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The 2025 HR Tech conference in Las Vegas was nothing short of electric—especially given the tremendous excitement and some trepidation in the world of HR tech. Thousands of HR leaders, vendors, analysts, investors and innovators gathered to explore where HR technology is headed, what’s hype and what’s real, and how to align all that with business outcomes—all in the context of an uncertain, rapidly changing business climate.
The conference continues to innovate as well. A new dimension this year was the expanded “Investor Experience” track, tightly coupling founders, VCs and practitioners. Pitchfest drew fresh innovation onto the main stage. Meanwhile, in keynotes and breakout sessions, dominant themes included advanced AI (especially agentic AI), consolidation, people analytics evolution, payroll reinvention and an increasingly serious set of conversations about ROI, trust and ethical guardrails.
What stood out in the halls, breakout rooms and in informal conversations was a kind of creative tension: On one hand, we are amid a tsunami of new tools and capabilities; on the other, HR leaders are asking, “Which will actually make an impact in our organization?”
3 lessons from HR Tech 2025
With that in mind, here are what I see as the three most important takeaways
