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WorkTech Podcast

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The WorkTech Podcast explores the critical trends shaping the future of work and HR tech. George LaRocque of WorkTech, drawing from years of advising top innovators, investors, and enterprises, guides you through market deals, issues, opportunities, and trends—all through a strategic, actionable lens.

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56 episodes

  1. Leave Is the Stress Test for Your HR Stack: Navigating Leave Compliance from Federal Mandates to County Laws 27:18
  2. From Pitchfest Winner to Fortune 50 Partner: Inside Spirence’s Scaling Journey 17:59
  3. The Reality of HCM M&A: Valuations, Capabilities, and the 33,000 Portco Flush 27:56
  4. From Stealth to a $12.7M Seed Round: How BoomerangHR Is Automating Offboarding and Alumni Sourcing 29:29
  5. Full-Funnel Talent Acquisition: Harver Acquires Symphony Talent to Reengineer Hiring 31:35
  6. Stadium Acquires Confetti: Eliminating HR Vendor Fragmentation to Unify Employee Recognition and Experiences 26:39
  7. The End of the "Sentiment" Era: How Big Data Kills Pay-to-Play Employer Badges 28:21
  8. hackajob Launches Agentic Recruiting Solution with Out-of-the-Box Compliance and Verified First-Party Profiles, Minimizing Enterprise Legal and InfoSec Friction 38:33
  9. Voice AI, Platform Gravity, and Governed Workflows: Reimagining the Modern ATS Ecosystem 38:48
  10. Maximizing High-Volume Recruitment Velocity with Free AI Auditing Tools 41:11
  11. When AI Systems, Startups, and Public Policies Collide 36:49
  12. Phenom Acquires Plum to Unlock Behavioral Science in HR 22:55
  13. Up Next @ WorkTech: Reading the Room on AI: Graduation Boos to Enterprise Disruptions 42:58
  14. Goldman Sachs Validation: Einat Steklov on Kashable’s $60M Series C and the Future of Workplace Credit 27:22
  15. Greenhouse Acquires Ezra AI Labs: The Voice AI Bet Reshaping the Hiring Interface 21:03
  16. Beyond the AI Smokescreen 43:35
  17. Crosschq Acquires Traitify: A $600B Play to Solve Hiring from the Frontline to the C-Suite 25:10
  18. Inside Blify’s $2.1M Pre‑Seed: The New Wave of AI‑Native Learning Software 21:14
  19. Up Next @WorkTech: Lawsuits, Layoffs, and the AI Panic Button 32:46
  20. The New Rules of Strategic Workforce Planning: Why Work Tech is Finally Growing Up 15:08
  21. Up Next @ WorkTech: Reverse Recruiting, Risky Agents, and the Rise of AI Native HR Tech 46:34
  22. Vibe Coding, Agentic AI, and the HR Tech Risk No One Sees Coming 21:13
  23. AI Turbulence, Workday Shakeups, Vibe Coding Hype, and the Future of HR Tech 43:38
  24. AI on Trial: Lawsuits, Labor Power, and HR Tech’s Reckoning 34:56
  25. Workday’s PipeDream, Payroll Pitfalls, and HR’s Strategic Crossroads 33:09
  26. Inside Workday’s Acquisition of Paradox: Conversational AI Meets Enterprise Scale with CEO Adam Godson 30:07
  27. Up Next @WorkTech: Funding, Fumbles, and the Future of Work 26:20
  28. Shadow AI, Bold Bets, and Digital Twins: What’s Really Happening in Work Tech 36:45
  29. PitchFest Prize Winner, Market Standout: Spirence’s Scalable Approach to Mental Wellness 33:12
  30. Humanly's Bold Roll-Up to Become A Comprehensive AI Hiring Platform 32:48
  31. Up Next at WorkTech: The Resume Isn’t Dead, the Jobs Report Is, and Other HR Tech Headlines 29:59
  32. Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait at HR Tech 2025: Is AI Saving or Sinking Recruiting? 13:14
  33. SmartRecruiters CEO Rebecca Carr on the SAP Acquisition, AI, and the Future of Talent Platforms 24:59
  34. The Truth about VC with Allison Baum Gates, Semper Virens' General Partner 37:28
  35. Gigged.AI Raises $1.34 M for AI, Agents, and On-Demand Talent. CEO Rich Wilson on The Future of Work 36:54
  36. How Agentic AI is Transforming the Employee Experience: MeBeBot's Secure, Scalable AI for Work 31:15
  37. From Clicks to Quality: How VONQ is Transforming Job Advertising and Candidate Screening with New AI Agents 38:50
  38. 2025 Outlook: Economic Uncertainty & Workforce Dynamics with Andrew Flowers, Appcast Chief Economist 36:59
  39. JobGet’s M&A Strategy: What Acquiring Seasoned Means for the Hiring Market with CEO Tony Liu 25:55
  40. Scaling HR with AI: How Symba Automates Onboarding, Offboarding & More with CEO Ahva Sadeghi 27:26
  41. How Lightcast is Powering Talent Intelligence with AI and Workforce Data with Cole Napper, VP of Research, Innovation, and Insights 34:24
  42. AI Governance, Risk, and Adoption in HR with FairNow's Guru Sethupathy 33:39
  43. Can AI Reduce Bias? Insights from Torin Ellis on HR’s Biggest Dilemma 41:54
  44. Humareso CEO John Baldino and Rhabit Analytics Founder Kevin Kelly on the Humareso Acquisition of Rhabit Analytics 44:37
  45. Reimagining Recruitment Marketing: Insights from HireClix CEO Neil Costa 41:11
  46. The Future of Frontline Work: AI, Flexibility, and Human Connection with Wonolo CEO Yong Kim 32:54
  47. How to Build a Profitable Company While Limiting VC Funding 36:15
  48. Joe Shaker on Authentic Employer Branding and the Future of Recruitment Marketing 32:42
  49. Navigating HR Challenges and HR Technology with John Baldino 37:22
  50. Revolutionizing the Hourly Workforce: Inside JobGet’s Acquisition of Snagajob 29:39