Merger brings together two decades of workplace culture research with an AI-powered talent management platform, creating a modern blueprint for award-winning organizations
EXTON, Pa., July 14, 2026 – Energage, the HR technology company behind the Top Workplaces employer recognition program, today announced its merger with Engagedly, an AI-powered talent management platform. The move is a major step in Energage’s evolution toward a single platform that connects employee engagement, talent management, and employer brand.
Energage brings more than 20 years of workplace culture research, drawing on insights from over 30 million employee surveys across 80,000 organizations, along with the proven methodology behind Top Workplaces. Engagedly adds an AI-powered talent management platform covering performance management, employee development, learning, rewards and recognition, and support for frontline and deskless workers. Together, the combined platform gives employers a modern blueprint to measure, shape, and showcase the employee experience – helping them build cultures where people and performance thrive.
“For more than two decades, we’ve helped organizations understand what makes great workplaces possible,” said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. “This merger accelerates our vision of turning those insights into action – bringing workplace experience and talent management together in one intelligent platform so leaders can build stronger cultures, achieve better business outcomes, and position themselves as Top Workplaces.”
The Engagedly platform will let Energage bring new capabilities to market faster, while continuing to build a comprehensive platform grounded in the proven practices of Top Workplaces organizations.
“AI-enabled talent management reaches its full potential when it’s grounded in proven expertise,” said Srikant Chellappa, Engagedly Co-Founder and CEO. “The unified platform will transform decades of Top Workplaces insights from high-performing organizations into AI-powered guidance, helping leaders take faster, more confident action and create meaningful impact across their entire workforce.”
The combined company will continue investing in solutions that help organizations measure employee engagement, shape performance and growth, and showcase their employer brand in an increasingly competitive talent landscape.
Energage’s move toward a unified platform is backed by NewSpring Growth, NewSpring’s dedicated growth equity strategy focused on fast-growing, industry-transforming technology companies. Fairmount Partners served as financial advisor to Energage, with Troutman Pepper as US legal counsel and DSK Legal as India legal counsel. Financing was provided by The Innovation Banking Group at Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC. Drake Star acted as Engagedly’s exclusive financial advisor on the transaction.
Energage is an HR technology and research company that helps organizations build workplaces where people and performance thrive. Grounded in more than 20 years of workplace culture research and the voices of more than 30 million employees across 80,000 organizations, Energage has uncovered what the best employers do differently – bringing people science, employee voice, and Top Workplaces best practices together into a proven blueprint for measuring, shaping, and showcasing the workplace experience.
Engagedly is an AI talent management platform built to help organizations connect performance, engagement, learning, growth, and recognition in one unified experience. Powered by Marissa, its AI SuperAgent, Engagedly helps leaders turn people strategy into intelligent actions, reduce talent silos, and drive measurable business outcomes. Trusted by organizations worldwide, Engagedly supports stronger engagement, better retention, and the development of high-performing teams.
