Welcome to today’s edition of the HR Tech Weekly Roundup, where we bring you the most important news, trends, and innovations in the world of human resources technology. As HR tech continues to evolve, staying informed is essential for professionals striving to optimize their workforce strategies and drive meaningful change. In this roundup, we highlight key updates, cutting-edge solutions, and expert insights that are shaping the future of HR. Let’s take a look at top news!
Notify Raises £1.5 Million to Boost Workplace Safety with AI
A Newcastle-based Safety Tech company whose clients include McDonalds, Siemens and the NHS has raised a further £1.5m from Calculus Capital, the North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Ventures, and private investors. Notify Technology will use the funding to further enhance its platform with the addition of new AI-powered features and to step up its sales and marketing activities. Notify’s platform enables businesses to digitally record accidents and near misses, complete audits, inspections and risk assessments, manage safety documents and analyse safety data – from one central location. Designed to improve health and safety at work, it can also be used for environmental and quality management. The platform has been adopted by many high-profile names including Wickes, Travis Perkins and Menzies Distribution and has over 250,000 users worldwide.
ABBYY Launches AI Labs for Enhanced Document AI
ABBYY has established AI Labs across the United States, Hungary and India to accelerate development of purpose-built AI for intelligent document processing and process automation. The teams of innovators are creating transformative solutions that redefine industry standards for reliable AI and enterprise security and compliance, capitalizing on new market possibilities driven by agentic AI and the need for more developer-friendly experiences. Sanjay Nichani, Vice President, AI & Computer Vision who leads the ABBYY AI Labs reporting to Patrick “PJ” Jean, CTO/CPO of ABBYY, commented, “Our proprietary datasets, AI platform and model research and development combined with our deep domain knowledge create foundational intellectual property that will significantly enhance our core solutions and enable expansion into adjacent enterprise applications. We’re building upon decades of leadership in OCR, machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing, while extending innovations in AI with our industry expertise. This integrated approach powers next-generation multimodal models to deliver more robust, consistent outcomes that transform business processes.”
Lenovo: IT Limits AI Productivity
A new Lenovo global survey of 600 IT leaders reveals that while 79% of respondents believe AI will allow employees to focus on more impactful work, less than half feel their current digital workplace solutions adequately support productivity, engagement, and innovation. Only 36% believe their systems support employee engagement “very effectively” — while a staggering 89% say organizations must first overhaul their digital workplace to fully unlock AI’s potential. Reinventing Workplace Productivity explores the opportunities and challenges that Generative AI presents for the future of work, highlighting the urgent need for digital workplace transformation to ensure its successful adoption.
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Harver Launches Smart Job Navigator for Faster Hiring
Harver, the industry-leading volume hiring solution helping organizations make better hiring decisions, announces the launch of Smart Job Navigator, a cutting-edge tool designed to match candidates to best-fit roles with greater speed and efficiency. Too often, candidates apply for roles that aren’t the right fit, resulting in high rejection rates, while slow screening processes and repetitive applications lead to high drop-off. These obstacles allow qualified individuals to slip through the cracks, compromise the hiring process, and impact business performance. With Smart Job Navigator, companies no longer need to lose out on great talent just because a candidate applied for the wrong role. By instantly routing candidates to the best-fit positions—even those they didn’t originally apply for—organizations can stop wasting sourcing dollars and maximize every applicant’s potential.
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