{ "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": "TalentGuard", "d": "2025-05-12", "t": "Juvo Ventures invests in TalentGuard", "desc": "Juvo Ventures Fund II made a strategic investment, amount undisclosed, to expand the WorkforceGPT product family, including agents such as the Role Builder Agent.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.talentguard.com/press-releases/talentguard-secures-investment-from-juvo-ventures-fund-ii-lp-to-accelerate-the-future-of-work", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "OneStream", "d": "2025-05-13", "t": "OneStream unveils SensibleAI Agents, Studio and Forecast", "desc": "At Splash 2025 OneStream unveiled SensibleAI Agents, \"AI-powered chat assistants that retrieve data, do deep analysis, visualize data and execute tasks\", in private preview. SensibleAI Studio (30+ routines) was expected to be generally available in June 2025, alongside an updated SensibleAI Forecast.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://www.onestream.com/news/onestream-unveils-sensibleai-agents-sensibleai-studio-and-the-most-advanced-sensibleai-forecast-to-automate-finance-s-most-demanding-tasks/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Vena", "d": "2025-05-16", "t": "Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams becomes generally available", "desc": "Vena announced general availability of Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams at its Excelerate Summit, bringing FP&A insights into Teams.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-copilot-for-microsoft-teams-is-here-bringing-fpa-expertise-and-agentic-ai-where-work-happens", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Homebase", "d": "2025-06-05", "t": "Homebase launches Hiring Assistant and Scheduling Assistant", "desc": "Homebase introduced its first AI Assistants, a Hiring Assistant and a Scheduling Assistant, 'automating tedious, manual tasks end-to-end'. The Scheduling Assistant builds schedules automatically and was free on any paid tier until 5 September 2025; owners confirm interviews the Hiring Assistant pre-schedules.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.asbn.com/articles/homebase-brings-ai-to-main-street-with-faster-hiring-effortless-scheduling-tools/", "srcname": "Business Wire release via ASBN", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Rotageek", "d": "2025-06-10", "t": "ELMO Group acquires Rotageek", "desc": "ELMO Group, parent of Breathe HR, acquired Rotageek, a London-based provider of AI-driven workforce management and rota software. Rotageek's CEO said the mission is to help businesses schedule intelligently \"using data, AI and design thinking\".", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://businesscloud.co.uk/?p=170365", "srcname": "BusinessCloud", "conf": "high", "note": "Page prints 'Posted on June 10, 2025'. Deal terms were not in the article.", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Abacum", "d": "2025-06-11", "t": "Abacum raises a $60 million Series B", "desc": "Abacum's newsroom carries the item \"Abacum raises $60M to redefine the office of the CFO\" dated this day. Scale Venture Partners led the round.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.abacum.ai/newsroom/abacum-raises-60m-to-redefine-the-office-of-the-cfo", "srcname": "Vendor newsroom", "conf": "high", "note": "Lead investor comes from the Scale Venture Partners page, which prints its own date of 2026-10-28.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Deputy", "d": "2025-06-24", "t": "Deputy signs exclusive AI partnership with Predelo", "desc": "Deputy and Predelo, an AI decision-agent service, agreed an exclusive partnership. Predelo's AI labor forecasting and auto-scheduling agents run in the background and adjust schedules down to store and department level. Deputy is piloting it with customers in its home market and the US; global availability is a later rollout.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://news.deputy.com/deputy-announces-exclusive-global-partnership-with-predelo-to-bring-ai-to-shift-based-businesses-s3v2hv", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Reejig", "d": "2025-06-25", "t": "Reejig launches Work Architecture", "desc": "Reejig launched Work Architecture, a living model of work built on its Work Ontology that breaks jobs into tasks, tracks emerging and obsolete skills, flags tasks AI can automate or augment, maps internal moves and links roles to pay. It integrates with Workday, SAP and Oracle.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "mobility", "org_design", "skills", "workforce_cost" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://hrtechedge.com/news/reejig-launches-dynamic-work-architecture-to-power-ai-driven-workforce-transformation", "srcname": "HRTech Edge (PR Newswire release)", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade reprint of the release; the release text prints June 25, 2025. The Reejig newsroom was not found.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Lightcast", "d": "2025-07-08", "t": "Lightcast acquires Rhetorik", "desc": "Lightcast acquired Rhetorik, a UK B2B data firm with 800M+ professional profiles and 280M+ company records, to expand its people, company and labor market data.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/lightcast-acquires-rhetorik-to-expand-global-people-company-and-labor-market-inte", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Draup", "d": "2025-07-15", "t": "Draup makes its data available over MCP", "desc": "Draup exposes its sales, talent and market intelligence datasets as MCP servers, including skills data for workforce planning and reskilling, with role-based access and PII masking.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "labor_data", "mcp", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://draup.com/talent/blogs/draup-data-now-available-via-mcp", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Draup", "d": "2025-07-16", "t": "Draup launches Curie, an agentic AI for HR teams", "desc": "Curie lets HR leaders query labor market data in conversation to find skill shortfalls, project hiring needs, compare pay benchmarks and design reskilling paths.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "labor_data" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://techrseries.com/artificial-intelligence/draup-launches-curie-the-agentic-ai-built-for-enterprise-hr-teams/", "srcname": "Tech-R Series", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade article reporting the vendor launch.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Forecast", "d": "2025-07-22", "t": "Accelo acquires Forecast", "desc": "Accelo, a professional services automation platform, announced its acquisition of UK-based Forecast, an AI-powered project and resource management vendor. Terms were not published.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/robotics-and-automation/accelo-acquires-forecast-to-bolster-ai-driven-psa-leadership", "srcname": "TechIntelPro", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade copy of the CNW release. Osborne Clarke (2025-07-30) also reports the sale.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Lightcast", "d": "2025-08-12", "t": "Lightcast launches Skills Agent", "desc": "Skills Agent continuously updates skill-to-job links in Talent Transform from labor market data and justifies each recommendation. Lightcast says current skills data supports redeployment, workforce planning and internal mobility.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "Not stated on the page", "src": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/skills-agent-press-release-2025-08-12", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Dayforce", "d": "2025-08-21", "t": "Thoma Bravo agrees to take Dayforce private", "desc": "Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Dayforce in a deal valued at about US$12.3 billion. Shareholders get US$70 per share in cash.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/08/21/thoma-bravo-signs-deal-to-buy-dayforce-in-deal-valued-at-us123-billion", "srcname": "BNN Bloomberg", "conf": "high", "note": "Reused from the hiring map. Closed 2026-02-04 (https://www.thomabravo.com/press-releases/thoma-bravo-completes-acquisition-of-dayforce).", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Lightcast", "d": "2025-09-04", "t": "Lightcast acquires Skill Collective", "desc": "Lightcast acquired Skill Collective, a UK-based consulting firm that builds skills-powered workforce models. Terms are not given on the page.", "k": "acquisition", "major": false, "src": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/lightcast-acquires-skill-collective-to-advance-skill-based-transformation-for-glo", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Gloat", "d": "2025-09-09", "t": "Gloat launches its Work Orchestration Platform", "desc": "Gloat introduced the \"Exponential Workforce\" and a Work Orchestration Platform with Signal (enterprise AI visibility), Mosaic (managers break work into tasks and skills and assemble hybrid teams) and Ascend (AI-era skills programs), on a multi-ontology Workforce Graph. The release says it is available immediately.