IAMPHENOM 2026 Unveils Agent Center Inside Expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 25, 2026--

Phenom, the leader in applied AI that helps organizations hire faster, develop better and retain talent longer, today announced an expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab will return to IAMPHENOM 2026, now featuring the new Agent Center dedicated to agentic AI at work. The lab will showcase more than 75 HR use cases across job roles and industries on the exhibit floor of IAMPHENOM, taking place March 10–12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

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Building on the hands-on learning experience first introduced at last year’s conference, the 2026 edition of the lab reflects how quickly AI and automation are reshaping talent operations and how far most organizations still have to go. According to Phenom’s inaugural State of AI & Automation for HR: 2026 Benchmarks Report, 83% of organizations demonstrate low AI and automation maturity in human resources, and 30% of HR professionals report limited knowledge of how to apply AI in talent acquisition and management.

The AI & Automation Learning Lab delivers immersive, station-by-station experiences across industries including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail and hospitality. The new Agent Center spotlights agentic AI capabilities, showing how AI agents work alongside talent acquisition and management teams to automate multi-step workflows, surface intelligence and act on behalf of recruiters, HR business partners and hiring managers, without sacrificing the human judgment that matters most. IAMPHENOM attendees will explore AI and automation technologies and their impact throughout the talent lifecycle:

NEW: Agent Center Dedicated to Agentic AI at Work

The Agent Center demonstrates how talent teams can best work with agents to orchestrate hiring workflows, automate busywork and deliver hyper-personalized experiences; all governed by industry-specific ontologies and compliance guardrails. Featured agents will include:

The AI and Automation Lab for Human Resources

The AI & Automation Lab will also feature eight self-service stations, including a new mobile station, highlighting use cases across hiring, development and retention:

New: Levels of AI & Automation Maturity Center

A dedicated AI & Automation Maturity Center will help HR and TA leaders understand exactly where they are today, and where they need to be next. Built on Phenom’s proprietary AI & Automation Maturity Model, the center measures adoption across two dimensions: Intelligence, ranging from No Intelligence (Level 0) to Fully Integrated (Level 5); and Automation, ranging from No Automation (Level 0) to Fully Integrated Automation (Level 5). Attendees can get expert guidance on their current level of AI and automation maturity across talent acquisition and talent management, identify gaps, and prioritize next steps toward a future‑ready operating model.

“The data makes clear that most organizations are still in the early stages of putting AI to work in HR, and there’s enormous upside for those who become educated and move deliberately,” said Jonathan Dale, Vice President and General Manager, Global Marketing at Phenom. “The expanded Learning Lab and new Agent Center put real solutions in their hands so they can see exactly what’s possible.”

To register and explore the full agenda, speakers and conference details, including the expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab and Agent Center, visit IAMPHENOM.com. Register before February 28 and save 25% with Go Birds! Pricing.

About Phenom

Phenom is an applied AI company with the only AI infrastructure built specifically for HR. Powered by Engines that harmonize data, Ontologies that guide every decision, X AI that hyper-personalizes experiences, Agents that work alongside teams, Phenom’s platform uses industry and business context to automate workflows, eliminate busywork, and enhance every experience while remaining compliant. Driven by a purpose to help a billion people find the right work, no other company is as dedicated to helping organizations hire faster, develop better and retain longer.

Phenom has earned accolades including: Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies (6 consecutive years), Deloitte Technology's Fast 500 (5 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.

Phenom announced an expanded AI & Automation Learning Lab will return to IAMPHENOM 2026, now featuring the new Agent Center dedicated to agentic AI at work. The lab will showcase more than 75 HR use cases across job roles and industries on the exhibit floor of IAMPHENOM, taking place March 10–12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting higher Wednesday ahead of Wall Street’s main event, which is coming after trading ends for the day when Nvidia reports how much profit it made during the end of 2025.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in early trading as moves calmed in the market from earlier in the week, when stocks swung sharply as investors tried to separate potential losers from winners in the artificial-intelligence boom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 159 points, or 0.3%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% higher.

Nvidia’s chips are at the center of the AI frenzy, and it’s become the most influential stock in the U.S. market because it’s the most valuable. Analysts are expecting another blowout report, with estimates for Nvidia’s profit to surge nearly 70% from a year earlier to $37.52 billion. That’s would mean it made more than $400 million per day during the three months through Jan. 25.

Nvidia’s profit reports have become a bellwether for the market, not only because of how big the company has become in size but also because of how influential AI has become over the market’s moves. In past years, the AI frenzy helped stocks run to record after record amid hopes that it would mean higher productivity for the economy and bigger profits.

More recently, though, concerns have climbed about whether companies like Alphabet and Amazon are spending so much on chips from Nvidia and other equipment that they’ll never be able to make back the investments through future gains in productivity. If that leads to a pullback in spending, it would hit Nvidia directly.

Investors have also begun focusing on companies and industries that could get undercut by AI-powered competitors. That has led to sudden and swift sell-offs for stocks seen as potentially at threat, and the worries have rolled through the stock market from industries as seemingly disparate as software, trucking logistics and legal services.

“While those concerns are real, we believe investors would be wise to balance them out with offsetting trends that may be underappreciated in the current wall of worry headline cycle,” according to Darrell Cronk, chief investment officer for Wealth & Investment Management at Wells Fargo.

Among them is the strong growth in profit that big U.S. companies have been reporting so far for the end of 2025. That has helped strengthen some corners of the U.S. stock market that had been overshadowed by AI mania and Big Tech, particularly stocks of smaller companies.

Cava Group, the fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain, jumped 18.6% after delivering better profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Its revenue for a fiscal year also topped $1 billion for the first time, up 22.5% from the year earlier.

Axon Enterprise leaped 16.5% after the seller of Tasers and body cameras with AI voice-activated assistants likewise reported bigger profit and revenue than analysts expected.

They helped offset a 14.2% drop for First Solar, which reported a weaker profit than analysts expected.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 2.2%, and South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.9% for two of the bigger moves.

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury inched up to 4.05% from 4.04% late Tuesday.

AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott contributed.

A pedestrian walks outside the New York Stock Exchange during a snow storm, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Dealers watch computer monitors near the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Snow falls outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

People sit on the chairs near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, left, and the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) of over 6,000 points at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kim Sung-min/Yonhap via AP)