Shapes

What Shapes does

Shapes is an AI-native People Operating System designed to help organizations manage their people in a unique way. It offers a fully adaptive platform with modular components, allowing companies to design, evolve, and run any people process, from onboarding to performance, time management, and compensation. Shapes automates administrative tasks using AI agents, integrates organizational data into an intelligent layer, and provides flexibility to adapt to evolving needs. It is built for businesses of any size and in any industry, aiming to replace rigid HR platforms with a system that molds to a company's specific workflows, structures, and needs.

Products

• Core PlanA modern HR platform for teams, including AI agents, Vibe Views, people directory & org chart, document management, absence management & attendance, workflows & process automation, requests & approvals, insights & analytics, integrations & API access, and up to 2 custom permission roles.
• Plus PlanRecommended for scaling teams, includes everything in the Core Plan plus unlimited custom permission roles, unlimited legal entity management, Okta & Microsoft Entra ID integration, sandbox account, webhooks, account data backup, guided implementation, dedicated customer success manager, priority training & priority support.
• Surveys AppMeasures engagement and gathers feedback across teams.
• Performance AppRuns review cycles with continuous feedback and goal tracking.
• Compensation AppModels, manages, and communicates compensation in one place.
• Goals & OKRs AppComing soon: Sets, tracks, and aligns goals across teams and individuals.
• People DirectoryA single source of employee data, allowing centralization of employee information, visual organizational charts, instant analytics, and an AI chat for data retrieval.
• Time Off ManagementManages holiday and leave policies with AI, handles employee requests, provides insights & reports, and offers a calendar view of absences.
• Attendance ManagementProvides robust time-tracking features, including clock-in/out, customizable tracking rules, time management reports, custom payroll cycles, and smart notifications.
• WorkflowsAutomates core HR processes with AI-generated workflows, offering a template center, eSign capabilities, and an overview of workflow statuses.

Key capabilities

• AI-native People Operating System
• Fully adaptive and modular platform
• AI agents for admin automation
• Intelligent layer for organizational data
• Vibe Views for custom tools and dashboards
• People directory & org chart
• Document management with e-signatures
• Absence management & attendance tracking
• Workflows & process automation (AI-generated)
• Requests & approvals
• Insights & analytics with AI-powered dashboards
• Integrations & API access
• Custom permission roles
• Legal entity management
• Okta & Microsoft Entra ID integration
• Sandbox account
• Webhooks
• Account data backup
• Guided implementation
• Dedicated customer success manager
• Priority training & support
• Surveys for engagement and feedback
• Performance management cycles
• Compensation modeling and management
• Goals & OKRs tracking (coming soon)
• AI chat for employee data queries
• Time-off policy generation with AI
• Robust time tracking rules
• Custom payroll cycles
• Smart notifications for timesheets
• Workflow template center

Use cases

• Onboarding new employees
• Performance management and feedback cycles
• Time management and attendance tracking
• Compensation management and analysis
• Automating HR administrative tasks
• Generating insights from people data (retention, salary, engagement, performance, DEI)
• Creating custom dashboards and tools for organizational needs
• Managing time-off requests and policies
• Tracking employee working hours for payroll
• Automating HR processes like offboarding and maternity leave
• Storing and managing HR documents and policies
• Conducting employee surveys (engagement, pulse checks, comp satisfaction, exit interviews)
• Analyzing and visualizing people data
• Simulating reorgs
• Tracking unused leave liability
• Managing equity
• Monitoring remote vs. office attendance
• Answering employee questions with AI
• Building and running workflows for various HR processes

AI approach

Shapes is an AI-native People Operating System that uses AI agents to automate HR admin work, generate workflows, analyze people data for insights, create policies, and provide an AI chat for employee data queries. The platform is designed to be adaptive and evolve with company needs.

Tech named: AI agents, AI-native, AI-generated workflows, AI chat

What it says sets it apart

• AI-native People Operating System that adapts to unique company workflows and structures
• Modular components for designing and evolving any people process
• AI agents automate administrative work
• Connects all organizational data into one intelligent layer
• Flexibility to stay ahead as needs evolve
• Ability to build any dashboard or tool in plain language with all people data in Shapes
• Agents act, not just assist, running entire people workflows end-to-end
• One platform for everything people-related, replacing spreadsheets and scattered systems
• AI-generated workflows based on best practices and unique needs
• Smart performance cycles with AI for feedback and growth
• Insights that push businesses forward with AI-powered dashboards
• Simple, transparent pricing with no hidden fees
• Quick implementation (days, not weeks)
• Built for businesses of any size, from 50 to 5,000 employees, in one country or ten

Funding rounds we track

From the AI funding tracker — rounds as reported by the linked publications.