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The Future of Leadership Development: AI-Driven Manager Enablement
In Brief
Leapsome integrates HRIS, ATS and talent data foundation.
Automates onboarding, learning and people analytics with AI agents.
HR leaders gain rigorous, board-ready talent data for decisions.
Leapsome launched an AI-driven HR platform on July 15 that consolidates the employee lifecycle — from recruiting and onboarding through performance, engagement, learning and compensation — into a single people data foundation. The platform aims to reduce tool expenses and give HR leaders board-ready people reporting on par with financial reporting, according to company officials.
"HR teams have been told to be more data-driven with less data than any other function in the business. That changes when recruiting, performance, and development finally sit in one place instead of three systems that don't talk to each other," Jessica Zwaan, VP People Strategy and Operations and author of Built for People said.
The release includes a new applicant tracking system (ATS) in early access, five EU-hosted AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectivity for data import and export. Leapsome asserts the combined offering represents the only fully connected people data foundation in HR.
The platform is EU AI Act compliant, ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and EU-hosted. More than 2,000 organizations use Leapsome, including Notion, Spotify, Mercedes-Benz and Bolt.
Breakdown of New Leapsome Features & Capabilities
Capability | Description |
|---|---|
People data foundation | Unified data spanning recruiting through compensation for every employee |
AI-generated workflows | Automated onboarding and learning paths built from company documents |
MCP connectivity | Import or export people data without loss of detail |
AI agents | Five agents including Development Coach, Data Analyst and HR Helpdesk |
Leapsome Recruiting | New ATS in early access integrated into the data foundation |
Leapsome's Push Into the US
August 2025 — Expanded its AI Copilot with awareness of past reviews, US-friendly payroll cycles and project-based time tracking.
March 2026 — Named Jessica Zwaan VP of People Strategy and Operations and Rebecca Corliss VP of Marketing; announced a native ADP Workforce Now integration and extended Justworks partnership.
July 15, 2026 — Launched a unified AI HR platform and new ATS.
Leapsome Background
Jenny Podewils and Kajetan Armansperg founded Leapsome in 2016 in Berlin. It is an AI-powered people enablement and HR platform that helps companies manage performance reviews, OKRs, employee surveys and compensation
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