Phenom Earns Spot as SaaS Awards 2025 Finalist for Intelligence and Automation Platform

PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 2025 — Phenom, an applied AI company that helps organizations hire faster, develop better and retain longer, has been named a finalist in The 2025 SaaS Awards for its intelligence and automation platform.

CEO of The Cloud Awards, James Williams, said: “We’re pleased to confirm the finalists in this year’s SaaS Awards. This year features a particularly competitive field of nominations, giving our judges a tough, yet rewarding, task in turning our shortlist into an exclusive range of finalists.

“Driven by the continued investment and evolution of AI within the industry, SaaS solutions are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and standing out from the crowd can be a tough task. Phenom, and their fellow finalists, have done exceptionally well in reaching this stage, and we wish them well as our judges go on to select this year’s winners.”

Building on its recent recognition as a Top 25 AI Company by the Software Report and Best Cloud HR/HRMS Solution in The 2024/25 Cloud Awards program, Phenom continues to earn industry acclaim for its bold innovation that unifies rather than fragments the entire talent experience for all stakeholders through a single experience-first platform. The comprehensive solution addresses critical HR challenges through advancements in data standardization, domain-specific AI, scalability, real-time personalization, conversational and agentic AI, compliance, and seamless integration with existing HR systems.

In 2025, Phenom introduced breakthrough innovations including X+ Ontologies, X+ Agent Studio, and industry-specific X+ Agents that bridge the gap between business strategy and HR execution. These purpose-built agents streamline essential processes across industries like healthcare, retail, financial services, and manufacturing — from candidate sourcing to talent development — while transforming unstructured enterprise data into actionable insights.

“The real test of AI in HR isn’t what it can do in a demo — it’s how real companies are turning the messy, unstructured reality of their enterprise data and systems into a seamless experience across their entire talent ecosystem,” said John Harrington, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Phenom. “Our customers are already seeing the impact of this transformation, and this recognition further validates that our approach is working.”

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With Phenom, candidates find and choose the right job faster, employees develop their skills and evolve, recruiters become wildly productive, talent marketers engage with extreme efficiency, talent leaders optimize hiring and onboarding processes, managers build stronger-performing teams, HR aligns employee development with company goals, and HRIT easily integrates existing HR tech to create a holistic infrastructure.

The SaaS Awards recognizes the organizations that are leading the way in the software-as-a-service industry – from specialized ‘vertical SaaS’ solutions through to broader services for enterprise or SME businesses. The program received entries from organizations of all sizes from across the globe, including the USA and Canada, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, and APAC.

About Phenom

Phenom has a purpose of helping a billion people find the right work. Through AI-powered talent experiences, employers use Phenom to hire and onboard employees faster, develop them to their full potential, and retain them longer. The Phenom Intelligent Talent Experience platform seamlessly connects candidates, employees, recruiters, talent marketers, talent leaders, hiring managers, HR and HRIT — empowering diverse and global enterprises with innovative products including Phenom X+ Agentic AI and Generative AI, Career Site, Chatbot, CMS, Talent CRM, X+ Screening, Automated Interview Scheduling, Interview Intelligence, Talent Experience Engine, Campaigns, University Recruiting, Contingent Talent Hiring, Onboarding, Talent Marketplace, Workforce Intelligence, Career Pathing, Gigs, Mentoring, and Referrals.

Phenom has earned accolades including: Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies (5 consecutive years), Deloitte Technology's Fast 500 (4 consecutive years), 11 Brandon Hall ‘Excellence in Technology’ awards including Gold for ‘Best Advance in Generative AI for Business Impact,’ Business Intelligence Group’s Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards (3 consecutive years), The Cloud Awards 2025/2024, The A.I. Awards 2024, and a regional Timmy Award for launching and optimizing HelpOneBillion.com (2020).

Headquartered in Greater Philadelphia, Phenom also has offices in India, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom.

For more information, please visit www.phenom.com. Connect with Phenom on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.