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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Darwinbox: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox.md",
  "title": "Darwinbox: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Darwinbox is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 2, 2026.",
  "period": "Sept. 15, 2025 to Sept. 2, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "name": "Darwinbox",
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    "site": "https://darwinbox.com/",
    "summary": "\"AI-Native HCM for Global Enterprises.\" Darwinbox sells a full HCM suite (recruitment, onboarding, core HR, payroll, performance, analytics) to large employers, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and now the US. Its recruiting module uses Darwinbox Sense to automate \"the sourcing-to-screening pipeline with explainable AI\" and adds candidate-facing AI for scheduling and pre-screening. In August 2026 it relaunched the platform as Cortex, with a Context Graph, a signal layer and an agent platform. Gartner named it a Leader for Talent Acquisition Suites in 2026.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "category_names": [
      "HR suites and HRIS"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
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  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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  "launches": [],
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"AI-Native HCM for Global Enterprises.\" Darwinbox sells a full HCM suite (recruitment, onboarding, core HR, payroll, performance, analytics) to large employers, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and now the US. Its recruiting module uses Darwinbox Sense to automate \"the sourcing-to-screening pipeline with explainable AI\" and adds candidate-facing AI for scheduling and pre-screening. In August 2026 it relaunched the platform as Cortex, with a Context Graph, a signal layer and an agent platform. Gartner named it a Leader for Talent Acquisition Suites in 2026.",
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      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-darwinbox",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Darwinbox",
      "site": "https://darwinbox.com/",
      "category": "HR suites and HRIS",
      "what": "\"AI-Native HCM for Global Enterprises.\" Darwinbox sells a full HCM suite (recruitment, onboarding, core HR, payroll, performance, analytics) to large employers, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and now the US. Its recruiting module uses Darwinbox Sense to automate \"the sourcing-to-screening pipeline with explainable AI\" and adds candidate-facing AI for scheduling and pre-screening. In August 2026 it relaunched the platform as Cortex, with a Context Graph, a signal layer and an agent platform. Gartner named it a Leader for Talent Acquisition Suites in 2026.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "darwinbox.com",
        "url": "https://darwinbox.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agents",
          "AI analytics",
          "Candidate chat",
          "Assistant",
          "Screening and ranking",
          "MCP and agent APIs",
          "Scheduling",
          "AI sourcing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (More than 1,400 enterprises and 4.5 million employees on the platform (vendor, August 2026); backed by KKR, Partners Group, Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures. Revenue not disclosed.)",
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        {
          "name": "darwinbox.com",
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        {
          "name": "darwinbox.com",
          "url": "https://darwinbox.com/en-us/products/recruitment"
        },
        {
          "name": "darwinbox.com",
          "url": "https://darwinbox.com/blog/10-best-ai-recruiting-platforms-software"
        },
        {
          "name": "newsroom.darwinbox.com",
          "url": "https://newsroom.darwinbox.com/"
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        {
          "name": "newsroom.darwinbox.com",
          "url": "https://newsroom.darwinbox.com/darwinbox-launches-cortex-ai-native-hcm-platform"
        },
        {
          "name": "newsroom.darwinbox.com",
          "url": "https://newsroom.darwinbox.com/press-release/darwinbox-expands-microsoft-partnership-frontier-tuning"
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-02",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Darwinbox expands Microsoft partnership with Frontier Tuning",
      "summary": "Darwinbox said it is among the first enterprise software companies to apply Microsoft Frontier Tuning to HCM, to \"individualize every workforce interaction\" through Microsoft Copilot and Teams.",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-darwinbox"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://newsroom.darwinbox.com/press-release/darwinbox-expands-microsoft-partnership-frontier-tuning"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-08-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Darwinbox launches Cortex, an AI-native HCM platform",
      "summary": "Darwinbox launched Cortex, \"Rebuilt from the ground up for the AI era\", with \"the first Context Graph in the category\", a Signal Layer that flags risks early, and the Cortex Agent Platform, where agents act within existing permissions. It delivers experiences inside Microsoft Teams, Copilot, Slack and Glean.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-darwinbox"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://newsroom.darwinbox.com/darwinbox-launches-cortex-ai-native-hcm-platform"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/#event-3",
      "on": "2026-05-14",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Gartner names Darwinbox a Leader for talent acquisition suites",
      "summary": "Darwinbox said it debuted as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises, up from Visionary a year earlier, crediting its Super Agent and \"multiple context-aware, autonomous agents.\"",
      "kind": "Research",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-darwinbox"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "People Matters (Darwinbox release)",
        "url": "https://www.peoplematters.in/news/hr-technology/darwinbox-named-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-talent-acquisition-suites-49744"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-4",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/darwinbox/#event-4",
      "on": "2025-09-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Darwinbox launches Super Agent",
      "summary": "Darwinbox announced Super Agent, \"an AI teammate that gives every employee one interface to get work done across enterprise systems\". A manager can ask it to backfill a role and it creates the requisition and notifies approvers; customers choose from \"30+ HR agents\", and external agents connect through Darwinbox's MCP server. Open to design partner customers at launch.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-darwinbox"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release (HR Dive)",
        "url": "https://www.hrdive.com/press-release/20250915-darwinbox-launches-super-agent-an-ai-teammate-for-every-employee-that-gets-1/"
      }
    }
  ]
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