Why Humanly Just Ditched Recruiting Software for a $500B Staffing Play

Humanly just closed a $25M Series B — but the headline number isn't the real story. The real story is what CEO Prem Kumar plans to do with it: pivot away from selling recruiting software entirely, and go after the $500B staffing and placement market instead. In this episode, we break down Humanly's service-as-a-software bet, what 9,000 AI-conducted interviews per day actually means for TA teams, and the compliance question that fully automated candidate delivery raises for enterprise HR. If you're currently spending on both recruiting software licenses and staffing agency fees, this pivot is worth understanding — because the AI recruiting market just signaled where it's heading next.