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- 11/05/2026
HR Grapevine
HR has long been seen as a cost centre. AI is starting to rewrite that story, but only for some. Among organisations growing revenue by more than 10% a year, 48% have reached advanced AI adoption in HR. Among those with no meaningful growth, it’s just 9%.
Rippling surveyed over 1,000 HR and people leaders, including UK teams, to find out where AI is delivering genuine returns and what the teams pulling ahead are doing differently.
Inside the report:
Why UK teams are 36% more likely to say AI has improved onboarding
How a third of teams have scaled hiring without adding HR headcount
Why data security, not budget, is the biggest barrier to wider adoption
What gives advanced adopters the compliance confidence others lack
AI in HR is no longer just an efficiency play. It’s becoming a growth advantage.
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT and Finance. By unifying payroll, expenses, benefits, devices and third-party apps in a single, HMRC-approved system, Rippling lets you automate every part of the employee lifecycle and surface real-time insights on headcount, turnover and cost — all while keeping compliance airtight.
Take onboarding, for example. You can hire an employee anywhere in the world, choose locally compliant documents, and set up their payroll, laptop, benefits and apps — all within 90 seconds. Payroll then runs in minutes, not days, freeing teams to focus on priorities rather than admin.
Trusted by companies globally such as Anthropic, Barry's and Synthesia, Rippling has raised $1.8+ billion from investors including Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, Baillie Gifford and Y Combinator. In May 2025, it raised $450 million (Series G), valuing the company at $16.8 billion.
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