Everest GroupSeptember 8, 2026
Ema Named a Luminary for 3rd consecutive year in Everest Group's Agentic AI in HR Innovation Watch
Ema is positioned alongside enterprise tech companies that have been around for a decade, such as SAP, IBM, Workday, and Kore.ai, and is ahead of other startups like Leena AI and Moveworks from ServiceNow.
The Best-Placed Agentic AI Startup in HR
The Everest Group Innovation Watch assesses providers on two dimensions: market performance (scale and maturity of agentic AI deployments) and ecosystem drivers (partnership depth and investment activity). Luminaries lead on both. Ema's placement puts it above Leena AI, Moveworks from ServiceNow, and alongside Workday, SAP, IBM, and Kore.ai, which are all legacy SaaS or on-prem platforms with decades of installed base. Ema achieves Luminary status as a purpose-built agentic AI platform, built for enterprise-grade HR, IT, and Finance.
Luminary
Ema's designation — highest quadrant in the Everest Innovation Watch
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Ema ranks among the top 6 providers globally in Agentic AI for HR
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Highest-placed pure-play agentic AI platform in the entire assessment
Every enterprise's best performing employee
Simple and fast
Best in class UI that business users can leverage to generate 300+ page proposals 10x faster
Accurate
Integrate live data from company repositories that reflect the latest, most relevant information into your proposals.
Trusted
Masks all sensitive information before passing on to public LLMs. Ema is with leading security protocols like SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO 42001, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, and more
What you'll learn
Here's what to expect in the report:
- How Everest Group evaluates agentic AI providers in HR — across market performance, use case maturity, partnership depth, and investment activity
- Where Ema sits relative to legacy incumbents like Workday, SAP, and IBM — and pure-play competitors like Leena AI, Moveworks, and Kore.ai
- What the Luminary designation means for enterprises evaluating agentic AI platforms for HR transformation
