AI strategy & automation for HR teams

We help People and Talent teams design AI roadmaps and build custom automations that eliminate manual work — so you can focus on the humans.

Workflow Automation
🤖 AI Agents
📊 Analytics
🔗 Integrations
🎯 Strategy
🧠 AI Roadmap

Your team spends more time on process than people

HR and People teams are drowning in manual workflows, disconnected systems, and repetitive tasks — while AI adoption in most HR functions remains below 11%.

70%
of HR leaders say their teams spend the majority of time on administrative tasks rather than strategic work
11%
of organizations are actively using AI in their HR operations — the rest are falling behind
42%
of executives say finding leaders who bridge AI and business strategy is their biggest barrier

Strategy. Transformation. Engineering.

Three practices that work independently or together — taking you from "where do we even start with AI?" to production-ready automations running across your HR function.

Strategy

Know where AI fits before you build anything

A clear, prioritized roadmap grounded in your actual workflows, tech stack, and team capabilities — so you move forward with confidence instead of guesswork.

AI Readiness AssessmentFull audit of your HR processes, tech stack, and team readiness with ROI projections for each use case.
Use Case Discovery WorkshopFacilitated session with your HR leadership to identify, scope, and prioritize AI automation opportunities.
AI Business Case DevelopmentCost modeling, vendor evaluation, and a phased implementation plan your leadership can approve.

Transformation

Redesign how your HR team works with AI

Redesign HR workflows around AI capabilities, upskill your team, and manage the change so adoption actually sticks — covering process redesign, training, and ongoing optimization.

Process Redesign & Workflow MappingMap your current HR processes end-to-end, identify bottlenecks, and redesign workflows with AI at the right points.
AI Enablement & Team TrainingHands-on training on AI tools and prompt engineering for HR use cases so your team isn't dependent on us.
Ongoing Advisory RetainerMonthly partnership monitoring deployed automations, identifying new opportunities, and keeping pace with growth.

Engineering

Custom AI automations, built and shipped

Custom AI automations deployed directly into your HR tech stack — using n8n, AI agents, and your existing tools. Sprint-based delivery, full documentation, no lock-in.

AI Automation SprintsFocused sprints delivering production-ready automations — screening pipelines, onboarding workflows, HR chatbots, and more.
AI Agent DevelopmentCustom AI agents for your HR use cases — from policy Q&A bots to scheduling assistants to risk scoring.
Integration & Data PipelinesConnect your HRIS, ATS, payroll, and comms tools into unified automated workflows.

Automations that actually move the needle

These are the workflows HR teams ask us to build most often. Each one eliminates hours of manual work every week.

📋

Candidate Screening & Matching

AI-powered workflows that evaluate applications against your real criteria — not just keywords — and surface qualified candidates automatically.

📅

Interview Scheduling Automation

End the back-and-forth. Automated scheduling that coordinates across hiring managers, candidates, and calendars with zero manual effort.

🚀

Employee Onboarding Workflows

From offer letter to Day 30 check-in — automated sequences that ensure every new hire gets a consistent, high-quality onboarding experience.

💬

HR Policy Chatbot & Knowledge Base

An AI assistant trained on your policies, benefits, and handbook that handles the 80% of questions your team answers repeatedly.

📊

Compensation Benchmarking

Automated compensation analysis that pulls real-time market data and generates benchmarking reports for any role, level, or geography.

🔄

Turnover Risk Scoring

Predictive models that flag flight risk across your team based on engagement signals, tenure patterns, and compensation alignment.

Simple, fast, and built to last

Every engagement follows the same proven structure — whether it's a two-week assessment or a six-month retainer.

1

Discovery Call

A 30-minute conversation to understand your HR tech stack, biggest pain points, and what success looks like. No prep required from your side — we ask the right questions.

2

Assess & Prioritize

We audit your workflows and tech stack, interview key stakeholders, and identify the highest-impact automation opportunities. You get a clear roadmap ranked by effort vs. value.

3

Build & Ship

Sprint-based delivery of working automations. We build in your environment using n8n, AI agents, and your existing tools. You see results in weeks, not quarters.

4

Transfer & Optimize

Every build includes full documentation and knowledge transfer. We train your team to own and extend what we've built. Optional retainer for ongoing optimization and new builds.

We're not consultants who learned HR. We're HR-tech builders who consult.

We built an AI talent intelligence platform from the ground up — so we understand HR workflows at an engineering level, not from a slide deck. That means we know what actually works in production, not just in theory.

  • Deep HR domain expertiseWe've lived hiring at scale — screening, alignment, compliance, candidate experience. We know where the bodies are buried.
  • We build, not just adviseYou get working automations, not strategy decks. Real workflows shipping into production on your infrastructure.
  • You own everythingNo lock-in, no proprietary black boxes. Full documentation, knowledge transfer, and your team's autonomy.
  • Founded by operatorsOur founders have scaled fast-growth companies, raised venture capital, and hired hundreds of people. We understand the urgency.

Meet the people behind Zeeda Studio

Operators and builders who've scaled HR tech and talent teams — now helping you do the same with AI.

Ray Jenkin

Ray Jenkin

Partner

Co-founder of Zeeda and the AI Interviewer platform. Full-stack engineer specializing in HR workflow automation, AI agents, and building systems that scale hiring operations.

Dave Carruthers

Dave Carruthers

Partner

Co-founder of Zeeda and the AI Interviewer platform. Technical leader focused on AI automation, HR tech integrations, and turning complex people operations into streamlined workflows.

Laura Frances

Laura Frances

Associate

Former Head of Talent & People, now founder and CEO of Rare Talent Ventures — a boutique staffing and career coaching firm scaling industry-defining startups by connecting top-tier talent with visionary leaders.

Ready to see what AI can do for your HR team?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll map your biggest automation opportunities and give you a clear picture of what's possible — no commitment, no pitch deck.

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