The Josh Bersin Company, the world’s most trusted HR advisory firm, today announced a soon-to-be activated major new capability for its fast-growing AI-powered HR and management agent, Galileo. In addition to drawing on the proprietary Josh Bersin Company and trusted content partner knowledge base, Galileo users will have the option to search and analyze the wider Internet—delivering comprehensive answers to HR and people-related questions from both trusted internal sources and the web at large.
With the new Galileo Web Search feature, HR practitioners will gain instant access to the capabilities of leading generative AI search engines, plus Google, transforming Galileo from the world’s premier HR knowledge assistant into a comprehensive search, retrieval, and classification tool of unmatched power and breadth.
As a result, Galileo users can now search and analyze not only HR, leadership, jobs, skills, Josh Bersin Company content, and trusted partner courses and benchmarks—but the entire web as well.
Every result is clearly labeled, with trusted Josh Bersin Company content displayed first. This means users gain both the breadth of web results and the confidence of curated, validated guidance from the Josh Bersin Company and partner knowledge base.
Security remains paramount: with this update, all user information and research will remain private within each individual’s personal Galileo workspace.
Today, Galileo supports more than 7,000 professionals across 800+ organizations.
Key Galileo milestones to date:
- August 2025 A new version of the Galileo AI assistant designed for managers, supervisors, and senior leaders, Galileo for Managers, as well as the latest version of core Galileo, Venus, which includes HR job task data from work intelligence leader Reejig, elevating the platform into an AI work redesign tool for HR transformation
- May 2025 The launch of Galileo Learn™, a learning and development (L&D) solution that delivers real-time, user-driven HR learning directly at the desktop
- April 2025 The addition of a new reasoning model version, Galileo Mercury, plus “consultant mode,” a real-time Meeting Assistant, an “Intelligent Benchmarking” tool, and integration of Lightcast labor data and SHL’s Universal Competency Framework
- October 2024 The general availability of Galileo Professional
- May 2024 Launch of the new Galileo family of solutions Trusted Content program, featuring embedded insights from Visier, Oyster, and Heidrick & Struggles.
Josh Bersin Company’s EVP of Product and Research, Amy Farner, says:
“Galileo is the AI-powered culmination of decades of HR expertise. Acting as a 24/7 digital consultant for HR teams, it is already in use at more than 800 organizations, with over 7,000 active users worldwide.
“The new Web Search feature expands Galileo’s value even further—offering instant access to a unique combination of Josh Bersin Company and partner resources, including Reejig, Lightcast, Oyster, Heidrick, SHL, and Visier, plus 30 years of Josh Bersin Company research. These insights, best practices, and real-world examples are not available in ChatGPT or any other consumer AI agent.”
Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and CEO of the Josh Bersin Company, says:
“Drawing on decades of research, 500 real-world case studies, proven leadership models from world-leading organizations—including the Irresistible Leadership model—and expert content from trusted partners, Galileo has already served as a personal, tireless management coach.
“With Web Search, we will take it to the next level—delivering a breadth and depth of answers to people-related issues that simply can’t be found anywhere else.”
To gain access and learn more, visit https://getgalileo.ai/agent.
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