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "skills", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://gloat.com/newsrooms/gloat-unveils-the-exponential-workforce-to-bridge-the-ai-productivity-gap/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Pigment", "d": "2025-09-10", "t": "Pigment makes the Analyst Agent available to all customers", "desc": "Pigment made the Analyst Agent and Financial Consolidation \"now available for all Pigment customers\". The Analyst Agent monitors metrics, flags anomalies and generates reports.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.pigment.com/newsroom/analyst-agent-launch", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Vena", "d": "2025-09-15", "t": "Vena launches the Planning Agent in open beta", "desc": "Vena launched the Vena Planning Agent in open beta with select customers. Business users run driver-based planning in natural language across Excel, Power BI, Azure and Teams.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-launches-award-winning-planning-agent-to-redefine-finance-workflows-as-fpa-market-surges-toward-16.9b-by-2030", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM", "d": "2025-09-16", "t": "Oracle announces 13 HR agents including Positions Assistant", "desc": "Oracle announced 13 agents for Fusion Cloud HCM. The Positions Assistant helps with staffing decisions and the Succession Planning Advisor maps succession coverage and simulates risk scenarios.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://itbrief.news/story/oracle-unveils-ai-agents-to-automate-streamline-hr-processes", "srcname": "IT Brief", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade copy dated 16 September 2025; the Oracle release was not opened (403). Agents are described as planned for Fusion Cloud HCM at no additional cost.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Workday", "d": "2025-09-16", "t": "Illuminate adds Planning and Frontline agents", "desc": "Workday added new Illuminate agents. The release lists a Planning Agent, which it says helps early access customers cut data exploration and analysis by 30%, and a Frontline Agent, which it says cuts time spent managing staffing changes by up to 90%.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://newsroom.workday.com/2025-09-16-Workday-Illuminate-TM-Expands-with-New-AI-Agents-for-HR,-Finance,-and-Industry", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release says these two agents are \"already in early access or generally available today\" and does not say which. The Planning Agent is a finance planning agent, not a headcount one.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Workday", "d": "2025-09-16", "t": "Workday agrees to buy Sana for about $1.1B", "desc": "Workday agreed to acquire Sana, maker of Sana Agents and Sana Learn, to become the new front door for work.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://newsroom.workday.com/2025-09-16-Workday-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Sana", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Reused from the hiring map. Price from Fortune (https://fortune.com/2025/09/19/workday-cfo-1-1-billion-sana-deal-aligns-ma-strategy); the release itself does not state it. Workday's Workforce Management Agent is powered by Sana.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Aleph", "d": "2025-09-17", "t": "Aleph raises a $29 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures", "desc": "Aleph announced a $29 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures, with Picus Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Y Combinator, bringing total funding to $46 million.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.vcaonline.com/news/2025091703/aleph-secures-29-million-series-b-to-shape-and-lead-the-future-of-ai-native-fp-a", "srcname": "Venture Capital Access Online", "conf": "high", "note": "Amount and lead confirmed on the VCA page (dated Wednesday, September 17, 2025); total and other investors are from Aleph's blog at https://www.getaleph.com/blog/series-b, which prints no date.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Visier", "d": "2025-09-18", "t": "Visier adds AI-powered Org Design to its workforce planning suite", "desc": "Org Design lets leaders model future-state structures on a canvas with roles, layers and spans, compare them with current state on any Visier metric such as compensation cost and attrition risk, and track execution. GenAI narrates the impact.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "org_design", "scenario", "workforce_cost" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.visier.com/company/news/visier-expands-strategic-workforce-planning-suite-with-ai-powered-org-design/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Kantata", "d": "2025-09-24", "t": "Kantata launches the Resourcing Agent", "desc": "The agent analyzes project and staffing data for overallocation, misaligned timelines and budget overruns, and can recommend or run fixes such as shifting hours. It is available to all Kantata OX customers.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "capacity", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Sets the rules, and reviews flagged risks and changes", "src": "https://www.kantata.com/blog/article/kantata-expands-agentic-ai-capabilities-with-new-resourcing-agent-supercharging-professional-services-delivery", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Lightcast", "d": "2025-10-01", "t": "Lightcast acquires Simply", "desc": "Lightcast acquired Simply, a UK-based workforce analytics provider. The Simply team will be integrated into Skill Collective. Terms are not given on the page.", "k": "acquisition", "major": false, "src": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/lightcast-acquires-simply", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Dayforce", "d": "2025-10-07", "t": "Dayforce buys Agentnoon", "desc": "Dayforce announced its recent acquisition of Agentnoon, a workforce planning company. The release says Agentnoon's open platform \"provides the opportunity to rapidly re-platform within Dayforce\" and that the deal sped up the release of Strategic Workforce Planning.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.dayforce.com/who-we-are/newsroom/dayforce-launches-strategic-workforce-planning", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release says \"recent acquisition\" and gives no closing date; the date is the announcement. Terms not disclosed (SeedTable, not opened).", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Dayforce", "d": "2025-10-07", "t": "Dayforce launches Strategic Workforce Planning", "desc": "Dayforce launched Strategic Workforce Planning, which pulls employee and organizational data into one view of workforce and cost drivers. Leaders test scenarios, model organizational changes and forecast skills and costs, using a conversational interface, across frontline, knowledge, contingent and gig workers.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "org_design", "scenario", "workforce_cost" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.dayforce.com/who-we-are/newsroom/dayforce-launches-strategic-workforce-planning", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "\"Available now\" per the release.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Nakisa", "d": "2025-10-08", "t": "Nakisa launches its agentic Decision Intelligence platform in preview", "desc": "Nakisa describes the platform as running \"what-if simulations and forecasts\", and says \"Nakisa AI agents can execute instantly\" on recommendations. Access is through a preview environment. Workforce planning and org design are one of three demoed uses, with real estate and lease accounting.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://nakisa.com/news/nakisa-launches-agentic-decision-intelligence-platform/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Planful", "d": "2025-10-08", "t": "Planful makes AI Analyst Assistant generally available", "desc": "Planful announced general availability of its AI Analyst Assistant, \"an agentic AI assistant purpose-built for finance\". It is now available to all customers; a Planner assistant was listed as upcoming.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://planful.com/pressrelease/planful-launches-analyst-assistant-to-power-trusted-frictionless-finance/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Scoro", "d": "2025-10-08", "t": "Scoro launches an MCP server for early adopters", "desc": "The Scoro MCP server connects a Scoro workspace to AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT for multi-tool workflows. At launch it was open to early adopters.