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Capital Raising · Americas
Emergent →Emergent, a vibe-coding (AI-powered code generation) startup founded in 2025, has raised $100 million as of January 2026. The company is experiencing exponential growth and the CEO is speaking publicly about hiring and scaling.
Leadership Change · Americas
Turing →Turing appointed Robin Bordoli as President and Global Chief Revenue Officer in a newly created role, bringing 30+ years of enterprise technology and AI leadership experience. Bordoli previously served as CRO at Weights & Biases and CEO at Figure Eight.
Leadership Change · Americas
Stanford University →Timothy G. Lynch, Vice President and General Counsel at University of Michigan, is joining Stanford University in the same role effective August 31, 2026.
Product Launch · Americas
ManpowerGroup →ManpowerGroup's staffing division Experis has built and deployed an in-house AI chatbot named Sophie for early-stage job interviews. The technology is being used for white-collar hiring below director level, representing an expansion of AI-driven recruiting from high-volume hourly roles to full-time professional positions.
Product Launch · Americas
Zapier →Zapier has quietly adopted AI chatbot technology to conduct early-stage job interviews for white-collar roles below director level, as part of industry-wide adoption of AI-driven recruiting.
Leadership Change · Asia
Google DeepMind →Cao Liangliang, a director at Google DeepMind who worked on Gemini, has departed after 20 years in the US to join Hong Kong Polytechnic University.