Included
AcquiredBothell, US · Founded 2021 · 4 known investors
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Included is an AI-native, agentic people analytics platform that uses proprietary algorithms and a canonical data model to consolidate workforce data and surface actionable insights for HR professionals and business leaders. Founded in 2021, the company was acquired by Phenom and its technology now supports workforce planning and talent decisions across HR functions.
Also known as Included AI · included.ai
Founders & leadership
Included was founded in 2021 by Laura Close, RAGHURAM GOLLAMUDI, and CHANDAN GOLLA.
Investors · 4
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$6.6M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2021–2022
▶$5.4MraisedMay 2022 · 7 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- RAGHURAM GOLLAMUDIExecutive Officer, Director
- CHARLES H STONECIPHERDirector
- LAURA CLOSEExecutive Officer
- CHANDAN GOLLAExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $5.4M
- Amount sold
- $5.4M
- First sale
- Apr 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2021
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$1.3MraisedMar 2021 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- RAGHURAM GOLLAMUDIExecutive Officer, Director
- LAURA CLOSEExecutive Officer, Director
- CHANDAN GOLLAExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $1.3M
- First sale
- Mar 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2021
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Included is an AI-native, agentic people analytics platform that consolidates workforce data from disparate HR systems and surfaces insights intended to support faster workforce decision-making. The platform draws on proprietary algorithms designed to address inconsistencies and gaps in people data, paired with an extensible canonical data model and ontology that can be extended to consume additional data sources and adapt to a given organization's structure. On top of this data foundation, Included provides an AI insights framework that generates automated, natural-language narratives covering organizational health, hiring bottlenecks, workforce trends and outliers.
The product is oriented toward users who typically depend on business analysts to interpret HR data. Through an agentic interface, users pose natural-language prompts and queries and receive analysis, recommendations and action plans, with analysis able to be drilled down from company level to division, department, location or team. Following its acquisition by Phenom, Included's capabilities are being integrated into Phenom's applied AI platform alongside Phenom's Workforce Intelligence solution, spanning integrated data from core HR, talent acquisition, employee engagement and performance management systems, predictive intelligence, cross-functional dashboards and real-time visualizations, and AI-generated narratives and reporting.
Founding story
Included was founded in 2021 by Raghu Gollamudi, Chandan Golla and Laura Close. Gollamudi, who served as CEO, described the company's aim as building a people experience solution.
Business model
Included supplies an enterprise software platform that ingests and standardizes workforce data from existing HR systems and delivers analytics and agentic AI capabilities to HR and business users. Post-acquisition, the technology is distributed as part of Phenom's applied AI platform.
Latest developments
On January 14, 2026, Phenom announced its acquisition of Included. Included's agentic analytics are being natively integrated into Phenom's applied AI platform and aligned with Phenom Workforce Intelligence, and the included.ai domain now hosts Phenom's announcement of the transaction.
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Market position
Included operates in the people analytics segment of HR technology, an area characterized in the acquisition announcement as historically underserved and dependent on specialist analysts. An IDC analyst cited in the announcement framed the acquisition as extending contextualized, automated people analytics across the organization, from executives to line managers.
The company is described as recognized for proprietary algorithms that resolve inconsistencies and gaps in people data, combined with an extensible canonical model and ontology that allow contextual analysis to be produced quickly and drilled down from company level to division, department, location or team without waiting on analysts.
Technology
Included's technology combines proprietary algorithms that correct inconsistencies and gaps in people data with an extensible canonical data model and ontology capable of consuming additional data sources. This data layer feeds an AI insights framework producing automated natural-language narratives on organizational health, hiring bottlenecks, workforce trends and outliers, and an agentic AI interface that responds to prompts and natural-language queries with recommendations and action plans. Integrations cover core HR, talent acquisition, employee engagement and performance management systems, and the platform provides cross-functional dashboards and real-time visualizations.
Go-to-market
HR professionals, HR executives, business leaders and line managers responsible for workforce planning, hiring and retention decisions, including organizations that lack dedicated data analyst resources as well as enterprises that rely on business analysts to connect data across HR tech stacks.
History
The company was founded in 2021 and developed proprietary algorithms for resolving inconsistencies and gaps in people data, together with a canonical data model and ontology for workforce information. On January 14, 2026, Phenom announced it had acquired Included, bringing the Included team and its customers into Phenom and integrating the platform into Phenom's applied AI stack.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsPhenom, an applied AI company for HR headquartered in Philadelphia, announced the acquisition of Included, an AI-native agentic people analytics platform. Included's technology is being natively integrated into Phenom's applied AI platform and complements Phenom's Workforce Intelligence solution; the Included team and customers moved to Phenom. Deal terms were not disclosed.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Includedincluded.ai · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Included do?
- Included is an AI-native agentic people analytics platform for HR and business leaders, acquired by Phenom in January 2026.
- Who founded Included?
- Included was founded by Laura Close, RAGHURAM GOLLAMUDI, CHANDAN GOLLA in 2021.
- Who are Included's investors?
- Included's investors include Ascend Venture Capital, Flying Fish Ventures, SignalFire, Trilogy Equity Partners.
- How much funding has Included raised?
- Included has disclosed $6.6M raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is Included headquartered?
- Included is headquartered in Bothell, US.