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Deel Supercharges Platform with Built-in Artificial Intelligence, Pay Flexibility, and Global Hiring Tools

New tools simplify onboarding, compensation, payroll, and compliance in Deel’s all-in-one platform.

LONDON, 9 July 2025 – Deel, the leading global payroll and HR platform, today introduced a major wave of AI-powered features in its quarterly product showcase, The Deel Drop: Summer Edition. The update includes more than 500 improvements across onboarding, payroll, HRIS, and client experience, focused on simplifying day-to-day operations for global teams.

Deel’s all-in-one platform now embeds intelligence at every step, from talent strategy and financial operations to compliance and support. This quarter, the company introduced new capabilities that anticipate customer needs, reduce back-and-forth, and help organizations make better decisions about how and where to scale. At the same time, it continues to reduce operational friction through self-serve payroll features, built-in financial tools, and clearer HR workflows for global teams.

Payroll and Finance Flexibility

  • Anytime Pay: The world’s first truly global, on-demand pay solution. Eligible EOR employees can instantly access a portion of earned salary anytime, right from the Deel dashboard—no approvals, no delays, no fees, and zero impact on payroll operations.
  • Expense Cards:  virtual and physical cards available in 130+ countries give EOR employees access to company funds with tight spend controls.
  • Self-Serve Payroll Calendar & Redesigned Payslips: Admins can now adjust pay cycles in-platform and employees get clear, visual breakdowns of every pay run.

Smarter Global Hiring

  • Visa Eligibility Tool: Deel AI now helps companies instantly assess work permit paths across 50+ countries, saving weeks of legal back-and-forth.
  • Global Hiring Insights: With just a few inputs, customers get ranked country recommendations based on timezone overlap, cost, and compliance complexity.

Workforce Planning Becomes Proactive

  • Scenario Planning: Teams can now model org growth and hiring options based on budget, region, or business objectives.
  • Salary Planning: Run compliant, global review cycles with built-in guardrails, budget control, and manager approvals, no spreadsheets required.

AI-Powered Support and Compliance

  • Knowledge Hub: Hiring managers, admins, and employees now have instant access to up-to-date guidance for 150+ countries, embedded right in the platform.
  • Deel AI Walkthroughs: Over 200 in-product walkthroughs now offer dynamic, contextual help for complex tasks.
  • Support Inbox: Customers can now manage support cases across teams, with a unified view for HR, Finance, and employees.

“Deel is evolving into the infrastructure layer for global workforce operations,” said Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder and CEO of Deel. “This latest product drop was all about listening to customers and removing friction, whether you’re planning a hire in Brazil, running compensation reviews in Berlin, or onboarding a contractor in Nairobi, Deel understands what you need next. We’re building the system of record for modern teams.”

The Deel Drop: Summer Edition follows The Big Deel launch in April and supports Deel’s mission to build the most unified platform for global work. Deel recently announced that it achieved a $1 billion annual revenue run rate in the first quarter of 2025.  The global payroll and HR leader now serves over 35,000 businesses worldwide, and processes more than $11 billion in annual payroll.

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About Deel

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines payroll, HRIS, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Discover how Deel makes global work simple at deel.com.

AI, HR Tech, News

Yepic AI Launches the Human Capital OS to Scale Empathy Across the Workforce

Yepic AI has today unveiled the launch of its innovative flagship platform, The Human Capital OS, to transform the way businesses onboard, train, and support people through lifelike, emotionally aware avatars.

Established in 2019 by tech entrepreneur, Aaron Jones, Yepic AI has since evolved into a pioneer in AI avatar generation, which leverages video to transform human-AI interaction through real-time AI video agents.

Its latest innovation – The Human Capital OS – is an emotionally intelligent AI system designed to successfully leverage advanced perception, understanding, and expression to deliver AI-powered interactions that feel human. Whether used asynchronously or in real time, Yepic avatars are capable of sensing emotional state, adapting communication style, and guiding users with empathy.

As such, the new flagship platform is now available to integrate into businesses across a host of industry sectors – providing valuable and cost-effective resource beyond repetitive tasks.

