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February 3-9, 2025:
• Leaping ahead: Jumpstart HR acquires Aspect43 to extend services for HCM solution providers;
• Stalling out too soon: Fewer seed-stage startups are getting to Series A, raising the failure risk;
• Opening up the public sector market: Holly secures $2.2M to solve Government’s hiring crisis;
• Eating humble pie: Altman: OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ with open source;
• Rising FOFB-Fear of Falling Behind: Americans are struggling to find jobs as market changes.
• The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing, February 26-27, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. For senior execs at enterprise employers and TA solution providers.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!
Jumpstart HR, a leader in HR consulting and workforce transformation, is excited to announce the acquisition of Aspect43, a leading analyst and advisory firm focused on the HCM, Talent, and HR Technology markets. This acquisition enhances Jumpstart HR’s ability to provide data-driven, strategic insights to HR practitioners and organizations seeking transformative people-first solutions. It will also further extend Aspect43’s reach in bringing the voice of the employee to vendors.
U.S. seed-stage funding was somewhat resilient in the venture funding downturn, due in part to the preponderance of larger seed rounds. Crunchbase data also shows that since 2023, companies have been staying longer at seed and raising more seed rounds. That growth, however, conceals a lack of progression beyond seed funding. As companies take longer to get to Series A, there’s the potential for a much higher failure rate for seed-stage companies, which in turn could wipe out many seed-stage funds in years to come.
Holly, an AI-powered platform modernizing government hiring, announced today the close of its $2.2 million oversubscribed pre-seed round, led by J2 Ventures with participation from Roble Ventures, Gaingels, and prominent angel investors. The funding will support Holly’s platform as it works to solve the million-job government workforce vacancy crisis.
OpenAI the company finds itself in a bit of a precarious position. It’s battling the perception that it’s ceding ground in the AI race to Chinese companies like DeepSeek, which OpenAI alleges might’ve stolen its IP. Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI’s lead in AI, and he also said he believes OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” when it comes to open-sourcing its technologies.
The job market is becoming more precarious for job seekers, as more than a third say they’re applying to more jobs than ever but hearing back less, according to new research from LinkedIn. One in five job seekers who were searching for a job last year are still looking in 2025, and 26 percent said the job market was so challenging they don’t plan to job hunt at all this year.
• The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing, February 26-27, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. For senior execs at enterprise employers and TA solution providers.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!