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.scoro.com/?p=225700", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "SAP SuccessFactors", "d": "2025-10-13", "t": "SuccessFactors 2H 2025 release adds Workforce Scheduling", "desc": "SAP's 2H 2025 SuccessFactors release introduced Workforce Scheduling for \"optimized shift planning in manufacturing and other production industries\", with early adopter access in January 2026, plus a unified skills foundation and People Intelligence with Joule-powered insights.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "scheduling", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-successfactors-2h-2025-release-ai-skills-people-insights/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "note": "Early adopter access from January 2026 per the release; the page does not say when it became generally available.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Kantata", "d": "2025-10-14", "t": "Kantata rolls out the Expertise Engine", "desc": "Consultancy.uk reports Kantata 'has commenced the roll-out' of its Expertise Engine, an AI platform with a proprietary services language model and an industry performance dataset for benchmarking, built on a firm's past projects.", "k": "launch", "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://www.consultancy.uk/news/41834/kantata-launches-new-ai-platform-for-consulting-workflow", "srcname": "Consultancy.uk", "conf": "low", "note": "Date is the trade article's. The vendor release was blocked and not opened.", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Bridgit", "d": "2025-10-15", "t": "Bridgit introduces Bridgit AI", "desc": "Bridgit AI launches with Ask Bridgit (workforce chat and reports), Import Roles (roles from an uploaded file) and Smart Suggestion Summaries (why a person fits a role).", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://www.constructiondive.com/press-release/20251015-bridgit-introduces-the-first-ai-built-for-construction-workforce-planning/", "srcname": "Vendor release (Construction Dive)", "conf": "high", "note": "Release says features are available at launch; another Bridgit page says they will be at launch.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Planview", "d": "2025-10-15", "t": "Planview introduces Anvi", "desc": "Planview Anvi is its enterprise AI for connected work: in-app risk alerts, conversational chat that can take actions, and an agent studio with prebuilt agents. The release mentions capacity and resource constraints.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://newsroom.planview.com/planview-introduces-planview-anvi-next-generation-enterprise-ai-for-connected-work/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Fetch summary said the page shows no print date but names the release date 15 Oct 2025; check before publishing.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "WorkJam", "d": "2025-10-30", "t": "WorkJam and UKG launch FastTrack pilot for task and audit management", "desc": "WorkJam announced a free 60-day FastTrack pilot for qualifying UKG Pro Workforce Management customers, with intelligent task distribution by role and availability, multi-level workflows and photo or video verification of each step.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.workjam.com/newsroom/", "srcname": "Vendor newsroom", "conf": "medium", "note": "The date is printed in the newsroom listing beside the headline; the release page itself (https://www.workjam.com/newsroom/workjam-ukg-fasttrack-task-management-pilot/) shows no dateline in the text extracted.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Float", "d": "2025-11", "t": "Float MCP opens in beta", "desc": "Float says its MCP server lets people ask about their people and projects in plain language inside tools like ChatGPT and Claude. The page prints \"Beta available since November 2025\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.float.com/ai", "srcname": "Vendor page", "conf": "medium", "note": "Month only is printed.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "UKG", "d": "2025-11-04", "t": "UKG announces Dynamic Labor Management", "desc": "UKG announced Dynamic Labor Management, which works by \"continually analyzing demand data, schedules, and forecasts\" to help managers spot staffing gaps and rebalance staff within compliance and contractual limits. It said the tool would be available in the first quarter of 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.oilgasjournal/article/bizwire-2025-11-4-ukg-transforms-real-time-labor-and-staffing-strategies-by-launching-rapid-hire-and-dynamic-labor-management", "srcname": "UKG release (Business Wire copy)", "conf": "medium", "note": "UKG's own site blocked my fetch, so I read the Business Wire copy. The release does not call the tool AI-powered. It also names UKG Strategic Workforce Planning for long-term forecasting and scenario planning.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Workday", "d": "2025-11-04", "t": "Workday closes Sana deal", "desc": "Workday completed its acquisition of Sana, an AI company building enterprise knowledge tools, to make Workday the new front door for work.", "k": "acquisition", "major": false, "src": "https://newsroom.workday.com/2025-11-04-Workday-Completes-Acquisition-of-Sana", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Reused from the hiring map. Date is the article's published date.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Deputy", "d": "2025-11-05", "t": "Deputy AI opens in global beta", "desc": "Deputy unveiled Deputy AI, an AI teammate for shift-based operations that connects scheduling, labor forecasting and real-time performance insights, and answers manager questions with recommended schedule changes. Managers could request early access. The CEO described it as a shift from smart scheduling to agentic workforce orchestration.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "demand_forecast", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://news.deputy.com/deputy-ai-is-the-intelligent-trusted-teammate-for-managing-shift-based-businesses", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Dateline is 5 November 2025; the page post date is 6 November. 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Workforce Analyst \"identifies workforce risks, determines and communicates the impact of headcount decisions\" and the release says the agents are now available to customers.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "headcount", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/anaplan-introduces-role-based-ai-agents-to-advance-enterprise-scenario-planning-and-analysis-platfor-ce7d51d3df8cf622", "srcname": "Anaplan press release via MarketScreener", "conf": "medium", "note": "Date is the news-list stamp 12/09/2025 09:00 EST on the reprint; Anaplan's own release page was not found. Anaplan's March 2026 release says the agents came in December.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "TalentGuard", "d": "2026-01", "t": "TalentGuard launches WorkforceGPT.AI as a self-serve app", "desc": "WorkforceGPT.AI builds a skills-based role profile (job description, skills, proficiency levels and learning pathways). New users can create three role profiles free.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.talentguard.com/press-releases/job-architecture-without-the-six-figure-consulting-engagement", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "OneStream", "d": "2026-01-06", "t": "OneStream agrees to be acquired by Hg for $6.4 billion", "desc": "OneStream entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity controlled by Hg, with minority investments from General Atlantic and Tidemark. 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Agent-to-agent orchestration was planned for Q1 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "live", "human": "sets the workflows and rules", "src": "https://www.workjam.com/newsroom/workjam-raises-bar-for-frontline-operations-platforms/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Legion", "d": "2026-01-12", "t": "Legion ships 90+ features and next-generation AI Assistants", "desc": "Legion announced more than 90 new product features, including next-generation Legion AI Assistants that explain schedule changes and trade-offs across cost, coverage and compliance, plus Labor Planning what-if scenarios and configurable SmartCards. The release says it moves 'beyond insights and recommendations to deliver autonomous workforce decision automation'.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://legion.co/company/press-releases/2026/01/12/legion-ai-workforce-management-innovations/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Mode set to assist because the release only describes explanation and analysis as the assistants' work; the autonomy claim is the vendor's headline framing.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "365Talents", "d": "2026-01-20", "t": "Docebo acquires 365Talents", "desc": "Docebo acquired all issued shares of 365Talents for about US$54.6M in cash plus up to US$5.1M in earn-outs. Docebo plans to keep the 365Talents brand and is 'progressively integrating the two platforms'.