Ema

AI Employees for HR, IT, and Finance

by Ema · HRIS & Core HR

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Executive Summary

Ema is a platform of AI Employees for HR, IT and Finance that automate work such as recruiting, onboarding, benefits and performance across the hire-to-retire journey. Ema describes its AI Employees as multi-agent generative AI applications that work alongside human employees and complete tasks across systems such as Workday, ServiceNow and Microsoft Teams, rather than only answering questions. HR and IT teams can use it in natural language, new AI Employees can be configured or generated conversationally, and Ema says deployments go live in under 8 weeks.

Use Cases

  • Recruiting: sourcing, screening and outreach
  • Onboarding across HR, IT, payroll and finance
  • Employee and IT support, including deflecting IT tickets
  • Talent management: coaching plans, learning paths and succession
  • Offboarding and post-exit documents
  • Generating business documents

Features

Intelligence

  • Generative Workflow Engine™: Ema is the missing operating system that makes Enterprise Generative AI possible—simple to implement, accurate, and trusted. Simply ask her to do a complex task, and through her Generative Workflow Engine™, Ema figures out how to break it i

Support

  • Employee & IT Support: Response time from days to seconds.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Agentic AI platform with a Generative Workflow Engine™ for creating and managing autonomous AI employees.
Deployment
SaaS

Infrastructure

  • Multi-cloud
  • Single-tenant architecture
  • On-premise / air-gapped option

AI/ML Stack

  • Generative Workflow Engine
  • Agentic AI
  • EmaFusion (100+ LLMs)
  • Bring your own models

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 42001:2023, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019, ISO 27017:2015, CSA STAR, UK Cyber Essentials

Pricing

Model
Usage-based, outcome-based, or hybrid models
Target Customer
Enterprise
Free Trial
Yes

About Ema

Ema is a universal AI employee platform that builds and deploys AI agents to automate complex workflows across enterprise functions like HR, IT, and finance. Its Generative Workflow Engine™ enables businesses to achieve significant gains in workforce efficiency.

Founded: 2023 · Headquarters: Mountain View, CA, USA · Employees: 51-200 · Private

Verified sources

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