{
 "updated": "2026-11-07",
 "sources_read": "2026-11-07",
 "read": "7 November 2026",
 "window": {
  "from": "2025-05-01",
  "to": "2026-11-07"
 },
 "what": "Every dated event we could put a source against for the companies on the map, between the window's first and last day: launches, funding, acquisitions, partnerships, rebrands, shutdowns, laws and rules, research. Each `src` is a page a researcher opened that prints the date; a second pass re-opened it and checked the date, the claim, `mode` (assist, agent, always_on), `status` (announced, preview, beta, live) and `human` (what a person still does). No date is inferred.",
 "kinds": {
  "launch": "Product launch",
  "funding": "Funding",
  "acquisition": "Acquisition",
  "partnership": "Partnership",
  "rebrand": "Rebrand",
  "shutdown": "Shutdown",
  "legal": "Law or rule",
  "research": "Research"
 },
 "events": [
  {
   "co": "New Jersey pay transparency law",
   "d": "2025-06-01",
   "t": "New Jersey pay range disclosure in job postings takes effect",
   "desc": "New Jersey employers with 10 or more workers over 20 calendar weeks must 'disclose pay ranges and a description of all benefits and compensation in any job posting', including internal transfers. Effective June 1, 2025.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.ebglaw.com/workforce-bulletin/coast-to-coast-pay-transparency-continues-to-trend-in-2025",
   "srcname": "Epstein Becker Green (article dated 25 July 2025)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Vermont pay transparency law",
   "d": "2025-07-01",
   "t": "Vermont pay transparency in job postings takes effect",
   "desc": "Vermont employers with at least five employees must disclose pay in job postings for new hires and internal promotions. Effective July 1, 2025; Vermont's Attorney General alone enforces it.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.ebglaw.com/workforce-bulletin/coast-to-coast-pay-transparency-continues-to-trend-in-2025",
   "srcname": "Epstein Becker Green (article dated 25 July 2025)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Varicent",
   "d": "2025-07-08",
   "t": "Varicent and ServiceNow partner to bring sales planning and incentives into ServiceNow CRM",
   "desc": "Varicent announced a collaboration to integrate its Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation products into the ServiceNow Customer Workflows ecosystem, with CRM data flowing into Varicent for territory, quota and incentive modeling. The release says the joint solution will be available in the ServiceNow Store by Q4 2025, with early access open to select customers.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.varicent.com/news/varicent-and-servicenow-collaboration",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Compa",
   "d": "2025-07-15",
   "t": "Compa completes Workday certified integration",
   "desc": "Compa completed Workday's certified integration, \"certified at Workday's highest integration level\"; Workday customers get Compa data, which \"flows automatically from Workday into Compa\".",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/bizwire-2025-7-15-compa-completes-workday-certified-integration-giving-workday-customers-access-to-real-time-compensation-data",
   "srcname": "Business Wire (via FinancialContent)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Date and title come from Compa's news list. The Business Wire release itself returned HTTP 403.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Bettercomp",
   "d": "2025-07-22",
   "t": "Bettercomp raises $33M Series A",
   "desc": "Bettercomp announced a $33M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital to advance its AI-powered market pricing and pay recommendation capabilities.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://builtin.com/articles/bettercomp-raises-33m-series-a-20250722",
   "srcname": "Built In",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Decusoft Compose",
   "d": "2025-07-22",
   "t": "Decusoft adds Predictive Compensation to Compose",
   "desc": "Compose gained AI-based predictive compensation that simulates pay scenarios in real time from variables the customer picks, such as performance, tenure, benchmarks, location and cost of living. Available to all Compose clients.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "cycles"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.decusoft.com/decusoft-introduces-compose-predictive-compensation/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The page prints no date of its own; the release dateline reads July 22, 2025.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Everstage",
   "d": "2025-08-07",
   "t": "Everstage launches Agent Core, an agentic layer for incentive compensation",
   "desc": "Agent Core is a layer that holds an account's rules, workflows and business logic so agents answer in context. It launches with four incentive compensation agents, including a Databook Assistant that readies Salesforce data for commission processing, an Onboarding Assistant that assigns new hires to plans, and an Admin Assistant that routes support queries. Everstage says agents for territory, quota and capacity planning are coming.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "commissions",
    "copilot",
    "plan_design"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "RevOps and finance leaders set direction and decide",
   "src": "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-agent-core-the-agentic-intelligence-layer",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The release names three assistants in its list while saying four; the vendor's Agent Core page also lists a Commission Assistant.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "CaptivateIQ",
   "d": "2025-08-13",
   "t": "CaptivateIQ joins sales planning and incentive pay in one AI platform with Catalyst",
   "desc": "CaptivateIQ released its next-generation platform that puts capacity planning, quota management and predictive modeling next to incentive compensation. Catalyst, a new AI and machine learning layer, supports tailored forecasting models and flags unusual data patterns; AI-guided plan building lets teams revise plans without IT.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "plan_design",
    "quota"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://salestechstar.com/?p=250361",
   "srcname": "SalesTech Star (press release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Fullcast",
   "d": "2025-08-26",
   "t": "Fullcast releases an MCP server for revenue operations",
   "desc": "The server gives AI platforms such as Claude, OpenAI and Gemini two-way access to territory and quota management, incentive and commissions management and analytics, for enterprise clients. Fullcast calls it the first MCP-enabled revenue operations platform.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "commissions",
    "mcp",
    "quota",
    "territory"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.fullcast.ai/content/fullcast-announces-the-release-of-its-model-context-protocol-mcp-server/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Fullcast",
   "d": "2025-08-28",
   "t": "Fullcast acquires Atrium",
   "desc": "Fullcast acquired Atrium, which the article calls a 'data-driven sales performance management platform' that gives sales managers data to help reps improve. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/marketing/ai/fullcast-acquires-atrium-for-ai-driven-sales-performance-solution",
