OVI is the AI-native ATS where you chat to hire. Two AI agents — Sora for sourcing and Milo for screening — find candidates, score every CV, and run AI interviews, all controlled from a single chat.

What does "chat to hire" mean?

Chat to hire is OVI's AI-native hiring workflow: instead of clicking through a traditional ATS, you describe what you need in chat and OVI's AI agents source candidates, screen applicants, run AI interviews, and send outreach for you.

What is an AI-native ATS?

An AI-native ATS is an applicant tracking system built around AI agents rather than forms and pipelines. OVI's AI chat ATS lets recruiters source, screen, interview, and follow up through conversation — the agents do the work and surface only the candidates worth meeting.

Who are Sora and Milo?

Sora is OVI's AI sourcing agent — she scans LinkedIn, the open web, and your ATS history to find best-fit candidates and reach out in your name. Milo is OVI's AI screening agent — he scores every applicant against your rubric and surfaces a ranked shortlist.

How do OVI's AI interviews work?

OVI runs async AI interviews for every shortlisted candidate and returns scores, transcripts, and recordings — so your team only meets the people worth meeting.

Gloat Bets Its Workforce Context Engine Can Win the AI Agents Race in HR

2026-06-19

Every major HR technology vendor now offers AI agents. Workday has Sana. Oracle has Agent Studio. SAP has Joule Studio. ServiceNow absorbed Moveworks. Microsoft built Copilot Studio. The feature war is on — but it is converging on the same pitch: speed, automation, fewer clicks.

Gloat is making a different bet. On March 31, 2026, the company launched its Agentic HR platform, built on the Loomra Workforce Context Engine — a semantic reasoning layer forged from roughly nine years of enterprise AI research. The thesis is blunt: in a market flooded with agents, the differentiator is not how many agents you ship or how fast they execute. It is whether those agents actually understand your workforce.

What Gloat Launched

Gloat's Agentic HR platform, announced March 31, 2026, ships with a suite of pre-built AI agents covering workforce redeployment, career development, internal talent sourcing, succession planning, and learning and reskilling. Each agent is designed to act autonomously within defined guardrails, not merely surface recommendations but execute multi-step workflows across HR systems.

Alongside the pre-built agents, Gloat introduced a no-code Agent Builder that lets HR teams assemble custom agents using modular components and existing HCM business rules. The intent is clear: reduce dependency on IT for every new automation, while keeping governance in the hands of HR leaders who own the process logic.

The Loomra Engine: Why Nine Years of Data Matters

At the core of the platform sits Loomra, Gloat's Workforce Context Engine. Unlike generic large language models fine-tuned on public data, Loomra draws on Gloat's nearly decade-long history of mapping skills, roles, career trajectories, and workforce dynamics inside large enterprises.

As CEO Ben Reuveni put it: "An agent without context is just a chatbot that clicks buttons."

The distinction matters for CHROs evaluating AI agent vendors. An agent that can process a redeployment request is table stakes. An agent that understands which employees have adjacent skills, which teams are overstaffed relative to project demand, and which career paths have historically succeeded inside your specific organization — that requires deep, longitudinal workforce context. Loomra is Gloat's answer to that requirement.

Josh Bersin, the industry analyst, framed the broader shift this way: the world is moving from "systems of record" to "systems of context." Gloat is positioning Loomra as that context layer for HR.

Ecosystem Fit: Interoperability as Strategy

Gloat is not asking enterprises to rip and replace their HCM stack. Loomra is designed to integrate with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Oracle as a semantic reasoning layer that sits on top of existing systems of record. On the collaboration side, Gloat connects to Microsoft Copilot, Teams, Slack, and Google Chat — meeting employees where they already work.

This interoperability play is strategic. For CHROs already invested in a major HCM suite, the pitch is additive: keep your system of record, add Gloat as the context engine that makes your existing data actionable through agents.

The Competitive Landscape

The AI agent market in HR is crowded and moving fast. Key players include:

Workday with Sana, its native agent framework
Oracle with Agent Studio for building HR automation
SAP with Joule Studio embedded in SuccessFactors
ServiceNow (via its Moveworks acquisition) for IT-adjacent HR service delivery
Microsoft with Copilot Studio for cross-function agent building

Each has distribution advantages — massive installed bases and deep enterprise relationships. Gloat's competitive bet is that distribution alone is not enough. Without a purpose-built workforce context engine, these platforms risk deploying agents that are fast but shallow. Whether that thesis holds will depend on whether enterprise buyers prioritize depth of workforce understanding over the convenience of a single-vendor stack.

Where Mid-Market Organizations Fit

Not every organization operates at enterprise scale or is ready for a platform-level agent deployment. For mid-market companies exploring AI-assisted hiring, OVI offers an accessible entry point starting at $99/month. OVI focuses on AI voice interviews with a human-in-the-loop model — AI provides decision support while final hiring decisions remain with the recruiter. It is not competing with Gloat for the same buyer, but it represents a practical first step for organizations that want to adopt AI in talent acquisition without committing to a full-stack agentic platform.

FAQ

Does Gloat's Agentic HR platform require replacing our existing HCM system?
No. Loomra is designed to integrate with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Oracle as a complementary context layer, not a replacement.

What types of agents ship out of the box?
Gloat offers pre-built agents for workforce redeployment, career development, internal talent sourcing, succession planning, and learning and reskilling. Additional custom agents can be created using the no-code Agent Builder.

How does Gloat's approach differ from agents built by HCM vendors?
Gloat's differentiation centers on the Loomra Workforce Context Engine — nine years of enterprise AI research focused specifically on skills, roles, and workforce dynamics. HCM-native agents may execute faster within their own ecosystems but may lack the cross-system workforce context Loomra provides.

Is there an option for smaller organizations not ready for enterprise-level agentic platforms?
Yes. Tools like OVI offer AI-assisted hiring starting at $99/month with a human-in-the-loop approach, providing an accessible entry point for mid-market teams.

Sources

Josh Bersin, "Gloat Enters The Crowded War For AI Agents In HR," March 2026 — https://joshbersin.com/2026/03/gloat-enters-the-crowded-war-for-ai-agents-in-hr/
BusinessWire, "Gloat Introduces Agentic HR: The End of Reactive HR," March 31, 2026 — https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260331249744/en/Gloat-Introduces-Agentic-HR-The-End-of-Reactive-HR
TechRSeries, "Gloat Introduces Agentic HR: The End of Reactive HR," March 2026 — https://techrseries.com/hrtechnology/gloat-introduces-agentic-hr-the-end-of-reactive-hr/