Darwinbox launches Cortex, an AI-native HCM platform built from the ground up

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Darwinbox has launched Darwinbox Cortex, an AI-native Human Capital Management platform rebuilt from the ground up for the AI era. The platform embeds intelligence into its core rather than adding AI features on top of existing software, and it is launching with pilot customers and technology partners including Microsoft, Slack, and Glean. Cortex introduces the industry's first Context Graph, a live unified map of an organization's people, policies, workflows, and decisions, enabling the platform to reason, anticipate, and act. The launch partners include Visteon Corporation and Transcarent, who are working directly with Darwinbox to apply Cortex to complex workforce challenges. Darwinbox serves more than 1,400 enterprises and 4.5 million employees worldwide.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft is a technology partner for Darwinbox's new AI-native HCM platform, highlighting its ecosystem integration.

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Darwinbox launches Cortex, an AI-native HCM platform with new Context Graph and pilot customers.

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Glean is a technology partner, benefiting from association with Darwinbox's AI-native platform launch.

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