   "srcname": "TechIntelPro",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The article is dated Aug 28, 2025. Deal databases show Aug 27. Deal terms are not disclosed. No Fullcast release was found. An Ebsta acquisition (Aug 28 or Sep 2 in deal databases) is left out because no page printing its date was opened.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Salary.com",
   "d": "2025-09-09",
   "t": "Salary.com introduces the CompAnalyst AI Suite",
   "desc": "Salary.com announced the CompAnalyst AI Suite, pairing its compensation data with new AI tools for benchmarking, salary structure management and market analysis.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_data",
    "ranges"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://hrtechfeed.com/?p=437273",
   "srcname": "HR Tech Feed",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The page text says the article was posted 2025-09-09 but its header shows the current date. Salary.com's own release page was not readable (GlobeNewswire returned HTTP 403).",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM",
   "d": "2025-09-17",
   "t": "Oracle adds concierge agents that route pay questions to compensation agents",
   "desc": "Diginomica reports Oracle doubled its Fusion HCM agents to 25. Employee and manager concierge agents call other agents across compensation, leave and benefits, at no extra charge.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://diginomica.com/node/29346",
   "srcname": "Diginomica",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Date is the article's printed date. The article says Oracle announced \"yesterday\". Reported by trade press; Oracle's own release was not found.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Mercer Talent All Access Portal (TAAP)",
   "d": "2025-10-01",
   "t": "Mercer launches Aida and Workforce Insights",
   "desc": "Mercer \"announced the launch of Workforce Insights, an AI-powered platform\" and is launching Aida, a proprietary AI assistant inside the Talent All Access Portal that answers HR questions in natural language.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "pay_data"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/about/newsroom/mercer-embraces-ai-to-deliver-better-outcomes-for-clients-launches-ai-talent-capabilities-workforce-insights-and-aida/",
   "srcname": "Mercer newsroom",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Mercer's page prints October 1, 2025; a Business Wire copy seen only in search results said Oct 2, 2025. Month precision used because the two differ.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Workday",
   "d": "2025-10-02",
   "t": "Workday launches Pay Transparency Analyzer powered by Kainos",
   "desc": "AI-powered solution that analyzes compensation, performance and demographic data, finds pay disparities and root causes of gaps, and gives budgeted recommendations to close them, for the EU Pay Transparency Directive. With early adopters at launch; due for all customers in the second half of fiscal year 2026.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_equity",
    "transparency"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://en-gb.newsroom.workday.com/2025-10-02-Workday-Launches-Pay-Transparency-Solution-To-Help-Organisations-Meet-New-EU-Rules-And-Achieve-Pay-Equity",
   "srcname": "Workday release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Everstage",
   "d": "2025-10-09",
   "t": "Everstage launches an AI-first CPQ with a quote-to-commission link",
   "desc": "Everstage CPQ adds AI-driven deal configuration and DealRooms to the platform and shows sellers the commission impact of a quote in real time while AI guardrails protect margins.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.everstage.com/press/everstage-launches-cpq-completing-the-quote-to-commission-connection-for-revenue-transformation",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Fullcast",
   "d": "2025-10-15",
   "t": "Fullcast acquires Copy.ai",
   "desc": "Fullcast acquired Copy.ai, which it calls \"the leading generative AI platform for sales and marketing workflows\", to offer an end-to-end \"Plan-to-Pay\" model with AI outbound outreach and proposal drafting.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.fullcast.ai/content/fullcast-announces-the-acquisition-of-copy-ai/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The page lists a post date of Oct 14, 2025 and a press release dateline of Oct 15, 2025. Deal value not disclosed.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Performio",
   "d": "2025-10-23",
   "t": "Performio launches an AI Admin Assistant and an MCP Server",
   "desc": "The Performio AI Admin Assistant lets comp admins use natural language to find issues in the workspace, get plan explanations with optimization suggestions, and learn the app. The Performio MCP Server lets users run calculations, inspect plans and data flows, import data and chain workflows from tools like Claude Desktop or Salesforce Agentforce. The release adds that internal AI agents already configure plans and will reach customers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "commissions",
    "copilot",
    "mcp",
    "plan_design"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-launches-ai-icm",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The vendor release does not say when the assistant reaches customers. IT trade coverage says available now, and the vendor's AI page now lists both as live.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Visdum",
   "d": "2025-10-23",
   "t": "Visdum introduces an AI Copilot for commissions",
   "desc": "A chat assistant that works with live compensation data answers questions about plans, quotas, deal credits and payouts, and traces a commission back through each step to find where it broke. It is read-only and walks the user through a change instead of making it.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://visdum.com/blog/ai-copilot",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The blog post date is the earliest dated page; it does not say separately when the Copilot shipped.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cleveland Ordinance 104-2025",
   "d": "2025-10-27",
   "t": "Cleveland salary range ordinance takes effect",
   "desc": "Employers with 15 or more employees in Cleveland must show the salary range or scale before applicants apply, and may not ask external applicants about past or current pay. Effective October 27, 2025.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.hahnlaw.com/insights/cleveland-salary-transparency-ordinance-takes-effect-october-27-2025/",
   "srcname": "Hahn Loeser (article dated 21 October 2025)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Syndio",
   "d": "2025-10-27",
   "t": "Syndio launches Syndi, AI pay recommendations inside Teams, Slack and the ATS",
   "desc": "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.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "ranges"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://synd.io/press-release/syndio-launches-syndi/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Massachusetts Salary Range Transparency Act",
