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Darwinbox: what it sells, price and AI features

Darwinbox is on the AI hiring software map. We record 4 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 2, 2026.

Updated . Launches and events from Sept. 15, 2025 to Sept. 2, 2026.

"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. Source: darwinbox.com.

Site
darwinbox.com
Category
HR suites and HRIS
Status
Active

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    "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. Source: darwinbox.com.

    Category
    HR suites and HRIS
    Price
    not published; sales-led
    AI capabilities
    Named agents, AI analytics, Candidate chat, Assistant, Screening and ranking, MCP and agent APIs, Scheduling and AI sourcing
    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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    Darwinbox on the AI hiring software map

Launches and dated events, newest first

  1. Darwinbox expands Microsoft partnership with Frontier Tuning

    Partnership, . 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.

    Source: Vendor release. From the AI hiring software map.

  2. Darwinbox launches Cortex, an AI-native HCM platform

    Launch, . 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.

    Source: Vendor release. From the AI hiring software map.

  3. Gartner names Darwinbox a Leader for talent acquisition suites

    Research, . 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."

    Source: People Matters (Darwinbox release). From the AI hiring software map.

  4. Darwinbox launches Super Agent

    Launch, . 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.

    Source: Vendor release (HR Dive). From the AI hiring software map.

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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

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