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People IX
Cologne, DE · Founded 2022 · 10 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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peopleIX is a People Intelligence platform for HR leaders that integrates 100+ HRIS, ATS, LMS and payroll systems, uses an AI Data Analyst to run people analytics, and conducts AI-led voice conversations with employees to explain the reasons behind workforce metrics such as attrition, engagement and retention. The knowledge layer stays queryable from Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot via MCP.
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Founders & leadership
People IX was founded in 2022 by Nick Stodt and Dr. Georg Schaal.
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026peopleIX is a People Intelligence platform aimed at HR leaders that combines data pulled from a company's HR systems with qualitative input gathered directly from employees. The platform connects to more than 100 HRIS, ATS, LMS and payroll systems off the shelf, then lets users ask workforce questions in plain language; an AI Data Analyst pulls the relevant data, builds charts and dashboards, and writes a summary.
A second engine, Conversation Intelligence, addresses questions the system data cannot answer. peopleIX identifies the gap, designs conversations to close it, and runs AI-led voice conversations with many employees or candidates in parallel, probing answers and cross-referencing them. The result is a single answer citing both system data and employees' own words, delivered in hours rather than months. The resulting knowledge layer remains queryable from Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot via MCP. Typical use cases span the employee lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, development, skills, productivity, promotion, compensation, engagement, retention and exit — and include attrition-driver analysis, manager effectiveness, flight-risk identification, board workforce reporting, absence analysis, compensation and progression reporting, skills mapping with AI-exposure flags, AI adoption roadmaps and onboarding feedback.
Business model
Software platform sold to organizations, with a self-service product at peopleix.app and a booked 30-minute call as an entry point for prospects.
Traction
More than 30 people teams and executives use the platform to inform decisions.
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Market position
Positions itself against four existing approaches to workforce questions — in-house data builds, consulting services, business intelligence dashboards and engagement surveys — arguing that each covers only some of depth, reach and speed.
Combines quantitative HR system metrics with qualitative reasons gathered through AI-led conversations in one continuous loop, rather than delivering dashboards or fixed-question surveys alone; emphasizes EU data residency, ISO 27001 certification and GDPR compliance.
Technology
Off-the-shelf connectors to 100+ HRIS, ATS, LMS and payroll systems including Personio, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Greenhouse, d.vinci, Ashby, VEDA, DATEV and P&I Loga; an AI Data Analyst that generates reports, dashboards and deep-dives from natural-language questions; AI voice conversation agents that interview employees and candidates at scale with follow-up probing; and an MCP interface making the knowledge layer queryable from Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot. Data is EU-resident, ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, and customer data is not used for training.
Go-to-market
Direct sales via the website with a booking option for a 30-minute call, alongside a self-service application; positioning is organized around role-specific questions and lifecycle use cases.
HR and executive leadership, including CHROs, VPs of People, HR business partners, People Ops and Talent teams, chiefs of staff, finance and other executives.
Geography
Based in Cologne, Germany, with EU-resident data storage.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 3
primary sources listed
- People IXpeopleix.com · web
3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does People IX do?
- peopleIX is a People Intelligence platform combining HR system analytics with AI-led employee conversations.
- Who founded People IX?
- People IX was founded by Nick Stodt, Dr. Georg Schaal in 2022.
- Who are People IX's investors?
- People IX's investors include BLN Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, neoteq ventures.
- Where is People IX headquartered?
- People IX is headquartered in Cologne, DE.