   "d": "2025-10-29",
   "t": "Massachusetts salary range transparency law takes effect",
   "desc": "\"An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency\" took effect Oct. 29, 2025 for employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/10/massachusetts-pay-transparency-law-takes-effect-on-oct-29-2025",
   "srcname": "Greenberg Traurig (article dated 1 October 2025)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Pequity",
   "d": "2025-10-29",
   "t": "ADP acquires Pequity",
   "desc": "Pequity co-founder Kaitlyn Knopp announced that Pequity is joining ADP to broaden ADP's compensation tools for mid-size, enterprise and multinational clients; the post says the \"entire Pequity team and platform are moving to this new world together\". Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.pequity.com/blog/pequity-joins-adp",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The post is dated October 29, 2025 and links an ADP press release we could not open.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Payscale",
   "d": "2025-11-13",
   "t": "Payscale launches Smart Price agentic job pricing and Compass",
   "desc": "Payscale launched Smart Price, which \"walks users through four simple steps\" of job pricing with \"AI job matches that can be reviewed and adjusted\", and Compass, an executive scorecard on pay strategy. Both are available within Payfactors.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_data"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-launches-smart-price-and-compass",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Performio",
   "d": "2025-11-20",
   "t": "Performio and LINEN Cloud partner on sales planning and incentive pay",
   "desc": "LINEN Cloud, an AI and no-code sales planning platform, and Performio announced a partnership to unify territory and quota planning with incentive compensation management.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.performio.co/news/linen-cloud-performio-sales-planning-icm-partnership",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Varicent",
   "d": "2025-12-04",
   "t": "Varicent shows AI-native updates for planning, incentive logic, data work and inquiries",
   "desc": "At its Unlock Innovation Forum, Varicent showed how to \"model scenarios and adjust territories on demand\", \"automate the building and testing of incentive logic\", \"use AI to process data from multiple sources and create instant documentation\" and cut compensation inquiries to minutes. The page gives no availability dates.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "plan_design",
    "quota",
    "rep_view",
    "territory"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://www.varicent.com/news/varicent-ai-native-architecture-unlock-innovation-forum",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Anaplan",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "Anaplan makes the Sales Analyst agent available",
   "desc": "Anaplan Sales Analyst is one of four role-based AI agents made available with this announcement. It \"alerts teams to risks, runs impact scenarios and enables decisive action to optimize revenue performance management.\"",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-introduces-new-suite-role-based-ai-agents/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "CaptivateIQ",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "CaptivateIQ opens AI Payee Agents to a waitlist",
   "desc": "The December 2025 product newsletter introduced two AI Payee Agents: a Plan Doc Explainer that answers questions about the full compensation plan, and a Statement Explainer that checks payout statements and flags items that may need review. The newsletter says they are available via waitlist only.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://www.captivateiq.com/blog/whats-new-at-ciq-december-2025",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "A November 2025 press release on the payee experience exists in search results but its page returned 403, so it is not cited.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Xactly",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "Xactly unveils Incent AI Agents in early access",
   "desc": "Two agents on the Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform. For practitioners, they model and deploy incentive plans from natural language prompts and show how well plans work. For sellers, they explain performance and commissions, answer questions about plan documents and policies, estimate commissions and let sellers start disputes. The release calls it an early access preview.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "plan_design",
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/node/13161",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Poland Labour Code pay transparency amendment",
   "d": "2025-12-24",
   "t": "Poland's pay transparency rules for recruitment take effect",
   "desc": "Amendments to the Polish Labour Code that partly implement the EU directive entered into force on 24 December 2025. Employers must give applicants the pay or a pay range, in the ad, before the interview or before the contract, and may no longer ask about previous pay. Pay gap reporting and corrective action were not yet in national law.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.wolftheiss.com/insights/employment-brief-pay-transparency-in-poland/",
   "srcname": "Wolf Theiss",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "California SB 642",
   "d": "2026-01-01",
   "t": "California SB 642 redefines pay scale",
   "desc": "California SB 642 took effect January 1, 2026. It changes the Labor Code Section 432.3 definition of \"pay scale\" to a \"good faith estimate\" of the range upon hire.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2025/11/california-amends-pay-transparency-requirements",
   "srcname": "Morgan Lewis (article dated 5 November 2025)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Bettercomp",
   "d": "2026-01-05",
   "t": "Bettercomp rebrands with a new logo and site",
   "desc": "Bettercomp's post \"Welcome to the new Bettercomp\" announces a new logo, a lowercase C and a redesigned website; a banner on the post says \"Ask Bettercomp is LIVE!\", its AI-powered interface.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.bettercomp.com/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog list",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The date is printed beside the post title on Bettercomp's homepage list. The post page itself prints no date.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Bettercomp",
   "d": "2026-01-12",
   "t": "Bettercomp and WTW announce a strategic partnership",
   "desc": "Bettercomp's post says WTW \"evaluated all the available market pricing solutions and chose Bettercomp as their preferred market pricing technology partner\", with WTW survey results flowing into Bettercomp automatically.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.bettercomp.com/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog list",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The date is printed beside the post title on Bettercomp's homepage list. The post page itself prints no date but refers to the January 2026 WTW announcement.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Compa",