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/learning-technologies/docebo-acquires-365talents/", "srcname": "Docebo release (Training Industry)", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Board", "d": "2026-01-21", "t": "Board announces Board Agents on Microsoft Foundry", "desc": "Board announced Board Agents on Microsoft Foundry, \"an intelligent suite of domain-specific, enterprise-ready AI agents\". The FP&A and Controller Agents \"will be available globally starting March 31, 2026\", with Merchandiser and Supply Chain Agents to follow. 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They answer finance questions and build board-ready PowerPoint, PDF and Excel files from ERP, CRM, HRIS and Excel data.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.datarails.com/blog/datarails-raises-70m-series-c-ai-for-cfos/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Datarails", "d": "2026-01-21", "t": "Datarails raises a $70 million Series C led by One Peak", "desc": "Datarails raised $70 million in Series C funding, bringing total funding to $175 million. The money goes to AI for the CFO's office.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.datarails.com/blog/datarails-raises-70m-series-c-ai-for-cfos/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Dayforce", "d": "2026-02-04", "t": "Thoma Bravo completes Dayforce take-private", "desc": "Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of Dayforce, valued at about US$12.3 billion, at US$70.00 per share in cash.", "k": "acquisition", "major": false, "src": "https://www.thomabravo.com/press-releases/thoma-bravo-completes-acquisition-of-dayforce", "srcname": "Thoma Bravo release", "conf": "high", "note": "Reused from the hiring map. Close of the 2025-08-21 deal.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "One Model", "d": "2026-02-25", "t": "One Model lists One AI Assistant as live and MCP services as available", "desc": "One Model's 2025 results release lists the One AI Assistant as live, \"a conversational interface for exploring workforce questions\", and says MCP services are \"available today\" for Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. It also lists a first release of One AI Data Intelligence for AI-powered onboarding.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "mcp" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.onemodel.co/news/record-2025-momentum-as-chros-call-out-a-productivity-data-blind-spot", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Float", "d": "2026-03", "t": "Smart assign ships", "desc": "Smart assign recommends a person for unassigned roles on an estimate or project, based on role fit and availability. The page says \"Shipped in March 2026\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.float.com/ai", "srcname": "Vendor page", "conf": "medium", "note": "Month only is printed.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Pigment", "d": "2026-03-04", "t": "Pigment launches AI Intent Modeling with the Modeler Agent", "desc": "Pigment launched AI Intent Modeling: teams \"describe the outcome they want in natural language\" and the patent-pending Modeler Agent builds \"governed, production ready models and applications\". The Modeler Agent is generally available; access is requested through a customer success manager.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Describes the outcome and refines the model", "src": "https://www.pigment.com/newsroom/modeler-agent-launch", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The Modeler Agent blog page prints no date; its metadata shows 2026-03-04. Access is requested through a customer success manager.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Board", "d": "2026-03-18", "t": "Board makes FP&A and Controller Agents available", "desc": "Board unveiled its Office of Finance AI agents. The release heading reads \"FP&A Agent and Controller Agent Now Available\", \"designed to help finance teams reduce manual effort\". It does not mention HR or workforce planning.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.board.com/news/office-of-finance-ai-agents-continuous-planning-platform", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Only the headline was read. Availability of the FP&A and Controller Agents was dated 2026-03-31 in the January release.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "TalentNeuron", "d": "2026-03-18", "t": "TalentNeuron launches Synappy, a conversational AI assistant", "desc": "Synappy answers workforce questions in everyday language using talent supply, employer demand, skills trends and competitor hiring data. Available to existing customers now.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "labor_data" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talentneuron-launches-synappy-bringing-conversational-ai-to-workforce-intelligence-302717307.html", "srcname": "PR Newswire", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "ChartHop", "d": "2026-03-24", "t": "ChartHop launches AI Pro with agentic actions and MCP", "desc": "AI Pro adds agents that carry out multistep tasks such as starting headcount approvals, custom agents that watch span of control and forecast budget alignment, and MCP support. Early access through customer success.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "beta", "human": "approves the headcount requests agents start", "src": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/observerreporter/article/bizwire-2026-3-24-charthop-launches-ai-pro", "srcname": "Business Wire", "conf": "medium", "note": "Syndicated Business Wire release.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Vena", "d": "2026-03-26", "t": "Vena completes its Acterys acquisition", "desc": "Vena completed its acquisition of Acterys, which \"provides enterprise-grade planning, analytics and application development solutions\", to extend Orchestrated Planning.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-completes-acterys-acquisition", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Anaplan", "d": "2026-03-27", "t": "Anaplan releases CoModeler, Custom Analyst and Agent Studio with 12 new applications", "desc": "Anaplan made CoModeler (an AI agent for planning architects), Custom Analyst and Agent Studio available, plus 12 purpose-built applications. Contact Center Planning and Project Resource Planning are aimed at HR and workforce leaders.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/anaplan-announces-ai-driven-innovations-to-advance-enterprise-decision-making", "srcname": "TechIntelPro", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade reprint of the vendor release.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Gloat", "d": "2026-03-31", "t": "Gloat introduces Agentic HR on its Loomra engine", "desc": "Gloat launched Agentic HR: agents built with the business rules and security already set up in Workday, SAP SuccessFactors or Oracle, running in Microsoft Copilot, Teams, Slack and other AI apps, plus an agent builder. Bersin lists agents already built for workforce redeployment, career development, internal talent sourcing, succession planning and learning.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "mobility" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "Person approves actions through HCM approval chains", "src": "https://joshbersin.com/2026/03/gloat-enters-the-crowded-war-for-ai-agents-in-hr/", "srcname": "Josh Bersin Company", "conf": "medium", "note": "Source is an analyst article dated the same day. The Business Wire release returned 403 and the Gloat newsroom page for it was not found, so the vendor release was not opened.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "OneStream", "d": "2026-04-01", "t": "OneStream completes its acquisition by Hg", "desc": "OneStream announced the completion of its acquisition by Hg. The all-cash deal values it at about $6.4 billion in equity value, and its stock ceased trading on Nasdaq.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.onestream.com/news/onestream-announces-completion-of-acquisition-by-hg-for-usd6-4-billion/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "TalentNeuron", "d": "2026-04-08", "t": "TalentNeuron launches Organizational Design", "desc": "Organizational Design builds structure scenarios on a live workforce plan and tests them against talent supply, compensation benchmarks and competitor hiring. It links task-level automation impact to headcount planning. Available to all clients.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "headcount", "labor_data", "org_design", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/talentneuron-expands-workforce-planning-solution-with-the-launch-of-organizational-design-302736920.html", "srcname": "PR Newswire", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Abacum", "d": "2026-04-09", "t": "Abacum launches Abacum Intelligence", "desc": "Abacum launched Abacum Intelligence, a platform-wide intelligence layer with Context, Modeling, Narrative, Scenario and Workflow components. An example scenario prompt is \"How do we reach $125M without adding headcount?