“The future of work requires emotional intelligence at scale,” said Aaron Jones, CEO of Yepic AI. “The Human Capital OS makes it possible to deliver coaching-quality support across every part of the business—from onboarding new hires to helping customers in the moment they need it most.”

The new Yepic AI Human Capital OS is available in three delivery modes:

 

  • Async Mode: Pre-recorded agents for training, onboarding, and messaging
  • Live Mode: Real-time avatars for support, coaching, and engagement
  • Embedded Mode: Developer tools to bring emotionally intelligent avatars into apps and platforms

 

From learning and development to customer experience and professional services, Yepic’s technology adapts to each user’s emotional and situational context — helping organizations augment their teams with AI that doesn’t just respond, but connects.

Over the last 12 months alone, Yepic AI has accelerated growth as more businesses leverage the power of AI to enhance operational efficiencies and stakeholder engagement.

For more information, visit: https://www.yepic.ai

 

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Global AI-driven company strengthens innovation team in UK

A company looking to address global workforce challenges through the use of ethical AI has appointed two new members to the team.

Tom Woofenden, and Tree will help UK-based Cognisess integrate advanced AI-driven tools with human insights to address pressing challenges, including skills gaps, workforce transformation, and public sector modernisation.

Tom who lives in Bath has been recruited as a Data Science Consultant and Tree from Farleigh Hungerford is the company’s new Consulting Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

 

Tom brings a wealth of expertise in health, research, and data analysis to the role. He holds a BSc in Biological Sciences (University of the West of England, Bristol), an MSc in Human Biology (University of Copenhagen), and a PhD in Psychology (University of Bath). During his PhD, Tom studied the effects of early life stress and lifestyle behaviours on mental and physical health, leveraging major cohort studies like UK Biobank and ALSPAC. His work also contributed to the EU Commission’s EarlyCause project, collaborating with European institutions to harmonize datasets and replicate findings.

Most recently, Tom worked at TikTok as a Wellbeing Insights & Data Analyst, where he developed a global wellbeing metric to monitor employee mental health and led innovative projects, including a VR mindfulness intervention for content moderators.

 

Tree returns to Cognisess after a couple of years away, and he will now be instrumental in the direction and leadership of all commercial and product development, including the delivery of new and meaningful AI tools specific to the HR sector which aren’t available currently. Furthermore, he will be looking to utilise his network of tech and client contacts to pitch, support with investor and account management, and assist with grants.

With a background in Natural Sciences from Cambridge, he has a deep knowledge of the areas Cognisess operates in and will be supporting the development team build bespoke AI technology software. He brings over 30 years’ experience writing code and managing software development, as well as 10 years specifically working for global firms including Sony where he developed several original console and PC games.

 

Already working in 180 countries world-wide, Cognisess is a company within the Deep Learn™ Human Science (Deep Learn HS) ecosystem of interconnected brands that integrates advanced AI-driven tools with human insights. With DeepLearn™ Technology at its core, Deep Learn HS offers scalable, data-driven solutions that address the complex needs of the public and private sectors, setting it apart from traditional players in the market.

 

Chris Butt, Founder and CEO, Deep Learn™ Human Science said: “As organisations, particularly the public sector face mounting pressure to modernise, improve efficiency, and address workforce challenges in a cost-effective and timely manner, we’re here to create ethical AI solutions fit for the future. The appointments of Tree and Tom have come at the right time as we strive to change the face of traditional education and training models that often fail to meet the demands of industries, leaving individuals and businesses disconnected from the opportunities and skills they need.”

 

Cognisess uses AI not to judge but to reveal—to help organisations understand the true capabilities of their people and to create environments where those capabilities can thrive. It seeks to eliminate bias, foster inclusion, and optimise human potential by understanding not just what people do, but how they think and feel. The essence of Cognisess is a workforce empowered by self-awareness, with AI enhancing the ability of organisations to nurture, develop, and unlock that potential.

 

Chris continued: “With over 15 years’ data and insights, and having worked with clients like IHG, Serco, ABInBev, and DPD, I’m excited to work closely with councils, government agencies, and regional employers to drive innovation. We want to deliver measurable social value outcomes, such as reducing unemployment, upskilling local communities, and improving access to lifelong learning.”