   "d": "2026-01-26",
   "t": "Compa raises $35M Series B for AI in enterprise compensation",
   "desc": "Compa announced a $35M Series B led by Jump Capital. The post names Analyst Agent and Partner Agent as its AI agents.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.compa.ai/blog/compa-raises-35m-series-b-to-accelerate-ai-for-enterprise-compensation",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Mantle Equity",
   "d": "2026-02-01",
   "t": "AI Assist builds vesting schedules from plain language",
   "desc": "Mantle's AI Assist configures a vesting schedule from a natural language description.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "equity_admin"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The changelog prints Feb 1, 2026, which looks like a month marker.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "WTW Rewards AI",
   "d": "2026-02-02",
   "t": "WTW launches Rewards AI",
   "desc": "WTW announced Rewards AI, \"Generative AI-enabled software\" for HR and compensation professionals. Users ask questions in plain language, and each recommendation can be traced back to its source data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "pay_data"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://insurance-canada.ca/2026/03/05/wtw-launch-rewards-ai-compensation-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Insurance-Canada.ca (reprint of WTW release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The release date comes from the dateline on a reprint posted 2026-03-05. WTW's own page returned HTTP 429.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP SuccessFactors",
   "d": "2026-02-04",
   "t": "SAP announces EU Pay Transparency Insights for People Intelligence",
   "desc": "SAP says EU Pay Transparency Insights, an AI-powered app in the People Intelligence package in SAP Business Data Cloud, will let organizations analyze compensation, find outliers and address pay gaps. Launch set for 1H 2026.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_equity",
    "transparency"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/02/new-capabilities-advance-pay-equity-aeu-pay-transparency-compliance/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Mantle Equity",
   "d": "2026-03-01",
   "t": "AI Assist drafts option grants from an employment letter",
   "desc": "Uploading an employment letter lets AI Assist extract details into a draft option grant.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "equity_admin"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The changelog prints Mar 1, 2026, which looks like a month marker.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Syndio",
   "d": "2026-03-11",
   "t": "Syndio and Kognitiv partner on EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance",
   "desc": "Syndio and Kognitiv announced a strategic partnership \"to help global enterprises prepare for the EU Pay Transparency Directive\" and \"achieve and maintain EUPTD compliance\", moving from reactive compliance to continuous pay governance.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://synd.io/press-release/kognitiv-and-syndio-partner-to-support-eu-pay-transparency-directive-compliance-across-global-enterprises/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Trusaic",
   "d": "2026-03-11",
   "t": "Trusaic and gradar partner on pay equity and job evaluation",
   "desc": "Trusaic and gradar announced a strategic partnership to \"help enterprises build transparent, defensible pay programs\", pairing gradar's factor-based job evaluation with Trusaic's PayParity platform for pay equity analysis.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://gradar.com/blog/trusaic-and-gradar-announce-strategic-partnership-to-help-enterprises-build-transparent-defensible-pay-programs-amid-global-pay-transparency-regulations",
   "srcname": "gradar blog (Trusaic release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "TechIntelPro covered the same news on 2026-03-13.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Decusoft Compose",
   "d": "2026-03-26",
   "t": "Decusoft adds Compose Insights, conversational AI for comp data",
   "desc": "Compose Insights lets users ask plain-language questions of their own Compose data, for pay equity analysis, budget scenarios, outliers and ad hoc reports, alongside Predictive Compensation. Available to all Compose clients.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "cycles"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.decusoft.com/?p=21187",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Aon Radford McLagan Compensation Database",
   "d": "2026-03-31",
   "t": "Aon adds an AI Compensation Assistant and job-matching agent to Radford McLagan",
   "desc": "Aon's AI Compensation Assistant gives on-demand access to compensation data, and a job-matching agent automates role matching and report setup from plain-language instructions. Aon says the database covers over 30 million employees in 115 countries.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "leveling",
    "pay_data"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://aon.mediaroom.com/2026-03-31-Aon-Launches-Radford-McLagan-Compensation-Database-Enhancements-as-AI-Redefines-Workforce-Skills-and-Compensation",
   "srcname": "Aon release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Salary.com",
   "d": "2026-03-31",
   "t": "Salary.com launches Max, an AI model with autonomous agents",
   "desc": "Salary.com launched Max, \"a purpose-built AI that brings autonomous agents and real-time market intelligence into compensation workflows\". The agents \"execute complex tasks\" and automate pre- and post-planning analysis and flag pay-compression risks before a cycle begins.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "cycles"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "People set direction and approve the decisions that matter (Salary.com agents page)",
   "src": "https://www.accel-kkr.com/the-new-salary-com-launches-max-autonomous-agents-and-real-time-market-intelligence-for-the-ai-era-of-compensation-management/",
   "srcname": "Accel-KKR news page (repost of Salary.com release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The page is dated 2026-06-23 and prints the release date March 31, 2026. Salary.com's AI agents page says people stay in control of every decision that matters.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Carta",
   "d": "2026-04",
   "t": "Carta launches Plugins for Claude",
   "desc": "Carta's July 2026 release says its Plugins for Claude launched in April 2026. The Cap Table Plugin pulls live cap table summaries and 409A records into Claude and runs under each user's existing Carta permissions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "equity_admin",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://press.kgnews.net/newsRead.php?no=1039739",
   "srcname": "Vendor release (newswire copy)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Read through an archive copy dated 2026-04-08 because carta.com blocks automated reads. The post asks for beta access.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP SuccessFactors",
   "d": "2026-04-13",
   "t": "SAP SuccessFactors 1H 2026 release adds pay transparency insights",
