Hypersonic Spending Surge Brings A New Wave Of Defense Execution Talent Into The Commercial Space Race
U.S. defense and space budgets are surging, driving a talent crunch that favors firms able to tap engineers from legacy primes like Blue Origin and SpaceX. Starfighters Space announced two senior hires from Blue Origin and closed a $17.5 million equity raise to scale its STARLAUNCH air‑launch platform. Meanwhile, AeroVironment, Redwire, Kratos and Lockheed Martin secured multi‑year contracts ranging from $43 million to over $400 million, underscoring the depth of the hypersonic and missile‑defense procurement cycle.
HubEngage Launches AI Surveys and Microlearning to Cut HR Costs and Boost Employee Experience
HubEngage introduced two AI‑powered features—AI Surveys and AI Microlearning—to streamline HR tasks for frontline and distributed workforces. AI Surveys generate short pulse checks and automatically analyze sentiment across 40+ topics, reducing a 100‑hour effort for a 500‑person firm to minutes....
PageUp Expands Partner Ecosystem with Flockity, Vouch, and Certn to Drive Authentic, Integrated Hiring
PageUp, a global talent acquisition platform, announced three new strategic integrations with Flockity, Vouch, and Certn. The partnerships add influencer‑driven job marketing, AI‑powered video branding, and embedded global background screening directly into PageUp’s Clinch and ATS solutions. These tools let...
Soualiga Holdings Acquires My Personal Recruiter, Appoints Kareem Miller as CEO
Soualiga Holdings LLC, a Charlotte‑based holding company, has acquired boutique recruiting firm My Personal Recruiter. Founder Adam Fineberg will step away after a brief transition, while Soualiga CEO Kareem Miller assumes the role of CEO effective May 29, 2026. The...
Pixelology Labs and RecruitmentBricks Forge Strategic GTM Partnership to Expand AI Hiring Across Global Markets
Pixelology Labs, a Kochi‑based product and GTM consulting firm, has signed a strategic partnership with RecruitmentBricks, an AI hiring platform startup, to bring intelligent recruitment automation to APAC, the GCC, the United Kingdom and Europe. The agreement, sealed on May...
Callings.ai Launches My Campaign to Help Job Seekers Build Their Brand and Increase Visibility in a Brutal Job Market
Callings.ai unveiled My Campaign, an AI‑driven feature that builds a shareable personal branding page for job seekers. The tool automatically generates a high‑impact landing page, complete with a headline, value proposition, key stats and a downloadable résumé. Integrated outreach lets...
Asure Software Expands Strategic Partnership with FRPG Restaurant Rewards to Deliver Comprehensive HR, Payroll, and Workforce Solutions to Independent Restaurant...
Asure Software announced an expanded strategic partnership with FRPG Restaurant Rewards, a leading group purchasing organization for independent restaurants. The agreement extends Asure’s cloud‑based HR, payroll, time‑and‑attendance and workforce management suite to FRPG’s 3,000 members across 20 states. By offering...
TTEC Launches TTEC Titan, an AI-Powered Security Platform for Remote Customer Experience Operations
TTEC announced the launch of TTEC Titan, an AI‑powered security platform built to protect remote contact‑center and customer‑experience (CX) operations at enterprise scale. The solution combines real‑time threat detection, behavioral monitoring, fraud prevention, and compliance management, including SOC 2 and PCI‑DSS...
URecruits Launches uR Talent CRM, Putting Sourcing and Hiring on One Candidate Record
uRecruits introduced uR Talent CRM, a unified platform that merges candidate sourcing and hiring into a single record. The front‑of‑funnel module is live for all customers at $39 per month and joins the AI Pre‑Screening and Interview Scheduling agents launched...
Workday and Google Cloud Expand Strategic Partnership to Bring AI Agents for HR and Finance Into Employees’ Daily Workflows
Workday and Google Cloud have deepened their partnership by embedding Workday's Sana Self‑Service Agent directly into Google Gemini Enterprise. Gemini becomes the default AI model for Sana, enabling employees to query HR and finance data with built‑in security and policy...
RemoFirst Goes All-In on AI, Becoming the First Major AI-Native Employer of Record and Launches RemoAI
RemoFirst has re‑engineered its global Employer of Record platform around artificial intelligence, unveiling RemoAI—a conversational AI layer that automates compliance, payroll, onboarding and support across more than 185 markets. The launch includes two initial agents: a Global Recruiter that provides...
Clio and Carahsoft Partner to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Legal AI to the Public Sector
Clio, a leading legal‑AI provider, has teamed up with government‑focused reseller Carahsoft to make its Intelligent Legal Work Platform available to U.S. public‑sector agencies. Carahsoft will act as the distributor, leveraging contracts such as NASPO ValuePoint, TIPS, OMNIA Partners and...
Industrial AI Provider Protex AI Launches New Certification to Empower Safety Leaders with Privacy-First Safety AI
Protex AI, a leading industrial AI vendor, unveiled the AI‑Ready EHS Leader Certification, an online program for Environment, Health and Safety professionals. The curriculum covers safety AI fundamentals, proactive risk management, privacy‑first ethics, and change‑management tactics. Arianna Howard, co‑founder of...
Payslip Secures Growth Financing to Scale AI Global Payroll Platform
Payslip, the AI‑driven global payroll control platform, has closed a growth financing round led by Salica Investments to accelerate its international expansion and product development. The company boasts a 60% compound annual growth rate, strong EBITDA positivity and a revenue‑doubling...
VeriKlick Redefines Field Sales Hiring with AI-Powered Assessment Intelligence
VeriKlick unveiled its AI‑powered Agent Field Sales Representative SaaS, targeting pharmaceutical and other highly regulated sectors. The platform creates realistic sales scenarios and compliance challenges, allowing hiring teams to evaluate candidates in real‑time. By automating the screening process, the solution...