Wisq Introduces Harper: The World's First AI HR Generalist

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisq, the Agentic AI platform for HR, today announced the launch of Harper, the world's first AI HR Generalist designed to help HR teams automate repetitive, manual tasks and focus on strategic impact.

For years, HR professionals have been buried in tactical requests, from policy questions to compliance tracking, limiting their ability to drive meaningful workforce initiatives. Harper changes that. Built on Wisq's proprietary AI platform, Harper combines deep HR expertise with cutting-edge AI capabilities to autonomously handle critical HR tasks while ensuring accuracy, compliance, security, and alignment with company culture.

HR at Scale: The Future of AI-First HR

Traditional HR models rely on well-resourced teams to manage routine inquiries and policies—a model that's no longer sustainable in modern enterprises. Harper enables HR teams to scale without increasing headcount by:

• Automating policy and compliance processes, including time and attendance management, return-to-office policies, leave of absence management, and benefits questions, through integrations with key systems. Wisq contextualizes every employee interaction, drawing from its training in HR best practices and specific organizational knowledge to tailor responses and provide swift enablement.
• Augmenting and improving the quality of HR programs like performance management, career development, and goal setting, through targeted guidance and always-on coaching.
• Drive continuous program improvement with AI-powered insights that help HR admins identify areas for enhancement, whether it's evaluating goal quality or improving performance feedback. Wisq spots issues before they escalate, so teams can be proactive and not reactive.
• Delivering instant, accurate and consistent employee support and enablement, 24/7.

"Our vision at Wisq is to reinvent how HR operates and delivers greatness through AI teammates," said Jim Barnett, CEO at Wisq. "With Harper, HR teams can spend less time answering repetitive questions and more time shaping workplace culture, workforce planning, and employee development."

Customers of Wisq's AI-first approach are already seeing major efficiency gains:

• 35+ hours saved per HR team member, per month by automating policy management and compliance.
• 80% or more of the work involved in routine HR queries resolved autonomously, significantly reducing the tactical burden on HR teams.

Harper is a proactive and highly-skilled AI HR teammate that integrates seamlessly into existing processes and technology, ensuring alignment with company content and governance policies.

As Wisq continues to expand, upcoming capabilities will include:

• Advanced Employee Relations: AI-driven case intake, fact-finding, and legal compliance integration.
• Expanded list of detailed HR policy templates, enabling Harper to quickly adapt to and handle a wide range of Tier 1 and Tier 2 cases.
• Policy insights: ability to offer proactive analysis and insights into company policies, highlighting areas of confusion or potential risk and proactively suggesting solutions.
• Automated manager/employee check-ins: to extend the reach of your HR Business Partners, Harper can act as an early detection system through quick checkpoints with leaders and employees alike, proactively surfacing issues to HR Business Partners before they become bigger issues.

Wisq enables a future where AI teammates solve real problems and allow HR to spend less time on transactional tasks, freeing them up to ideate, innovate, and build better workplaces for everyone.

About Wisq
Wisq is an Agentic AI platform for HR and the maker of the world's first AI HR Generalist. Wisq customers transform their HR operations with an AI teammate that allows them to scale HR impact, deliver a superior employee experience, and save significant time and resources. Founded in 2022 by the team behind Glint, Wisq has raised $40M from leading venture capital firms True Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and Shasta Ventures. For more information, visit wisq.com.

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