   "desc": "The release introduces pay transparency insights in People Intelligence in SAP Business Data Cloud, to analyze compensation patterns and potential pay gaps, with the EU in view.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_equity",
    "transparency"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-successfactors-1h-2026-release/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The post says the release \"introduces\" the capability and gives no separate availability line.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Xactly",
   "d": "2026-04-21",
   "t": "Xactly and ServiceNow launch a Dispute Management AI Agent",
   "desc": "The Dispute Management AI Agent uses the Model Context Protocol and works with ServiceNow Now Assist to automate compensation inquiries and dispute workflows. The release says it manages the investigation and resolution of commission disputes in one AI-guided interaction and is available via the ServiceNow Marketplace.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Release names no review step",
   "src": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/xactly-and-servicenow-launch-agent-agent-ai-integration-revenue-operations",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Mantle Equity",
   "d": "2026-05-01",
   "t": "Mantle Clerk AI assistant opens in beta",
   "desc": "Mantle's changelog says the AI assistant for cap tables, Mantle Clerk, is available in beta for users who request early access through support.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "equity_admin"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The changelog prints May 1, 2026, which looks like a month marker.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pave",
   "d": "2026-05-04",
   "t": "Pave launches the Pave Comp Agent",
   "desc": "Pave launched the Pave Comp Agent, which \"sits directly inside PaveOS with full access to each organization's structured compensation data\" and runs multi-step work such as building cases for employees flagged as underpaid, monitoring for retention risks and running merit-cycle simulations. It went to select enterprise clients with a waitlist.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "beta",
   "human": "Comp team sets the rules, permissions and skills; the release names no per-step approval",
   "src": "https://hrdive.com/press-release/20260502-pave-launches-its-comp-agent-to-reinvent-compensation-management-with-agent",
   "srcname": "Vendor release (via HR Dive)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Payscale",
   "d": "2026-05-07",
   "t": "Payscale Smart Reporting builds compensation reports from chat",
   "desc": "Smart Reporting lets compensation teams \"use natural language chat to request reports\" across pay, equity, performance and market data, \"powered by AI that has been trained on decades of compensation expertise.\"",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/smart-reporting-launch",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Carta",
   "d": "2026-05-13",
   "t": "Carta buys Avantia and launches Carta Law",
   "desc": "Carta acquired Avantia, an AI-powered legal and compliance law firm for asset managers, and launched Carta Law. Terms were not disclosed.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://pulse2.com/carta-launches-carta-law-with-acquisition-of-avantia/",
   "srcname": "Pulse 2.0",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Fund-side legal service, not equity administration. Pulse 2.0 prints May 13, 2026; a newswire copy of the release prints 2026-05-15.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Dolfin",
   "d": "2026-05-13",
   "t": "Dolfin raises a EUR 2.1M seed round",
   "desc": "Swanlaab led a EUR 2.1M ($2.5M) seed round with Archipelago Next, Inveready and Dozen to scale its AI-native sales compensation platform.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://inforcapital.com/news/barcelonas-dolfin-raises-21-million-seed-round-to-scale-its-ai-native-platform-for-sales-compensation/",
   "srcname": "Inforcapital",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Inforcapital prints May 13, 2026; Capital Riesgo prints 14/05/2026 for the same round. The vendor has no release.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Xactly",
   "d": "2026-05-14",
   "t": "Xactly launches a Fleet of Agents and Intelligence Studio",
   "desc": "The Fleet of Agents covers builder, workflow and optimization agents, with an Incent Plan Configuration Agent and a Dispute Management Agent as early examples. Intelligence Studio lets Xactly, customers and partners create and configure agents on their own business rules. The release ties the Fleet to Intelligence Connect, released in 2025, and Xactly's MCP server.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "plan_design",
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Release names no review step; customers configure agents to their own rules",
   "src": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/Xactly-releases-fleet-of-agents",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release says Intelligence Connect was released \"last year\" but gives no date, so it has no event of its own.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "CaptivateIQ",
   "d": "2026-05-15",
   "t": "CaptivateIQ launches CaptivateIQ Agents and an MCP Server in limited beta",
   "desc": "Three agents: a Compensation Builder Agent that creates plans, formulas and columns and explains errors; a Compensation Operations Agent that checks payouts and data before they go out, answers rep and manager questions and manages approvals; and a Revenue Planning Agent that builds a plan from a leader's goals including territory and account assignments. An MCP Server connects live compensation and planning data to outside AI tools. The release says the agents are in limited beta for select customers, with general availability planned for later in 2026.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "commissions",
    "mcp",
    "plan_design",
    "quota",
    "rep_view",
    "territory"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "beta",
   "human": "a person reviews and approves plans, fixes and payouts",
   "src": "https://www.martechcube.com/captivateiq-launches-captivateiq-agents/",
   "srcname": "MarTech Cube",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Print date May 15, 2026 on MarTech Cube; IT Brief prints 16 May 2026. The vendor's AI agents page (opened 2026-11-07) lists Comp Builder and Rev Planning as generally available and Comp Ops and the MCP Server as coming soon, so the status moved after launch.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "QuotaPath",
   "d": "2026-06-01",
   "t": "QuotaPath launches Atlas, an AI revenue strategist for comp plans",
   "desc": "Atlas helps revenue leaders create and check compensation plans and model the go-to-market plan needed to hit revenue targets. The release lists plan validation against benchmarks, scenario modeling before rollout, linking pay structures to business goals, and answers on team performance.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "plan_design"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://salestechstar.com/?p=262692",
   "srcname": "SalesTech Star (press release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The dateline reads Austin, June 1, 2026. Tech Intel Pro prints June 3, 2026 for the same news.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Shareworks",
