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An enterprise software platform for HR, finance, and related business operations.

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Placed in Assess: 3 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 47%.

5Hacker News·9/23/2026research
Career-site job postings often stay open for months
A large-scale analysis of employer career-site postings found that 28.3% of dated open listings had been live for more than 90 days, and 16.3% were older than 180 days. The report also showed wide variation by category, employer, country, and applicant tracking system, with some systems and industries having much higher stale-listing rates than others.
3Hacker News·9/6/2026research
AI Won't Automate Away the Hard Part of Software
The article argues that AI may make it easier to build tools and automate routine work, but it does not solve the harder problem of identifying the right problems to automate in the first place. It highlights how most companies have sprawling, hidden software stacks and that effective automation often requires deep domain understanding, not just easier code generation.
7The New Stack·7/14/2026funding
Thira raises $21M to build an AI execution layer for enterprise IT
Thira, founded by Apptio co-founder Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer, is coming out of stealth with a $21 million seed round led by Madrona. The company is building an agentic system of execution for enterprise back-office work, starting with IT processes that span many internal systems and will launch with a semi-autonomous mode before offering full autonomy.