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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Syndio: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio.md",
  "title": "Syndio: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Syndio is on 2 Newsprint research maps: the AI hiring software map and the AI compensation software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 23, 2026.",
  "period": "Oct. 27, 2025 to June 23, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "syndio",
    "name": "Syndio",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://synd.io/",
    "summary": "Pay equity and pay decision analytics. \"Every pay decision, guided by humans, powered by AI.\" Compensation, HR and legal teams at large enterprises buy Essentials (pay equity analysis, pay gap reporting, pay transparency compliance) and Decisions, which checks offers, promotions, merit and transfers against policy, pay equity and market data. Its AI, Syndi, recommends pay and shows its reasoning inside Teams, Slack and the ATS. It does not sell payroll or a full compensation cycle suite.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "analytics"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "HR analytics and workforce planning"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "Pay equity and pay decision analytics. \"Every pay decision, guided by humans, powered by AI.\" Compensation, HR and legal teams at large enterprises buy Essentials (pay equity analysis, pay gap reporting, pay transparency compliance) and Decisions, which checks offers, promotions, merit and transfers against policy, pay equity and market data. Its AI, Syndi, recommends pay and shows its reasoning inside Teams, Slack and the ATS. It does not sell payroll or a full compensation cycle suite.",
    "source": {
      "name": "synd.io",
      "url": "https://synd.io/"
    },
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  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "hiring-software",
      "title": "The AI hiring software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-syndio",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Syndio",
      "site": "https://synd.io/",
      "category": "HR analytics and workforce planning",
      "what": "Pay equity and pay decision analytics. \"Every pay decision, guided by humans, powered by AI.\" Compensation, HR and legal teams at large enterprises buy Essentials (pay equity analysis, pay gap reporting, pay transparency compliance) and Decisions, which checks offers, promotions, merit and transfers against policy, pay equity and market data. Its AI, Syndi, recommends pay and shows its reasoning inside Teams, Slack and the ATS. It does not sell payroll or a full compensation cycle suite.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "synd.io",
        "url": "https://synd.io/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "AI analytics",
          "Assistant"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Homepage says Syndio governs over $1 trillion in pay for 350+ global enterprises, including 30+ of the Fortune 100; Syndi is trained on more than 10 million employee pay records.)",
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        {
          "name": "synd.io",
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        {
          "name": "synd.io",
          "url": "https://synd.io/press-release/syndio-launches-syndi/"
        },
        {
          "name": "synd.io",
          "url": "https://synd.io/?p=39804"
        },
        {
          "name": "01net.it",
          "url": "https://www.01net.it/syndio-acquires-embrace-ai/"
        },
        {
          "name": "frontiervc.com",
          "url": "https://frontiervc.com/news/2026/6/24/syndio-bets-on-agentic-ai-with-first-acquisition-in-seattle-pay-equity-startups-history"
        },
        {
          "name": "frontiervc.com",
          "url": "https://frontiervc.com/news/2021/9/28/seattle-based-syndio-raises-50m-on-heels-of-funding-round-just-months-ago"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 0,
      "cross_listed": false
    },
    {
      "map": "compensation-software",
      "title": "The AI compensation software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/compensation-software/#co-syndio",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Syndio",
      "site": "https://synd.io/",
      "category": "Compensation planning and pay equity",
      "what": "\"The pay equity foundation.\" Essentials covers pay equity analysis, pay gap reporting, continuous pay gap reporting across jurisdictions, responses to employee pay information requests and documentation for the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Decisions governs offers, promotions, raises and transfers against policy, internal equity and market data (\"Govern in real time\"). Predict, which models the cost of a pay decision first, is listed as coming soon. Buyers are pay equity, compensation and legal teams.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "synd.io",
        "url": "https://synd.io/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Pay analytics",
          "Assistant",
          "Pay equity analysis",
          "Pay ranges and offers",
          "Pay transparency"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Homepage says Syndio governs over $1 trillion in pay for 350+ global enterprises, including 30+ of the Fortune 100; Syndi is trained on more than 10 million employee pay records.)",
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        {
          "name": "synd.io",
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        {
          "name": "synd.io",
          "url": "https://synd.io/press-release/syndio-launches-syndi/"
        },
        {
          "name": "frontiervc.com",
          "url": "https://frontiervc.com/news/2021/9/28/seattle-based-syndio-raises-50m-on-heels-of-funding-round-just-months-ago"
        }
      ],
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      "cross_listed": true
    }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-06-23",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Syndio acquires agentic AI company Embrace.ai",
      "summary": "Syndio, \"the leader in Decision Intelligence for Pay\", acquired Embrace.ai, \"an agentic AI company built to deploy AI-driven automation across business workflows\"; its founders join Syndio's product and go-to-market team. Terms were not disclosed.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-syndio"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Business Wire (via 01net)",
        "url": "https://www.01net.it/syndio-acquires-embrace-ai/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-03-11",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Syndio and Kognitiv partner on EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance",
      "summary": "Syndio and Workday services partner Kognitiv partnered to help enterprises meet the EU Pay Transparency Directive with a system that \"governs pay decisions continuously and in real time.\"",
      "kind": "Partnership",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-syndio"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://synd.io/press-release/kognitiv-and-syndio-partner-to-support-eu-pay-transparency-directive-compliance-across-global-enterprises/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/syndio/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-10-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Syndio launches Syndi, AI pay recommendations inside Teams, Slack and the ATS",
      "summary": "Syndio launched Syndi, which \"delivers AI-guided pay recommendations embedded where teams work\"; the first release covers new-hire offers, with promotions, merit cycles and workforce planning to follow.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-syndio"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://synd.io/press-release/syndio-launches-syndi/"
      }
    }
  ]
}