   "d": "2026-06-03",
   "t": "Morgan Stanley opens Shareworks and Equity Edge to outside AI agents",
   "desc": "CNBC reported that Morgan Stanley at Work will let clients' outside AI agents connect directly to Shareworks and Equity Edge over the Model Context Protocol. It has granted 'a handful of clients' early agentic access and plans to open it to its 3,400 administration clients by next year.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/03/ai-agents-morgan-stanley-wealth-management-funnel.html",
   "srcname": "CNBC",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Reported by CNBC from an interview with Morgan Stanley at Work's chief product officer. No Morgan Stanley release was found. Search coverage says the link uses the Model Context Protocol; the CNBC text read does not say so.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Malta pay transparency regulations",
   "d": "2026-06-05",
   "t": "Malta implements the EU Pay Transparency Directive",
   "desc": "Deloitte Legal says that on 5 June 2026 Malta implemented the remaining provisions of the EU Pay Transparency Directive 'with immediate effect' through new Regulations, two days before the 7 June deadline.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://legalbriefs.deloitte.com/post/102n8ec/eu-pay-transparency-directive-latest-country-updates-as-at-6-july-2026",
   "srcname": "Deloitte Legal",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Deloitte does not name the instrument. A Lockton table (https://global.lockton.com/us/en/news-insights/eu-pay-transparency-directive-implementation-status, a broker, not a law firm) lists Legal Notice 173 of 2026 in force 5 June 2026.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "EU Pay Transparency Directive",
   "d": "2026-06-07",
   "t": "EU deadline for member states to adopt the Pay Transparency Directive",
   "desc": "Directive (EU) 2023/970 requires member states to bring into force the laws needed to comply \"by 7 June 2026\" (Article 34(1)). It was published in the Official Journal on 17 May 2023.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/970/oj",
   "srcname": "EUR-Lex (Official Journal)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Law-firm trackers dated July to September 2026 list only Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and later Greece as fully transposed; see the national events.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Italy Legislative Decree 96/2026",
   "d": "2026-06-07",
   "t": "Italy's pay transparency decree applies to all employers",
   "desc": "Italy published Legislative Decree No. 96/2026 in the Official Gazette on 1 June 2026. From 7 June 2026 all employers, regardless of size, must comply with its immediate obligations.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/2026/italy-implements-pay-transparency-rules-key-obligations-deadlines-and-risks-for-employers-copy",
   "srcname": "DLA Piper (article dated 5 June 2026)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Lithuania Labour Code pay transparency amendments",
   "d": "2026-06-07",
   "t": "Lithuania's Labour Code amendments on pay transparency take effect",
   "desc": "The Law Amending the Lithuanian Labour Code took effect on 7 June 2026, with changes to pay confidentiality and recruitment. Employers must adopt or update remuneration systems by 31 December 2026; job categorisation, pay data submission and employee pay information rights follow on 1 January 2027.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.sorainen.com/?p=127186",
   "srcname": "Sorainen (article dated 12 June 2026)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Workday",
   "d": "2026-06-11",
   "t": "Workday says Pay Transparency Analyzer is available in 135 countries",
   "desc": "Workday says Pay Transparency Analyzer powered by Kainos 'is available to organisations across Workday's 135 countries of operation', after the EU transposition deadline passed. It says Fugro is preparing to adopt it, and David Lloyd Clubs and Kongsberg have set up central data platforms for people and total rewards data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "pay_equity",
    "transparency"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://en-gb.newsroom.workday.com/2026-06-11-Workday-Customers-Move-From-Compliance-to-Competitive-Edge-With-AI-as-EU-Pay-Transparency-Directive-Deadline-for-Transposition-Passes",
   "srcname": "Workday release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vestd",
   "d": "2026-06-15",
   "t": "Vestd takes its first institutional round from Foresight Group",
   "desc": "Vestd announced a growth investment from Foresight Group, a FTSE 250 investment manager, its 'first institutional round after ten years'. The amount is not disclosed. Vestd says AI is already deployed tactically across the business.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.vestd.com/blog/vestd-raises-its-first-institutional-round-with-foresight-group",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Amount not disclosed. The page prints \"Updated on June 15, 2026\".",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Performio",
   "d": "2026-06-18",
   "t": "Performio AI Implementation Agents cut an ICM build from months to weeks at customers",
   "desc": "Performio reported customer results from its AI Implementation Agents: a Discovery Agent that structures requirements, a Configuration Agent that builds the configuration, and a UAT Agent that generates and validates test scenarios. In one implementation a configuration phase scoped at eight weeks finished in under one week. The release says the AI Admin Assistant can call the same agents for plan changes in live environments.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "plan_design"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "consultants oversee and verify the configuration",
   "src": "https://www.performio.co/news/performio-cuts-icm-implementation-timelines-from-months-to-weeks-with-ai-agents",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The oversight wording comes from the vendor's AI page, which says experienced consultants oversee the process.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Syndio",
   "d": "2026-06-23",
   "t": "Syndio acquires agentic AI company Embrace.ai",
   "desc": "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.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.01net.it/syndio-acquires-embrace-ai/",
   "srcname": "Business Wire (via 01net)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src. The Syndio newsroom list (https://synd.io/news/) also shows 'Syndio Acquires Embrace.ai' dated 2026-06-23.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Virginia SB 215",
   "d": "2026-07-01",
   "t": "Virginia pay transparency law takes effect",
   "desc": "Virginia's pay transparency law (SB 215) took effect July 1, 2026.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/2026/virginia-pay-transparency-law-goes-into-effect-july-1-2026",
   "srcname": "DLA Piper (article dated 22 July 2026)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The DLA Piper page prints no employer-size threshold.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Greece Law 5316/2026",
   "d": "2026-07-06",
   "t": "Greece publishes its pay transparency law",