\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.abacum.ai/newsroom/abacum-rethinks-ai-for-finance-with-the-launch-of-abacum-intelligence-a-platform-wide-intelligence-layer", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The page prints a dateline of April 9, 2026 and an article date of Apr 14, 2026. The dateline is used.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM", "d": "2026-04-09", "t": "Fusion Agentic Applications for HR include Workforce Operations Command Center", "desc": "Oracle introduced eight Fusion Agentic Applications for HR. The Workforce Operations Command Center helps managers and frontline leaders run scheduling, time and absence work and speeds up scheduling approvals.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/oracle-corporation-introduces-fusion-agentic-applications-for-hr-ce7e50d8db8af427", "srcname": "MarketScreener (Oracle release)", "conf": "medium", "note": "Oracle's own page returned 403; the release is reproduced on MarketScreener (timestamp 04/09/2026) and summarized on HR Tech Edge (April 10, 2026). The release says the apps are \"available now\" in Fusion Cloud HCM.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Certinia", "d": "2026-04-15", "t": "Certinia launches Veda", "desc": "Veda is a suite of packaged agents and intelligent actions across estimation, resourcing, delivery, finance and customer success. Certinia says it is available today.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Resource managers review proposed replacements; sets policies", "src": "https://prod.certinia.com/blog/certinia-launches-veda-modern-ai-operations-engine-intelligent-services-enterprise/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "365Talents", "d": "2026-04-17", "t": "365Talents says its Prism AI Agent is available", "desc": "The Prism AI Agent is a conversational agent for employees. It asks guiding questions, suggests opportunities with reasons they fit, and flags skill gaps. The page also plans a Workforce Analyst AI Agent for HR in 2H 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mobility", "skills" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://365talents.com/en/resources/2026-product-roadmap-turn-skills-data-into-hr-decisions/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "low", "note": "The date is the roadmap article's print date (17/04/26). The page says \"available now\" but does not give the launch date.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planday", "d": "2026-04-17", "t": "Planday releases Intelligent Shift Assignment in beta", "desc": "Planday's winter and spring product update introduced Intelligent Shift Assignment (beta), which analyses availability, contracted hours and working time rules to give a ranked list of best matches for each shift and flags compliance issues before they happen. The vendor says it is building agentic AI.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://help.planday.com/en/articles/621960-product-updates-winter-and-spring-2026", "srcname": "Vendor help center", "conf": "medium", "note": "The article is dated 17 April 2026 and covers updates released between December 2025 and April 2026; the exact release day of the feature is not printed.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Prophix", "d": "2026-04-22", "t": "Prophix releases a second wave of Prophix One agents", "desc": "Prophix said Prophix Copilot for Microsoft Teams and the Architect Agent are available now to all Prophix One customers. The Consolidation Agent was due in Spring 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Validates the generated model before use", "src": "https://www.prophix.com/news/prophix-launches-next-wave-of-prophix-one-agents-defining-the-delegation-era-for-finance/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Shiftbase", "d": "2026-04-22", "t": "Shiftbase describes Shiftbase AI: revenue forecast and auto-scheduling in pilot", "desc": "Shiftbase's chief product officer published a post on its AI approach. The AI forecast turns sales data into expected revenue per day, and Auto-scheduling drafts a week from availability, contract hours and skills, shows the shifts it cannot fill, and leaves publishing to the manager. Pilot customers were already using the forecast.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "demand_forecast", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "preview", "src": "https://www.shiftbase.com/blog/shiftbase-ai-workforce-management", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "Pilot stage per the post.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Visier", "d": "2026-04-24", "t": "Visier updates Workforce AI and connects to Glean over MCP", "desc": "At Outsmart, Visier announced decision blueprints, a Glean MCP connection to its governed people data, and a joined experience for org design and skills planning. The vendor schedules general availability from May 2026.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp", "org_design", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/hr/ai/visier-unveils-workforce-ai-innovations-and-glean-integration", "srcname": "TechIntelPro", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade article. Visier's own release page returned 404 and 410 on the URLs tried.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Gloat", "d": "2026-04-28", "t": "Gloat Agentic HR available in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams", "desc": "Gloat's Copilot Agent and Teams app are listed in the Microsoft Agent Store and Microsoft Marketplace. The article says Agentic HR is generally available to enterprises worldwide and lists prebuilt agent types including workforce planning, redeployment and succession planning.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": false, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Person approves actions through HCM approval chains", "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/gloat-brings-agentic-hr-to-microsoft-365-copilot-and-microsoft-teams", "srcname": "Tech Intel Pro (Business Wire release)", "conf": "medium", "note": "Gloat's newsroom links a Business Wire release whose URL is dated 2026-04-27. The article opened prints 2026-04-28. The Business Wire page returned 403.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planful", "d": "2026-04-29", "t": "Planful makes Planner Assistant generally available", "desc": "Planful announced general availability of Planner Assistant, a conversational interface for forward-looking forecasts built on the Planful Predict engine. The example prompt asks about CAPEX if headcount rises 15%.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://planful.com/pressrelease/planful-launches-planner-assistant/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planview", "d": "2026-05-04", "t": "Planview announces agent resource management", "desc": "The capability adds AI agents and their cost, including compute and token spend, to the Planview resource model, with PM, Backlog and Forecasting agents. Available from Fall 2026 with early access.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "capacity", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "announced", "human": "Sets agent limits, and approves escalations", "src": "https://martechseries.com/predictive-ai/ai-platforms-machine-learning/planview-launches-agent-resource-management-redefining-portfolio-resource-management-for-the-ai-era/", "srcname": "MarTech Series", "conf": "medium", "note": "Vendor release (businesswire, newsroom) was blocked. Syndicated copy prints May 4, 2026.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Productive", "d": "2026-05-11", "t": "Productive 5.0 adds AI Agents and MCP server support", "desc": "Agents handle entire tasks or work areas autonomously within set limits. The release also adds Skills, AI Notetaker, AI time tracking, Connectors and MCP server support. 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The release calls it a multi-year collaboration.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://plc.pearson.com/en-GB/news-and-insights/news/pearson-and-salesforce-expand-partnership-accelerate-workforce-ai-readiness", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Vena", "d": "2026-05-13", "t": "Vena makes the Planning Agent and MCP Server generally available", "desc": "At Excelerate 2026 Vena made the Planning Agent (forecasts, plan updates, scenario logic in natural language) and the Vena MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot generally available.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "mcp", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-announces-financial-consolidation-and-ai-innovations-at-excelerate-2026", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "SAP SuccessFactors", "d": "2026-05-14", "t": "Workforce planning in SAP Enterprise Planning and AI org modeling", "desc": "At Sapphire 2026 SAP described a workforce planning capability in SAP Enterprise Planning that joins data from SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Fieldglass and SuccessFactors, and AI-enabled organizational modeling in Employee Central that lets leaders test structures before changes go live.