 

Find out more https://cognisess.com/

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Oracle AI Agents Help HR Leaders Reshape the Employee Experience

New role-based AI agents embedded in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM help HR and business leaders unlock new levels of productivity across their workforce

 

Oracle CloudWorld, Mumbai – Oracle announced new role-based AI agents within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to help HR and business leaders transform the employee experience and optimize workforce productivity. Available to customers today, the new AI agents automate tedious end-to-end workflows to help unlock human potential and empower employees to focus their time on meaningful work.

“The amount of time employees spend on complex HR processes can be overwhelming and distract from their primary job responsibilities,” said Chris Leone, executive vice president of applications development, Oracle. “The new AI agents in Oracle Cloud HCM help HR and business leaders automate some of the most time-consuming tasks, enabling employees to focus on work that really matters, and unlocking new levels of productivity across their workforce.”

The new AI agents embedded in Oracle Cloud HCM help improve the employee experience and boost productivity by delivering tailored career support, automating administrative tasks, and streamlining many complex processes from onboarding and contracts to performance reviews and perks. The new AI agents support:

 

Career and performance development:

  • Career planning guide: Helps employees create actionable career progression plans. For example, the agent can suggest recommended career goals based on an individual’s employee profile, provide a potential roadmap to achieve those goals, and summarize available skill development and career progression activities based on experience and interests.
  • Performance and goals assistant: Helps employees set and achieve performance goals. For example, the agent can suggest ways to improve goal writing and develop potential plans to help employees keep on pace to meet goals prior to performance reviews.
  • Learning and training advisor: Helps employees find learning and training opportunities to advance their skills and careers. For example, the agent can recommend specific training and development opportunities to employees based on their unique training history, current skillset, and future career objectives.

Compensation and benefits management:

  • Timecard assistant: Helps employees automate timecard submissions. For example, the agent can facilitate timely and accurate timecard submissions, confirming the correct tracking of hours worked.
  • Tax withholding guide: Helps employees understand and select tax withholdings. For example, the agent can guide employees through W-4 elections for U.S. tax withholding so they can confirm the correct amount of tax is withheld.
  • Compensation guidelines analyst: Helps managers consider salary decisions for their teams. For example, the agent can provide insights and information on market trends and company policies around compensation for new hires and promotions.
  • Leave and absence analyst: Helps employees navigate leave and absence policies. For example, the agent can assist with requests for time off and help employees understand their rights and benefits for individual circumstances.

 

Employee lifecycle management:

  • New hire onboarding assistant: Helps new employees seamlessly navigate the onboarding process. For example, the agent can support new hires through their initial days, offering information on company policies, culture, and essential resources.
  • Job seeker analyst: Helps employees identify and prepare for new opportunities within their organization. For example, the agent can offer resume tips, interview coaching, and job search strategies to help foster career growth and support internal mobility.
  • Perks and awards analyst: Helps employees make the most of company-provided benefits. For example, the agent can inform employees about company perks available to them and flag awards that they qualify for. The agent can also help managers by offering information on policies and recognition programs they can offer to their teams.
  • Personal and employment details assistant: Helps employees keep their profiles up-to-date and access information on employment milestones. For example, the agent can manage and update personal and employment information and provide information on employee life-cycle events like promotions, transfers, and relocations to allow for accuracy and compliance with company policies.
  • Employee contracts analyst: Helps employees manage their employment contracts. For example, the agent can review a contract and summarize clauses, helping the employee understand its terms and conditions.

 

Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, Oracle Cloud HCM is a complete solution connecting every human resource process from hire to retire across an organization with a native employee experience platform and embedded AI capabilities. By connecting all people, work, and skills data on a single platform, HR teams have access to a single source of truth to help inform their people strategy. In addition, embedded AI acts as an advisor to help analyze workforce data, generate content, and augment or automate processes to help improve business operations.

For additional information on Oracle Cloud HCM applications, visit oracle.com/hcm.