   "desc": "Greece's Law 5316/2026 was published in the Government Gazette on 6 July 2026. Most of its operational provisions apply from 1 November 2026; structural provisions such as scope and definitions took effect on 6 July 2026.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.lewissilkin.com/insights/2026/07/13/greece-transposes-the-eu-pay-transparency-directive-what-employers-need-to-know",
   "srcname": "Lewis Silkin (first published 13 July 2026, updated 29 September 2026)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Mantle Equity",
   "d": "2026-07-15",
   "t": "Mantle Clerk reaches general availability",
   "desc": "Every Mantle customer now has access to the Clerk AI assistant to help draft grants, manage documents and answer questions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "equity_admin"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Visdum",
   "d": "2026-07-24",
   "t": "Visdum adds an AI Nudge Generator",
   "desc": "It drafts a short coaching email for one rep from where that rep stands in the current commission cycle, and sends it only after a manager approves it.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "rep_view"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.visdum.com/blog/visdum-ai-nudge-generator",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated by the blog post; the post describes the feature as available.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "CaptivateIQ",
   "d": "2026-07-29",
   "t": "CaptivateIQ Revenue Planning Agent can now change the plan model, in open beta",
   "desc": "The July 2026 product update says the Revenue Planning Agent \"moves from reading your model to changing it.\" Before it acts, the agent shows what it will change and the downstream impact, and it can compare scenarios in one conversation. The post lists native MCP support for the Knowledge Base as coming soon.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "quota",
    "territory"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "beta",
   "human": "confirms each change before it applies",
   "src": "https://www.captivateiq.com/blog/whats-new-at-ciq-july-2026",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Maine LD 54",
   "d": "2026-07-29",
   "t": "Maine pay range disclosure law takes effect",
   "desc": "Maine's LD 54 took effect July 29, 2026 and requires employers with 10 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings.",
   "k": "legal",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.pierceatwood.com/alerts/new-wage-disclosure-obligations-maine",
   "srcname": "Pierce Atwood (article dated 22 July 2026)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Visdum",
   "d": "2026-07-29",
   "t": "Visdum opens an MCP server so Claude can read commission data",
   "desc": "Users connect Claude to their own Visdum data with OAuth 2.1 and their existing permissions. Ten of 11 tools are read-only; the one write action saves a report after the user approves a preview. It cannot adjust or reprocess payouts.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.visdum.com/blog/visdum-mcp",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated by the blog post.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Carta",
   "d": "2026-07-30",
   "t": "Carta Plugins for Claude open to all customers",
   "desc": "Carta announced broad availability of its Plugins for Claude, including the Cap Table Plugin, following an April 2026 launch. More than 1,500 companies and firms already use them. The Cap Table Plugin generates any of 18 report types for Excel export.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "equity_admin",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/carta-rearchitects-private-capital-operations-with-plugins-for-claude",
   "srcname": "TechIntelPro (release coverage)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The newswire copy prints 2026-07-31; its Business Wire link carries 20260729.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Visdum",
   "d": "2026-07-31",
   "t": "Visdum adds an AI Report Builder",
   "desc": "Finance and RevOps describe a commission report in plain English, review a live preview, refine it in chat and save it. It is read-only and does not change a plan, rate or payout.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.visdum.com/blog/ai-report-builder",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated by the blog post.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Xactly",
   "d": "2026-08-12",
   "t": "Xactly partners with ServiceNow; ServiceNow will bundle Xactly with ServiceNow CRM",
   "desc": "Xactly and ServiceNow announced a partnership that connects the Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform to ServiceNow CRM. As part of the agreement, ServiceNow will bundle Xactly's platform alongside ServiceNow CRM so territory, quota and pay decisions reach the seller in real time.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.xactlycorp.com/company/press-room/xactly-partners-with-servicenow",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Compa",
   "d": "2026-08-13",
   "t": "Mercer and Compa form an alliance around Analyst Agent",
   "desc": "Mercer adds its compensation insights, built on its global dataset and advisory experience, to Compa's Analyst Agent, so shared clients can assess market pricing and pay trends.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.mercer.com/en-us/about/newsroom/mercer-and-compa-join-forces-to-bring-compensation-insights-into-everyday-workflows/",
   "srcname": "Mercer newsroom",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Pave",
   "d": "2026-08-13",
   "t": "Pave Agent reasons across the full compensation system of record",
   "desc": "Pave expanded the Pave Agent: \"The Agent can now reason across a company's full compensation context,\" including merit cycles, pay ranges, a new job-posting dataset and customer documents, and \"Every recommendation cites its sources and explains its reasoning.\"",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/pave-expands-ai-compensation-agent-to-reason-across-full-compensation-system-of-record",
   "srcname": "TechIntelPro (Pave release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Vestd",
   "d": "2026-08-19",
   "t": "Vestd launches an MCP server",
   "desc": "Vestd built an MCP server so an AI agent such as Claude or ChatGPT can pull a company's live cap table, options, governance, filings and documents under the user's own permissions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "equity_admin",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.vestd.com/blog/vestd-mcp-release",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The page prints \"Updated on August 19, 2026\", which may be an edit date.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Salary.com",
   "d": "2026-08-25",
   "t": "Salary.com completes Workday Design Approved integration",
   "desc": "CompAnalyst now connects to Workday HCM through a Workday Marketplace integration that syncs employee data so teams can price roles and build pay structures without manual uploads.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/salary-com-completes-workday-design-approved-integration-giving-workday-customers-access-to-global-compensation-management-software-data",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Pave",
