TeamOhana Launches Agent-Aware Workforce Planning as AI Spend Outruns Corporate Budgets

Every position can now hold a human, an agent, or both, under one approved budget.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamOhana today launched agent-aware workforce planning, available now. Companies can now plan AI agents the way they plan people: in a position, against an approved budget, before the agent goes live.

Every company is becoming an employer of two kinds of workers: humans and AI agents. Both draw from the same budget, but they are planned in completely different ways. Salaries get planned a year ahead. AI spend shows up on the bill after the agents already did the work. Nobody governs both. TeamOhana does.

The gap is already costing companies. A year ago, 32% of companies in McKinsey's State of AI survey expected AI to reduce their headcount. In McKinsey's August 2026 survey, 14% said it did, and two-thirds saw little or no change. Most of that spend is being added on top of payroll. Budgets are not keeping pace. In a September survey of 1,636 enterprise technology leaders, The Futurum Group found 46.9% report AI spend above plan, and 43.3% of those absorb the overrun and reconcile it later.

Agent-aware workforce planning in TeamOhana includes:

• Human and agent occupancy. Every position shows whether a person, an agent, or both hold it, with agent capacity shown as FTE-equivalent cost next to salaried headcount.
• One budget per position. Salary and agent spend sit in the same budget line, approved by the CFO and CHRO in the same planning cycle.
• A human-or-agent decision on every requisition. Before a requisition goes to approval, the hiring manager chooses a person, an agent, or both.
• Agent spend alerts. TeamOhana ties each agent to a position through its API keys and tracks actual spend. When an agent exceeds the position's budget, the position owner and finance are alerted before the invoice is paid.

"Companies planned on AI replacing headcount. They are paying for both. A new hire needs an approved budget before day one. An agent needs only an API key, and nobody can say who approved it. TeamOhana puts both in the same plan, so the choice between a person and an agent gets made before the money is spent," said Tushar Makhija, founder and CEO of TeamOhana.

SeatGeek plans its headcount in TeamOhana and is among the first customers to adopt agent-aware workforce planning.

"We've planned our headcount with TeamOhana, and now we track our AI spend there too. The next frontier for responsible growth is planning our agents the same way we plan our people. We're excited to extend our partnership with TeamOhana from headcount planning to agent-aware planning," said Teddy Collins, EVP of Finance at SeatGeek.

PeopleSoft put the workforce on a system of record. Workday moved that record to the cloud. The next generation plans humans and agents together. TeamOhana is that system.

Agent-aware workforce planning is available today. See how it works.

About TeamOhana
TeamOhana is workforce management for humans and agents. Companies including SeatGeek, Decagon AI, Scale AI, ElevenLabs, Abridge AI, Sprout Social and Everpure use TeamOhana to plan and manage their workforce in one system. Founded in 2022, TeamOhana is based in San Francisco. Investors include Sierra Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Collide Capital, and Recall Capital. Learn more at www.teamohana.com.

SOURCE TeamOhana