Octopyd today announced the release of the Talent Review Arena, a new candidate-evaluation experience that helps hiring teams turn hiring manager feedback into more accurate, explainable applicant rankings.
The Talent Review Arena uses Octopyd’s AI evaluation agent, Ivy, to evaluate applicants against a role-specific rubric, surface the strongest matches, and improve recommendations based on what hiring managers identify as a fit.
The Talent Review Arena is designed for employers receiving large volumes of applications and struggling to consistently identify the candidates who best meet the real requirements of a role. Instead of asking recruiters and hiring managers to review resumes manually, conduct repeated calibration meetings, and rely on general keyword searches, the Talent Review Arena creates a structured process for reviewing candidates and learning directly from hiring decisions.
Paradigm today announced that it is changing its company name to Surface, adopting the name of the AI-native people intelligence platform it launched earlier this year and reflecting a broader vision for the role HR teams can play as AI transforms work.
Surface brings together workforce data, company context, and external market intelligence to help organizations understand what’s happening across their workforce, identify what matters most, and take meaningful action. The platform builds on Paradigm’s 12 years of experience helping thousands of organizations solve complex people challenges, combining deep expertise with cutting-edge AI. Paradigm will continue as Surface’s consulting and advisory practice, ensuring that the expertise and hands-on partnership that have defined the company remains central to its next chapter.
“We’re at a moment where we can fundamentally reimagine what the People function is capable of,” said Joelle Emerson, co-founder and CEO of Surface. “AI has the potential to transform how work gets done, but getting there is going to require much more than the technology. Companies have to rethink how teams operate, what skills they need, how leaders lead, and how culture evolves alongside AI. People teams should be at the helm of this next phase of organizational evolution. We built Surface to give them the platform they need to lead that transformation.”