 

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Culture15 shortlisted for InfoWorld’s 2024 Technology of the Year Awards

Culture measurement platform, Culture15, has been shortlisted as a finalist for InfoWorld’s 2024 Technology of the Year Awards.

Launched in 2001, InfoWorld awards recognise the most groundbreaking products in information technology, rewarding companies that change the way businesses and people operate. Offering multiple award categories, the awards are each designed to celebrate the world’s most innovative products across cloud computing, data management, dev-ops, AI and machine learning.

 

Enhanced with AI capabilities, Culture15’s SaaS platform has been shortlisted for the Business Intelligence and Analytics category, alongside two additional finalists.

This latest announcement marks a period of significant growth for Culture15, spurred on by the launch of its innovative new AI feature, which enables organisations to turn spoken or written qualitative feedback – in any one of 26 languages – into culture analytics, providing actionable insight into the collective behaviours that show up in how work gets done.

One of the factors the judges particularly recognised is that Culture15’s culture analytics dashboard allows companies to gain total clarity of their current culture for the first time ever, allowing them to identify and nurture the culture and behaviours they want to inspire within their organisation.

 

Speaking about this latest awards achievement, Culture15’s CEO and Founder, Charlie Coode, states “We are thrilled to be recognised by InfoWorld alongside such strong competitors in the Business Intelligence and Analytics space. This nomination is a testament to the impact that data-driven cultural insights can have on worldwide business, as well as to the hard work and effort of our team. We look forward to seeing the results of the award and continuing to help organisations build cultures that work”.

 

For more information, visit:

https://culture15.com/

https://www.infoworld.com/about-us/

AI, HR Tech, Training News

Attensi RealTalk launch: AI Virtual Humans for Realistic 1:1 Workplace Role-Play Training

Attensi, a global leader in game-based simulation training, today unveiled Attensi RealTalk: the first role-play training solution to incorporate Agentic AI and AI free-form dialogue with realistic, virtual humans.

It comes as new research shows that 75% of employees have experienced anxiety due to difficult workplace conversations and 72% of employees would welcome training on how to handle difficult conversations in the workplace, rising to 87% for Gen Z.

And a majority of employees would welcome this training from an AI Virtual role-play trainer, rather than their manager. When asked if they would prefer role-play training from their manager or an AI Virtual trainer, employees were evenly split at 38% each way. Remarkably, almost a quarter of respondents – 24% – expressed no preference between the AI trainer and the human manager.

This will be welcome news for managers, who can save valuable time by handing training over to their AI Virtual Human colleagues.

75% of employees reported that they have experienced anxiety in handling difficult workplace conversations, with 63% having felt this in the last two years and 33% as recently as the last 6 months. This is even more stark for Gen Z and Millennials at 39% and 38% respectively.

The more they use AI, the more likely employees are to fear AI taking some or all of their jobs, but they are also the most likely to welcome AI to help them train to be better at their jobs.

A Safe Space to Practice Difficult Conversations

Attensi RealTalk enables employees to engage in realistic and challenging conversations in role-play scenarios, interacting with AI-powered virtual humans across a wide range of disciplines including:

  • Sales roles

  • Customer service

  • Coaching

Using a unique combination of Agentic AI, AI freeform dialogue, voice recognition, and bespoke simulation design, Attensi RealTalk transports users into real-time conversations in role-play scenarios that feel true-to-life in their job, enabling them to practice and improve their interpersonal skills in even the most challenging, uncomfortable, and nerve-wracking situations.

Unrivalled in the market – Attensi RealTalk is completely tailored to specific business contexts and requirements, including language and culture, to provide a realistic challenge for people from onboarding to upskilling.

For example:

  • A manager talking to a seemingly disengaged employee with the aim of resolving a recent lapse in customer service standards

  • A sales exec objection handling

  • A consultant engaging in a complex negotiation at risk of breaking down

  • A journalist conducting an exclusive interview with someone who is highly media trained

Attensi Conversation Training Impact Data:

  • 31% improvement in effective handling of difficult conversations

  • 96% felt more confident in client interactions

  • 89% increase in confidence in coaching and development teams

RealTalkers Don’t Just Talk Back, They Kick Back Too!