   "d": "2026-09-01",
   "t": "Pave Agent reaches Claude over MCP",
   "desc": "Pave opened The Pave Agent to outside AI tools over MCP: it \"is reachable from the AI tools you're already using, starting with Claude.\"",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/pave-agent-mcp",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Payscale",
   "d": "2026-09-08",
   "t": "Payscale launches Ascent AI-first benchmarking",
   "desc": "Ascent is \"an AI-first benchmarking platform within the Payscale Intelligence Cloud\" on Peer data from 4,500+ organizations; it bundles Smart Price and Smart Reporting (\"Ask in plain language and get a report back\").",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "pay_data"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.payscale.com/press-releases/payscale-launches-ascent",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Gradient Works",
   "d": "2026-09-16",
   "t": "Gradient Works relaunches Carve for end-to-end territory planning",
   "desc": "The new Carve runs design, feedback, deployment and adjustment in one place. An AI agent acts as a \"sales territory expert\" that builds and adjusts plans and deploys them to Salesforce, and through MCP an outside agent in Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini can run the whole process.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "territory"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "supplies data and requirements, gives feedback, shares scenarios for review",
   "src": "https://www.gradient.works/blog/end-to-end-territory-planning-with-the-new-carve",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated by the blog post; a follow-up post dated 10/02/2026 says \"Last week we launched the new Carve\".",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cake Equity",
   "d": "2026-09-17",
   "t": "Cake MCP lets AI tools query the cap table",
   "desc": "Cake's changelog says Claude, Codex, Grok, Cursor or any MCP client can connect to Cake and answer cap table questions from the live cap table, with no export.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://cakeequity.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qobra",
   "d": "2026-09-24",
   "t": "Qobra and HiBob become official partners",
   "desc": "Qobra is now listed on the HiBob Marketplace, and the Bob integration that syncs employee data into Qobra moves from a service account to OAuth. The companies plan jointly built sync features.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.qobra.co/blog/qobra-hibob-partnership",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Cake Equity",
   "d": "2026-09-27",
   "t": "Cake is listed in Claude's connector directory",
   "desc": "Cake is now in Claude's connector directory, so a user can connect it once and ask about the cap table from any chat with no setup.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://cakeequity.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Salary.com",
   "d": "2026-09-28",
   "t": "Salary.com launches SalaryTalent, an AI-native talent platform",
   "desc": "Salary.com launched SalaryTalent, \"an AI-native, compensation-first talent management platform\". HR Agent Orchestration gives \"human-in-the-loop control over AI agents\" with \"configurable approval gates, permission scopes, and audit logs\".",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "People set direction and approve actions at the approval gates",
   "src": "https://www.salary.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/salary-com-expands-into-talent-management-to-bring-compensation-intelligence-to-talent-decisions",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Pave",
   "d": "2026-10-02",
   "t": "Pave Agent builds files from a conversation",
   "desc": "\"The Agent can generate real files directly from a conversation,\" producing PowerPoint, Word, Markdown and HTML dashboard drafts grounded in the same data as its answers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.pave.com/blog-posts/pave-agent-can-build-the-deliverable",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Copied from the hiring map event with the same date, title and src.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Ledgy",
   "d": "2026-10-05",
   "t": "Ledgy publishes its MCP guide (beta)",
   "desc": "Ledgy's help centre guide describes Ledgy MCP (Beta) as a read-only live link that lets Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT query a customer's Ledgy data, on the Scale plan and above.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://help.ledgy.com/en/articles/726864-how-does-ledgy-mcp-work-beta",
   "srcname": "Vendor help centre",
   "conf": "low",
   "note": "The help article prints October 5, 2026 beside its author, which may be a last-edited date. No launch announcement for Ledgy Agent or Ledgy MCP was found.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Qobra",
   "d": "2026-10-12",
   "t": "Qobra MCP becomes native in Dust",
   "desc": "Qobra and Dust are official partners. Dust agents can read quota attainment, commission statements, plans and reports through Qobra's MCP server (65 actions, 45 read and 20 write), inside each user's permissions. Agents cannot edit statements or payouts.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.qobra.co/blog/qobra-dust-partnership",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Mantle Equity",
   "d": "2026-10-19",
   "t": "Mantle adds a read-only MCP connector",
   "desc": "Mantle now exposes a read-only MCP connector so AI assistants can look up cap table summaries, securities, stakeholders, board resolutions, equity plans and exercise notices, within a user's existing permissions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.withmantle.com/changelog",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "beqom PaySuite",
   "d": "2026-10-20",
   "t": "beqom launches PaySuite with Intentional AI",
   "desc": "beqom launched PaySuite, which joins compensation, performance, pay equity and pay transparency on top of a customer's HR system, with explainable and auditable AI recommendations and people making the final decision.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "cycles",
    "pay_equity",
    "transparency"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://thetopvoices.com/news/beqom-launches-ai-powered-paysuite-compensation-management",
   "srcname": "The Top Voices",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated 2026-10-20 on the trade page and on beqom's news list. The article says PaySuite \"has launched\" but gives no availability or pricing. No named agents appear in the launch coverage.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "EquityList",
   "d": "2026-11-02",
   "t": "EquityList goes AI-native",
   "desc": "EquityList says its platform now reads the ESOP scheme, shareholders' agreements and board resolutions, answers questions from them, and carries out workflows within the scheme's vesting and approval rules. It says 'The new EquityList is live today.'",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "equity_admin"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.equitylist.co/blog-post/ai-native-evolution-of-equitylist",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  }
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}