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "org_design", "workforce_cost" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/05/sap-successfactors-innovations-new-era-autonomous-hcm/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The article does not state availability. The workforce_cost cap rests on the SAP Insider write-up (https://sapinsider.org/blogs/sap-successfactors-expands-autonomous-hcm-across-payroll-recruiting-and-workforce-planning/, May 15, 2026), which says \"labor demand, cost, and capacity\".", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "OneStream", "d": "2026-05-19", "t": "OneStream makes SensibleAI Agents generally available and adds a Finance Agentic Layer", "desc": "At Splash 2026 OneStream announced the general availability of SensibleAI Agents, with a new Forecast Agent for \"forecast analysis in plain language\", now within Microsoft 365 including Excel and Teams. A Finance Agentic Layer lets finance forecast, guide and report using Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.onestream.com/news/onestream-unlocks-agentic-ai-for-the-office-of-the-cfo-with-finance-agentic-layer-announces-general-availability-of-sensible-ai-agents/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Humanforce", "d": "2026-05-21", "t": "Humanforce launches Smart Scheduling, an AI rostering tool", "desc": "Humanforce launched Smart Scheduling, which forecasts staffing needs from sales, weather, bookings and foot traffic, generates and fills shifts against availability, skills, budget and award rules, and runs compliance checks before publishing. Managers review and approve rosters, and organisations choose how much to automate. The vendor claims up to 70% less roster management time.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "demand_forecast", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://itbrief.com.au/story/humanforce-launches-ai-rostering-tool-for-frontline-staff", "srcname": "IT Brief Australia", "conf": "medium", "note": "IT Brief prints 21 May 2026 and says launched; Humanforce's own product-updates post and homepage label Smart Scheduling 'early access', so status is beta. The vendor's own press release date was seen only in a search snippet and not used.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "OneStream", "d": "2026-05-21", "t": "OneStream launches AI-Assisted Developer Studio and Agentic Finance Toolkit", "desc": "OneStream launched Developer Studio, which lets teams build with AI developer tools such as Claude Code and Cursor, and an Agentic Finance Toolkit with MCP finance tools for AI agents.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.onestream.com/news/onestream-launches-ai-assisted-developer-studio-and-agentic-finance-toolkit/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Workday", "d": "2026-05-27", "t": "Adaptive Decision Intelligence for planning questions and scenarios", "desc": "Workday introduced Adaptive Decision Intelligence in Adaptive Planning. Finance and operations teams ask questions in natural language, compare scenarios side by side with Monte Carlo simulations, and commit a chosen scenario to the governed plan. Headcount data feeds the analysis.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot", "scenario" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-05-27-Workday-Introduces-Adaptive-Decision-Intelligence,-Bringing-Planning-Questions,-Scenarios,-and-Decisions-Into-One-AI-Experience", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "\"Now available to customers enrolled in its early adopter program\"; broader availability expected later in 2026. Headcount appears only in example use cases.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Forecast", "d": "2026-05-28", "t": "Forecast.app becomes Accelo.com", "desc": "Accelo completed the brand and website integration with Forecast. Forecast.app now redirects to Accelo.com and Forecast's predictive AI is the core of Accelo's platform.", "k": "rebrand", "major": true, "src": "https://www.accelo.com/blog/forecast-accelo-brand-website-integration", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "UKG", "d": "2026-06-08", "t": "UKG adds agentic orchestration with Dynamic Workforce Operations", "desc": "UKG added Dynamic Workforce Operations, with Live Schedule and Live Coverage that flags overtime, missed-break and schedule-adherence risks before they become costly exceptions, and a Workforce Intelligence Hub that unifies real-time data with frontline insights.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "always_on", "status": "announced", "human": "A manager decides and acts on each alert.", "src": "https://www.01net.it/ukg-adds-agentic-orchestration-to-its-workforce-operating-platform-connecting-real-time-intelligence-to-frontline-execution/", "srcname": "UKG release (01net copy)", "conf": "medium", "note": "The copy does not state availability. UKG's own page and Business Wire blocked my fetch.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Kantata", "d": "2026-06-16", "t": "Kantata launches the Expertise Agent", "desc": "The Expertise Agent takes natural-language goals, can create agents to coordinate project, resource and finance systems, and staffs teams by skills and capacity.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Sets the goal, and reviews plans, changes and customer messages", "src": "https://www.kantata.com/blog/article/kantata-launches-expertise-agent-the-first-ai-superagent-built-for-professional-services", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "Release says capabilities are being introduced in the Expertise Engine, available across OX and SX.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planview", "d": "2026-06-16", "t": "Planview adds Scenario Planning and an Anvi MCP server", "desc": "Scenario Planning returns ranked scenarios with tradeoffs across capacity, financials and strategic fit. 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'Validated skills data is mapped directly to Udemy's course catalog' through a native integration with Udemy Business, so customers can assign targeted learning for skill gaps, and refreshed skills data flows back into iMocha.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.imocha.io/press-releases/imocha-udemy-skills-validation-personalized-learning-partnership", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Nakisa", "d": "2026-06-21", "t": "Nakisa MCP supported across its product suite", "desc": "Any MCP-compatible agent can work in Nakisa Workforce Planning, Lease Accounting, IWMS and NDI under the user's identity, with approval workflows and an audit trail. No extra charge for existing subscribers.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "approves sensitive operations", "src": "https://nakisa.com/news/nakisa-mcp-supported-across-full-product-suite/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "ChartHop", "d": "2026-06-25", "t": "ChartHop adds a cost view to Scenarios and AI Pro agents in Slack and Teams", "desc": "The new Impact tab in Scenarios gives Finance and HR one view of a hiring plan's full cost. AI Pro agents run in Slack and Teams with each employee's own permissions, and sensitive actions need approval.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "scenario", "workforce_cost" ], "major": false, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "approves sensitive actions", "src": "https://www.charthop.com/resource/charthop-product-updates-june-2026", "srcname": "Vendor changelog", "conf": "medium", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "iMocha", "d": "2026-06-25", "t": "iMocha Skills Intelligence listed on Workday Marketplace", "desc": "The listing writes AI-validated, proficiency-rated skills into Workday Skills Cloud and the Worker Profile for internal mobility, succession planning, learning recommendations and workforce analytics.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.imocha.io/press-releases/imocha-skills-intelligence-on-workday-marketplace", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release prints June 25, 2026. iMocha's newsroom list shows June 30, 2026 for the same title. The release date is used.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "TechWolf", "d": "2026-07", "t": "TechWolf Job Architecture Redesign Agent goes GA", "desc": "The agent, first announced in April 2025 as the TechWolf Agent, reached general availability in July 2026 as part of the Summer '26 launch. 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Both are available now.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.aap.com.au/aapreleases/cision20260708ae00188/", "srcname": "AAP (press release)", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "WorkJam", "d": "2026-07-13", "t": "WorkJam launches autonomous AI that runs frontline work in real time", "desc": "WorkJam added an autonomous AI layer that assigns the right task to the right person on shift, reprioritizes through the day, confirms completion and learns at store, district and region level. It works inside shift, certification and labor-rule limits, managers can override any decision, and every decision is logged. 