Lifelike and responsive at conversation pace, Attensi RealTalkers are engineered to feel real and push back when challenged. They are individually programmed to have realistic personality traits, human expressions, and character nuances. They can make you feel nervous and put you under pressure or shut down and close up if you push them too far – allowing you to practice EQ skills before in-person conversations.

Trainees can start in guided mode and progress to the more challenging open mode option.

Why Attensi RealTalk?

Attensi RealTalk solves many of the challenges related to traditional in-person training and role-plays, which are restricted by the availability of human resources, limited in scale and realistic context, and not always conducive to constructive learning for those who feel anxious or uncomfortable performing in front of peers or managers.

Key Features:

  • Realistic Conversations: Super-high-quality animations and natural voices for humanlike conversations in true-to-life interactions

  • Bespoke Solutions: Tailored to individual business needs, best practices, benchmark scoring, and objectives

  • Safe Space to Learn: A risk-free space where individuals are free to practice, adapt their techniques, and test different approaches

Trond Aas, CEO Attensi:

“AI is an ally rather than a threat to employees. Our human skills and EQ, particularly soft skills and interpersonal skills, are more important than ever. We know that people want more help with difficult conversations and Attensi RealTalk is the perfect partner. One of the most important use cases for AI is to upskill employees at scale in these areas. Employers need to embrace the power of AI and adopt the right AI tools to help their employees grow and excel, close skills gaps, and adapt to change. Attensi RealTalk is a gamechanger in workplace training.”

About Attensi

Attensi is a leading training and performance platform that combines psychology, technology and gaming principles. Since 2013, Attensi game-based simulations and training solutions have empowered organizations around the world to develop their workforce through engaging, interactive training experiences that have real impact. With a focus on innovation and cutting-edge AI technology, Attensi is shaping the future of learning and development, helping people and organizations grow to become exceptional.

Clients include Circle K, Hiscox, YMCA, London Business School, Boehringer Ingelheim and KPMG.

Attensi has offices in Oslo, London, Boston, Cologne and Stockholm.

Healthcare, HR Tech, News, Technology

Practice Plus Group signs RLDatix to implement e-rostering solution

Practice Plus Group, the UK’s leading independent provider of healthcare services in prisons and immigration removal centres, has signed a 5-year contract with workforce solutions specialist RLDatix to implement its Optima solution to safely roster 3,300 prison healthcare staff – enabling them to deliver quality, equitable healthcare.
The RLDatix Optima system is due to go live later this year with the aim of offering an integrated and responsive rostering system designed to ensure the safety of staff and patients alike.
The Optima system incorporates data on staffing need for each area of the prison and provides users with a safe, but optimal roster that can be easily reviewed for safety, fairness and value.
Once live, the solution will be used daily by a prison healthcare workforce of 3,300 to support more than 41,000 patients at over 45 prisons across the UK.
More widely, it will also be used to enable the best possible rosters, matching staffing levels and patient needs, driving down agency spend, deliver real-time operational data for informed decisions, and enable staff to better manage their work life balance and reduce risk to patients.
Luke Wells, Service Director, Health in Justice, Practice Plus Group, said: “The move to RLDatix Optima aligns with our vision to provide safe and equitable healthcare.
“We chose RLDatix because of the quality of its system and the exemplary standard of data it could provide, with a high level of importance focused on the safety of our healthcare staff and our patients.
“We wanted a platform that could provide a fully flexible and intuitive solution, and RLDatix Optima demonstrated it could meet that essential need.”
Jonny Newsham, Head of Independent Healthcare and Partnerships at RLDatix said: “Our people rostering technology provides a holistic view of staffing needs across prisons where Practice Plus Group provide healthcare services to ensure the safety and efficiency of staff and patients alike.”
Discover more about RLDatix Optima and sign up for a roster assessment to review potential workforce processes improvements for your organisation.
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86% of UK people managers believe AI tools can improve their role effectiveness, Visier research finds

New research from Visier reveals the top factors shaping managers’ approach to decision-making in the workplace—and opportunities to incorporate generative AI tools to improve outcomes and bolster manager effectiveness.

