Orbio’s $21M Series A: Meet the AI Agents Running HR for Deskless Workforces

No recruiter login required. A candidate can apply, receive an AI-led interview within seconds, and begin onboarding the same day .

What each AI agent does

Orbio's platform covers the complete employee lifecycle through a set of autonomous agents that share data and improve over time .

Hiring: Maria

Maria acts as a digital talent acquisition assistant. She creates and publishes optimized job descriptions across multiple boards, screens and sources applicants, conducts fully autonomous interviews, and manages scheduling—all without a recruiter in the loop. Orbio claims Maria can reduce time-to-hire by up to 80% .

Onboarding: Daniel

Once a candidate is hired, Daniel guides them from job offer through first-day materials and training. Instead of a scattered email chain or an overwhelmed manager, new hires follow a structured AI-led onboarding flow that runs 24/7 .

Engagement and Retention: Claire

Claire stays in contact with employees throughout their tenure. She performs daily check-ins, monitors engagement signals, and captures workforce data that HR departments typically lose. The platform's live retention insights flag which employees are most likely to leave, and exit-interview data is fed back into hiring criteria so screening improves iteratively .

Real-world outcomes at The Stepping Stones Group

The most detailed public case study involves The Stepping Stones Group, a behavioral-health provider where Orbio now runs the entire U.S. operation .

• 20% more candidates made it through the hiring process .
• Candidate interview booking rates rose from 65% to 85% .
• Candidate backout rates—where a new hire fails to show up—dropped by roughly half .

Who's using it, and where

Orbio targets industries with large, high-turnover frontline workforces: healthcare, retail, logistics, hospitality, and quick-service restaurants .

Notable customers include YUM! Brands, the parent company of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC, as well as the restaurant chain Poke . Other clients mentioned in earlier-stage reports include AT&T, Verisure, Honest Greens, and Vicio .

The company is headquartered in Madrid and currently serves customers across Europe and the United States .

What the new capital will fuel

CEO Sergi Bastardas has stated the fresh $21 million will go toward two priorities: building and training additional AI agents, and accelerating international expansion beyond the company's existing markets .

It's a notable bet on agentic HR at a moment when frontline staffing shortages and turnover costs are pushing large employers to experiment with automation that goes far beyond resume screening.