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It joins six Legion AI Assistants already in production.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://legion.co/company/press-releases/2026/07/14/spring-2026-workforce-management-release/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planful", "d": "2026-07-20", "t": "Planful launches an MCP Server that connects Claude", "desc": "Planful's MCP Server brings governed finance data into Claude, read-only, covering reports, actuals and variance. Workforce data is listed as \"on the way\"; ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot support is planned.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://planful.com/blog/planful-mcp-server/", "srcname": "Vendor blog", "conf": "medium", "note": "The blog post is dated 2026-07-20 per the page read; no separate press release found.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "TechWolf", "d": "2026-07-23", "t": "TechWolf and WTW partner on skills execution", "desc": "WTW and TechWolf will give large enterprises a real-time view of workforce skills linked to jobs, tasks and business priorities, using the Job Architecture Redesign Agent.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.techwolf.ai/press/techwolf-and-wtw-partner-to-turn-skills-and-workforce-data-into-ai-driven-business-impact", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Nakisa", "d": "2026-07-28", "t": "Nakisa Decision Intelligence comes to Databricks", "desc": "Nakisa Workforce Planning and NDI connect to Databricks through API and SQL, so leaders can compare hiring, redeployment, expansion and automation scenarios using data such as revenue forecasts and labor-market intelligence.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://nakisa.com/news/nakisa-brings-decision-intelligence-to-databricks-customers/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Revelio Labs", "d": "2026-07-28", "t": "Revelio Labs introduces the AI Labor Market Tracker", "desc": "A monthly tracker of AI's effects on employment, wages and job activities. 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The definitive agreement was announced in July 2026.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-completes-acquisition-of-morpheo-ai", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM", "d": "2026-08-19", "t": "Oracle adds Fusion Agentic Applications and AI agents for talent management", "desc": "Oracle said it is introducing new Fusion Agentic Applications and AI agents for HR, built into Fusion Cloud Applications and running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Work architecture agents include the Job Architect Agent, Intelligent Talent Profiles Agent and Role Guide Generation Agent. Pipeline's October 2026 issue also lists a Workforce Skills Supply vs. Demand Agent for workforce planners.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Oracle-Adds-New-Fusion-Agentic-Applications-and-AI-Agents-to-Help-Organizations-Improve-Talent-Management-176116.aspx", "srcname": "DBTA", "conf": "medium", "note": "Dated from DBTA, which printed the story on August 19, 2026. The workforce planning agent names are from Pipeline (https://pipelinepub.com/news/oracle-fusion-agentic-ai-talent-management-press-release, October 2026 issue).", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Orgvue", "d": "2026-09-08", "t": "Main Capital Partners takes a majority stake in Orgvue", "desc": "Main Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Orgvue, which it describes as Strategic Workforce Management software. Orgvue's management team stays in place.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/main-capital-partners-enters-the-uk-market-with-acquisition-of-orgvue-302871857.html", "srcname": "PR Newswire", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Workforce.com", "d": "2026-09-08", "t": "Thoma Bravo makes growth investment in Tanda (Workforce.com)", "desc": "Thoma Bravo announced a strategic growth investment in Tanda, which operates internationally as Workforce.com, to support product innovation including its AI roadmap. The co-founders stay significant shareholders and the company had been bootstrapped since its founding. The amount was not disclosed.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.thomabravo.com/press-releases/thoma-bravo-announces-strategic-growth-investment-in-tanda", "srcname": "Thoma Bravo release", "conf": "high", "note": "No amount in the release.", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Certinia", "d": "2026-09-09", "t": "Certinia expands Veda with 14 agents and MCP access", "desc": "The largest Veda expansion adds 14 agents and raises Veda Intelligent Actions from 64 to 135, including resume-to-skills parsing and ranked resource recommendations. Actions run natively, in Agentforce, or through MCP in Claude and Copilot.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "mcp", "skills", "staffing" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Reviews agent output and sets policies", "src": "https://www.certinia.com/blog/certinia-unveils-system-of-action-for-services-and-largest-expansion-of-veda-ai-to-date/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Pigment", "d": "2026-09-10", "t": "Pigment launches Frames, AI-built interfaces for planning", "desc": "Pigment introduced Frames, a generative UI that lets teams build custom planning interfaces from plain-language descriptions on the live planning model. It is in beta, with open beta for all customers on September 28.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.pigment.com/newsroom/pigment-introduces-frames", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Only the newsroom headline was read; no release page was opened.", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "cfo.ai", "d": "2026-09-10", "t": "Runway rebrands as cfo.ai", "desc": "SiliconANGLE reports Runway Financial decided to \"pivot away from accounting software and rebrand itself as cfo.ai\". 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A free WorkforceGPT account is enough.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.talentguard.com/press-releases/talentguard-brings-workforcegpt-workforce-intelligence-to-claude-and-other-ai-agents-through-mcp", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Fuel50", "d": "2026-09-24", "t": "Fuel50 launches Task Intelligence", "desc": "Task Intelligence surfaces the tasks inside roles and classifies each one on a Task Agency Scale (automated, assisted, collaborative, strategically human), then rolls the view up across roles, functions and business units to guide work redesign.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://fuel50.com/press/fuel50-launches-task-intelligence-to-drive-responsible-work-redesign-in-the-age-of-ai", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Gloat", "d": "2026-09-28", "t": "Gloat and The Josh Bersin Company partner on Galileo inside Gloat", "desc": "The Galileo research corpus (best practices, frameworks, benchmarks) becomes a building block inside Loomra so every Gloat agent can reason with Bersin guidance and live workforce context. The release says it is available now, starting with SAP SuccessFactors customers.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://gloat.com/newsrooms/gloat-and-the-josh-bersin-company-partner-to-bring-galileoinside-gloat-ai-agents-for-enterprise-hr/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The page byline prints September 28 and the release dateline prints September 29. The dateline date is used.", "verified": "fix", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Workera", "d": "2026-09-29", "t": "Pearson agrees to acquire Workera", "desc": "Pearson will fold Workera into its Enterprise Learning & Skills business, and founder and CEO Kian Katanforoosh joins that division's leadership team. Terms were not disclosed. The release expects closing in the second half of 2026.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://trainingindustry.com/press-release/measurement-and-analytics/pearson-acquires-workera-a-pioneer-in-ai-native-enterprise-assessment-and-skills-verification/", "srcname": "Pearson release (Training Industry)", "conf": "high", "note": "Workera's own blog prints the same release. No page opened says the deal has closed.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Kantata", "d": "2026-09-30", "t": "Kantata adds Agent Studio", "desc": "Agent Studio lets firms describe a job in plain language and have the Expertise Agent build and test a custom agent that a person or workflow can trigger.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Describes the job, publishes the agent and triggers it", "src": "https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/09/30/kantata-enables-firms-to-turn-their-expertise-into-custom-ai-agents/190841/", "srcname": "CPA Practice Advisor", "conf": "medium", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Orgvue", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "Orgvue adds a WebMCP interface for customer agents", "desc": "WebMCP connects a customer's AI agent to an open Orgvue Workspace tab so the agent can model restructuring steps and their impact. No data changes without explicit human review. Early access now, general availability from January 2027.