Visier, the globally recognised leader in people analytics and workforce solutions for people-powered business, today unveiled new global research that serves as a plea for help from managers who see major insight gaps in what they need to do their jobs well – and points to enthusiasm for AI as a key solution.

The research shows that AI is seen as a net-positive addition to the flow of work with an overwhelming 86% of UK (87% overall) respondents expressing excitement about the potential of generative AI tools to improve their role as people managers. Managers also expressed an overarching desire to make better, data-informed people decisions with 94% of UK respondents (96% overall) agreeing that improved access to people-related data would lend more confidence to their processes.

“Nearly half of the survey respondents said their current decision making process is greatly influenced by intuition and practical experience, rather than hard facts,” said Ben Harris, Vice President EMEA, Visier. “Many managers also said that accessing data is time consuming and difficult, so relying on instinct is an everyday reality for most.

“It’s recognised that people managers in every sector are under severe pressure, and bearing in mind organisations are sitting on vast amounts of useful data, creating access to it – especially for those who aren’t data analysts – will help them with decision-making accuracy and align to overall organisational strategy. Through this research, managers said that better people-related data could inform their decisions on hiring, promotions, engagement, productivity and efficiency.”

As part of the research, Visier surveyed over 750 people managers in the UK, U.S., Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. The results revealed a clear belief in leveraging generative AI-powered tools to become better leaders.

Other key findings from Visier’s research include:

  • Adoption of AI is already underway with 52% of UK respondents saying they have already used generative AI tools to support their role as a people manager. This compares to 64% of overall respondents. Additionally, 59% of UK respondents already use it to help write performance reviews (in comparison to 49% globally). Likewise, 93% of UK respondents (81% overall) said if they had access to a generative AI tool that provided their desired use cases, 41% would use it multiple times a week.

  • Time savings created by AI would flow back to the team with 36% saying they’d direct their energies to team planning (UK 31%), and 30% on coaching their team. In the UK, the second highest choice was ‘working on personal learning and development’ (29%).

  • Trust is, however, a challenge, highlighting that employers and employees want to work with tools recognised as safe and secure. Thirty-three percent of UK respondents have concerns about data privacy and security. Another 33% of UK respondents said their organisations don’t allow the use of generative AI tools, while 15% said they don’t trust generative AI tools.

“Generative AI has the ability to democratise access, providing deep insights within the flow of work, and without the need to become proficient in analytics tools,” said Keith Bigelow, chief product officer, Visier. “But its benefits extend beyond the delivery of data to act as a personal coach to every employee, nudging them to ever higher performance, delivering real-time insights in a way that just hasn’t been possible or scalable to date.”

He continued: “Managers’ approaches to decision-making should always involve a balance of data-driven insights and experience. The absence of either harms the organisation’s ability to align to strategy and ultimately maintain a competitive edge.”

For more information on Visier, visit: https://www.visier.com/solutions/outcome/manager-effectiveness/. To learn more about Vee, Visier’s AI digital assistant, visit: https://www.visier.com/products/ai-digital-assistant/. 

About Visier

Visier is the recognised global leader in people analytics, providing on-demand answers to people-powered businesses. At the core of Visier’s innovations is a simple premise: People impact is business impact and that’s why Visier provides the tools and insights organisations need to drive productivity, performance, and business outcomes through their people. Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, Visier has over 50,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Amgen, eBay, Ford Motor Company, and more. Visier is headquartered in Vancouver, BC with offices and team members worldwide. To learn more about Visier, visit www.visier.com.

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Industry first GenAI digital assistant helps HR get immediate answers to people related questions

  • Called “One of the most spectacular examples of Generative AI in HR” by Josh Bersin, Vee gives users instant, self-serve, secure and trustworthy workforce insights. 
  • Following a successful preview program with 80+ customers, Vee is now generally available. 
  • Enabled by Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Vee provides integration with Microsoft Teams, allowing users to get answers to complex questions in the flow of work related to workforce, performance and processes.
  • Visier partner, Paycor, introduced the power of Vee’s generative AI insights to its customers

 

VANCOUVER, BC | APRIL 16, 2023 – Visier, a globally recognized leader in people analytics and workforce solutions for people-powered business, today announced its generative AI based assistant Vee is now available to all customers and prospects. Vee instantly answers workforce specific questions for HR leaders, managers and executives–securely and accurately–helping to democratize people insights to all levels of an organization. Vee is also the foundation for Visier’s Embedded generative AI offering, which dramatically accelerates generative AI product roadmaps for peopletech SaaS vendors and solution providers.

