr uses AI for sentiment and emotion analysis, auto-writing and fine-tuning company content intended for employees.
6
Soul Machines
Country: USA | Funding: $121.4M
Soul Machines is developing a platform for creating human-like AI agents (virtual employees with video avatars) that can perform business functions with intelligent coordination across the entire AI stack. AI agents can be trained on a proprietary LLM model or integrated with any leading LLM model, such as GPT. Integration with workflow automation platforms is also available - for example with Salesforce, ServiceNow and Zapier. Enhanced security protocols are promised to protect sensitive corporate data. For avatar creation there is a Studio and the library of ready-made characters, pre-trained for specific roles: support specialist, HR, sales or clinical trial onboarding agent. The studio allows to customize avatar appearance, gestures, personality, language, voice and other parameters, similar to The Sims.
7
EdCast
Country: USA | Funding: $107.3M
EdCast is an AI-powered knowledge cloud for unified discovery, knowledge management, and personalized learning.
8
Leena AI
Country: USA | Funding: $40M
Leena is smart AI powered HR companion dedicated towards engaging employees
9
Benivo
Country: UK | Funding: $27M
Benivo is the leading end-to-end, single platform solution for Global Mobility teams to manage their globally mobile workforce and programs.
10
Symmetrical.ai
Country: UK | Funding: $26.4M
We are a technology company that builds core infrastructure for fast, flexible and global payroll of the future.
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Cloverleaf
Country: USA | Funding: $18.1M
Cloverleaf is a development tool for teams. We take your employee data and provide visual insights into your team. We help you position team members into the right roles, give you resources for more effective communication and identify the right people to add to the team for improved productivity.
12
Xor.ai
Country: USA | Funding: $9.3M
XOR specializes in human resource and talent acquisition workflow automation. Leveraging the cutting-edge technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, hiring automation and AI chatbots for recruiting, XOR is an enterprise-now SaaS platform that will streamline the most challenging and time-consuming processes in recruiting.
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HowNow
Country: UK | Funding: $9.3M
HowNow is a London-based EdTech startup that connects experts and learners by offering interactive video lessons. Machine-learning is employed to push the right content to the right employee.
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Editor: Siddhant Patel
Siddhant Patel is a senior editor for AI-Startups. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. Siddhant has a special interest in artificial intelligence and has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the industry. Siddhant graduated from the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru). When he’s not writing, Siddhant is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Siddhant at sidpatel(at)ai-startups(dot)pro