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp", "org_design" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/orgvue-accelerates-ai-powered-workforce-design-with-innovative-webmcp-interface-302899071.html", "srcname": "PR Newswire", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "SAP SuccessFactors", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "SAP agrees to buy TechWolf", "desc": "SAP agreed to acquire TechWolf, an AI work intelligence platform. After closing, TechWolf is expected to power SuccessFactors skills mapping, workforce planning and organizational redesign; terms were not disclosed and close is expected in Q4 2026.", "k": "acquisition", "major": true, "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/10/sap-to-acquire-techwolf-evidence-based-work-age-of-ai/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "TechWolf stays independent and keeps selling to non-SAP customers. Not closed as of the release.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Vena", "d": "2026-10-06", "t": "Vena launches the Analytics Agent in open beta and expands MCP", "desc": "Vena's new Analytics Agent does multi-step financial analysis on the live Vena model and builds context over time. It is in open beta, with general availability expected later in October 2026. Vena MCP gains scheduled automations and desktop AI workflows.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "beta", "human": "Reviews the logic, corrects inputs and reruns", "src": "https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-advances-finance-ai-with-new-analytics-agent-and-expanded-mcp-capabilities", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "Fuel50", "d": "2026-10-08", "t": "Fuel50 launches the Leader Coach agent", "desc": "Leader Coach is an AI agent for people leaders. 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HR teams test workforce plans (for example whether a plan for 50 new hires is still needed), weigh hiring, internal talent, contingent labor or retention, and model scenarios across HR and finance.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "headcount", "scenario", "skills" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-10-13-Workday-Brings-Decision-Intelligence-to-HR-and-Finance,-Helping-Teams-Weigh-Workforce-and-Financial-Decisions-Together", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "fix" }, { "co": "TalentNeuron", "d": "2026-10-19", "t": "TalentNeuron and BCG partner on workforce redesign for AI", "desc": "BCG and TalentNeuron will help clients model the cost and capability effects of scenarios and decide whether to hire, reskill, redeploy or automate. The platform stays in place afterward for plan updates.", "k": "partnership", "major": false, "src": "https://www.reworked.co/the-wire/talentneuron-and-bcg-partner-to-help-companies-redesign-their-workforces-for-ai/", "srcname": "Reworked", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Homebase", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "Homebase announces Homebase Assistant for hourly teams", "desc": "Homebase Assistant helps with scheduling, payroll timecard checks, job posts, finding replacements for uncovered shifts and screening candidates. SiliconANGLE reports: 'None of them is contacted before the owner gives the go-ahead.' 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The MCP server connects AI assistants to Lightcast data on hiring demand, wages and talent supply.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "analytics", "labor_data", "mcp" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://lightcast.io/resources/blog/lightcast-announces-ask-and-mcp", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "note": "The release gives no rollout dates; status follows the hiring map.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Visier", "d": "2026-10-20", "t": "Vee Diagnostics explains why the workforce changed", "desc": "Vee Diagnostics adds statistical driver analysis to Vee, ranks the factors, flags confidence levels and can model the effect of changing a driver. Early access for select customers; general availability planned for Winter 2027.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "analytics" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://www.visier.com/company/news/press-releases/visier-launches-vee-diagnostics-capabilities-at-hrtech-2026/", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Pigment", "d": "2026-10-21", "t": "Pigment raises $250 million Series E at a $2.3 billion valuation", "desc": "PYMNTS reports Pigment is worth $2.3 billion after a $250 million Series E, per a press release of Wednesday 21 October. The money goes to its Graphite compute engine and the AI agents that run on it.", "k": "funding", "major": true, "src": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=4328721", "srcname": "PYMNTS", "conf": "medium", "note": "Investors not confirmed from a page opened. Pigment's newsroom page, read earlier, did not yet list the round.", "verified": "ok", "caps": [] }, { "co": "Cube", "d": "2026-10-22", "t": "Cube MCP Server goes live in Claude's connector directory", "desc": "Cube announced a partnership with Anthropic. Finance teams add Cube from Claude's connector directory and query their governed financial model in plain English. The release says it is \"available now\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "mcp" ], "major": false, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.cubesoftware.com/blog/press/cube-claude-mcp-server", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "ChartHop", "d": "2026-10-27", "t": "Ask ChartHop drafts headcount plans and builds agentic actions", "desc": "Ask ChartHop can draft a complete headcount plan from a description; the draft opens in the planning wizard at the Review step for submission. It can also set up agentic actions from plain-language triggers in AI Pro.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot", "headcount" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "live", "src": "https://www.charthop.com/resource/charthop-product-updates-october-2026", "srcname": "Vendor changelog", "conf": "high", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Dayforce", "d": "2026-10-27", "t": "Agentic HCM Platform adds scenario modeling and frontline scheduling tools", "desc": "Dayforce unveiled the Agentic HCM Platform. New scenario modeling lets leaders model skills, capacity, structure and costs across people and AI agents; a Command Center for Frontline Operations and new manager time and scheduling tools cover coverage, schedules and exceptions.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "capacity", "org_design", "scenario", "scheduling", "workforce_cost" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "announced", "src": "https://www.dayforce.com/who-we-are/newsroom/dayforce-unveils-the-agentic-hcm-platform", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "The release says select capabilities are available now and others arrive through 2027, without saying which for scenario modeling or scheduling.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Abacum", "d": "2026-11-02", "t": "Abacum launches Abra, an orchestrating AI agent", "desc": "Abacum launched Abra, an orchestrating agent that coordinates Modeler, Analyst, Reporter and Data Manager agents. It is \"available today to all Abacum customers as standard functionality\".", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "agent", "copilot" ], "major": true, "mode": "agent", "status": "live", "human": "Approves proposed changes", "src": "https://www.abacum.ai/newsroom/abacum-launches-abra-a-unified-ai-agent-for-business-planning-across-the-enterprise", "srcname": "Vendor release", "conf": "medium", "note": "Dateline November 2, 2026; page metadata shows 2026-11-06. The approval step comes from trade coverage seen only in search results.", "verified": "ok" }, { "co": "Planday", "d": "2026-11-03", "t": "Planday brings rota management to ChatGPT and Claude", "desc": "Planday launched verified connectors that let managers use Planday rota data inside ChatGPT and Claude, draft new shifts and reassign staff with user confirmation, and review staffing against weather, events or bookings. It is an early-access rollout at no extra cost, and over 216 customers had connected.", "k": "launch", "caps": [ "copilot", "mcp", "scheduling" ], "major": true, "mode": "assist", "status": "beta", "src": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/planday-brings-rota-management-to-chatgpt-claude", "srcname": "IT Brief UK", "conf": "medium", "note": "Trade press only; the article does not say MCP, so the mcp cap rests on the 'connectors inside ChatGPT and Claude' description.", "verified": "ok" } ] }