 

A Breakthrough Generative AI Solution for People Insights

Visier’s rapid advancement in generative AI is anchored in a domain-specific data model, a community dataset built on 25 million anonymized employee records, more than 2,000 business metrics, and 250 million benchmarks from over 50,000 customers; as well as a robust security architecture the company has developed and perfected over the last decade. This gives Visier an unmatched advantage in delivering highly accurate and secure generative AI solutions for unlocking and scaling people insights.

 

“Generative AI is expected to cause profound disruptive change to virtually every enterprise function, but perhaps most notably in HR and how leaders manage people,” said Ryan Wong, co-founder and CEO, Visier. “People impact is business impact and Vee will help people leaders drive better productivity, employee impact, and overall corporate performance by making better decisions about people and the work they do. ”

 

Vee enters general availability following a successful six-month public preview, which invited 80+ Visier customer organizations to actively use and provide feedback on the product. The rapid evolution in capability and quality was evident through dozens of iterative releases and a continuous enhancement of LLM understanding, resulting in the highly performant and capable solution built on dedicated and scalable Microsoft Azure OpenAI compute.

 

“Vee is one of the most spectacular examples of generative AI in HR today,” said Josh Bersin, globally recognized HR industry analyst. “Every problem we need to solve in HR is interconnected. HR professionals need to connect data to diagnose people and business problems, and tools like Vee make this amazingly easy.”

Among the customers participating in the preview was Ascension, one of the largest healthcare companies in North America.

 

“Vee serves as a bridge between questioning and understanding, cultivating user engagement and enhancing data comprehension by providing simplified access to critical information without requiring expertise in emerging technologies,” said Ellen Gentile, HR analytics manager at Ascension. “Its streamlined query framework ensures data privacy and security while harnessing the full potential of generative AI, utilizing metadata instead of organizational data.”

 

According to another Visier customer participating in the public preview program was Sunstate Equipment, a leader in tools and equipment rentals for construction and industry:

“Vee is the future. It’s a technology that we absolutely need,” said Sameet Raut, vice president, HRIS, Sunstate Equipment. “It’s a game changer for the less tech-savvy to access people insights, like frontline managers who can ask a simple question in Microsoft Teams about their turnover and get an immediate answer instead of coming to the people analytics team.”

 

Visier Looks to Microsoft to Deliver Generative AI Innovations

At the core of Vee are Visier’s robust data and security models, but it also benefits from integrating Microsoft Azure Service. Visier’s collaboration with Microsoft also includes a Vee integration with Microsoft Teams which allows anyone to ask and answer Vee questions within Teams, in the flow of their daily work.

“The integration of artificial intelligence into human resources is reshaping the landscape of workforce management,” said Ross Kennedy, vice president digital natives at Microsoft. “Vee represents an option in the use of GenAI and Microsoft solutions for HR professionals who need fast and accurate insights to make the best decisions for their people and businesses.”

 

Paycor Enables Customers with Visier-Powered Generative AI Solution

Paycor, one of the most notable leaders in SaaS solutions for HCM, is a longtime Visier partner that leverages several of Visier’s people analytics capabilities. In addition to the 80+ enterprise level customers who participated in the AI analytics digital assistant preview, Visier’s partnership with Paycor brought generative AI capabilities to its customers, making the power of Vee accessible to all.

“We are determined to level the playing field, bringing enterprise level people analytics data to organizations of all sizes, modernizing every aspect of people management,” said Ryan Bergstrom, chief product and technology officer, Paycor. “In our partnership with Visier, we share a steadfast commitment to innovation and ensuring our customers are on the cutting edge of technology that will help them grow their businesses.”

Vee is available immediately to all Visier customers and partners. For more information about Vee, visit https://www.visier.com/vee. For more information on how to become an Embedded partner to accelerate your generative AI product roadmap, visit https://www.visier.com/embedded/generative-ai/.

 

About Visier

Visier is the recognized global leader in people analytics, providing on-demand answers to people-powered businesses. At the core of Visier’s innovations is a simple premise: People impact is business impact and that’s why Visier provides the tools and insights organizations need to drive productivity, performance, and business outcomes through their people.Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, Visier has over 50,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Amgen, eBay, Ford Motor Company, and more. Visier is headquartered in Vancouver, BC with offices and team members worldwide.

HR News, HR Tech, Human Resources, News, Pay & Reward

Deel is acquiring payroll company PaySpace

News comes as Deel hits 500M+ in annual recurring revenue within five years

Global payroll and HR company Deel announced today that it is acquiring African-based payroll and HR company PaySpace for an undisclosed amount. It also announced that it has achieved $500M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) within five years of founding. The acquisition of PaySpace positions Deel as a market leader in global payroll, deepening Deel’s native infrastructure and coverage.

PaySpace has more than 20 years of payroll technology experience, providing payroll engines and HR services in 44 countries across Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa for more than 14,000 customers. Its size, expertise, and proprietary disruptive payroll technology give it unrivaled scale and reach. Customers include multinationals across various industries such as Heineken, Coca-Cola Beverages, and Puma Sports.

By acquiring PaySpace, Deel will become the first global payroll & Employer of Record (EOR) with its own full-stack payroll engine localized in 50 countries and integrated into its offering. Deel has the ability to be the system of record for HR organizations worldwide and can give its customers a simple and single interface to manage their global teams. All of this results in greater efficiency and control for companies, faster payroll cycles, more localized compliance insights relevant to their workforce, plus the ability to make changes to their payroll at any time.

The news follows Deel’s acquisition of leading APAC payroll provider PayGroup. Deel now owns the full HR stack: entities, local teams (legal, HR, payroll), and local payroll engines across six continents. Its four-year ambition is to serve 100 countries with native payroll engines, and this acquisition is a significant step toward that goal.

 

Deel co-founder and CEO Alex Bouaziz said, “Global payroll is hard to do and critical to get right. As a company, you want assurances you can pay your teams on time, compliantly, anywhere in the world. PaySpace’s single-platform payroll expertise and breadth of coverage, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, combined with PayGroup’s presence in APAC, will give Deel customers the reach they need to grow their businesses globally. Our long-term vision is to be the most comprehensive payroll system in the world.”

Deel also announced today that it has achieved $500M+ in annual recurring revenue organically, outside of this acquisition. In under five years, the company has grown to 3,000+ team members in more than 100 countries. It has been EBITDA positive and consistently generating cash for a year and a half.

 

Last week, Deel announced its acquisition of Zavvy, a people-enablement platform. Zavvy offers a central hub that covers career development, performance management, and training programs. HR leaders can run performance and compensation analysis for top performers, provide a library of AI-backed L&D courses, and create bespoke career paths and planning modules for their teams. The move rounds out Deel’s HR suite of products, making it even more of a one-stop-shop for global teams.

 

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About Deel

Deel is an all-in-one HR solution for global teams. It helps companies simplify every aspect of managing an international workforce, from culture and onboarding, to local payroll, compliance and now, people management. It owns 120+ country entities and manages in-house, in-country payroll teams, in addition to offering Employer of Record, contractor, immigration and HRIS services worldwide.

 

About PaySpace

Cloud-native from inception, the PaySpace proprietary technology was developed to operate in a highly secure and operationally efficient manner. It was specifically designed to provide multi-country payroll and HR functionality with built-in compliance for organizations of all sizes and industry sectors. It provides a single truth for payroll and HR data – and the tools to make strategic decisions at every level. PaySpace has expanded into 40+ African countries as well as the Middle East, with an imminent launch in the United Kingdom (UK) and Brazil. It is scalable, configurable, highly secure, and easy-to-use allowing anytime, anywhere access to empower payroll and HR teams, driving organizational development.