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Run your startup without hiring an HR manager.

HumIQ.work is the complete HR function for Indian startups. We handle hiring, onboarding, attendance, payroll, and reviews — so your team can stay focused on building.

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The problem

You didn't start a company to manage payroll reminders.

Most Indian startup founders are running HR on instinct, WhatsApp, and sheer willpower. It works — until it doesn't.

Hiring eats 15+ hours a week

Screening resumes, scheduling calls, following up with candidates — all while running a company. There aren't enough hours.

Attendance tracked in WhatsApp groups

Leave requests get buried in threads. Someone's half-day isn't recorded. Come appraisal time, nobody agrees on who was where.

Payroll errors break trust quietly

A missed reimbursement, a wrong deduction, a late salary — small mistakes compound into disengagement. Employees notice everything.

Your first HR hire costs ₹8–15 lakh a year

And even a great hire can only do so much: one person can't be an expert in compliance, hiring, culture, and payroll simultaneously.

How it works

One AI HR function. Every task your HR manager would do.

HumIQ.work pairs AI efficiency with human judgment. You get the speed of automation and the reliability of a person who genuinely cares about getting it right.

1

Onboard your team in 10 minutes

Connect your existing tools — or start fresh. Import your team, set your policies, and HumIQ.work is ready to go. No six-week implementation.

2

Our AI handles the day-to-day

Answers employee questions, processes leave, sends payroll inputs to your CA, tracks performance cycles, screens candidates. Automatically, correctly, every day.

3

A human ops lead reviews edge cases

Our team steps in when things get nuanced — a difficult conversation, an unusual compliance situation, or a decision that needs a human touch.

HumIQ.work is not fully autonomous. Every critical decision — offer letters, terminations, policy changes — requires your sign-off. We handle the work; you stay in control.

What we handle

Every HR task.
Off your plate.

Hiring & interviews

Job posting, resume screening, interview scheduling, offer letter drafting — handled without you lifting a finger.

Onboarding & documentation

Contracts, NDAs, policy acknowledgements, tool access checklists — all sent, signed, and stored before day one.

Attendance & leave

Employees apply via WhatsApp, Slack, or email. HumIQ.work logs everything, notifies managers, and updates payroll inputs automatically.

Payroll coordination

HumIQ.work compiles payroll inputs, flags anomalies, and coordinates with your CA or payroll provider — so salaries go out on time, every time.

Employee queries & policy

From "How many leaves do I have?" to "What's the reimbursement policy?" — HumIQ.work answers instantly, accurately, in the employee's language.

Performance reviews

Structured review cycles, 360° feedback collection, and goal tracking — without spreadsheets or missed deadlines.

Why now

2026 is the right time for this.

Three things changed simultaneously, and HumIQ.work exists because of all three.

Large language models finally got good enough

Today's AI can read policy documents, draft legally sound letters, and understand context in Hindi and English. Two years ago, it couldn't.

Indian startups are running leaner than ever

The era of bloated headcounts is over. Founders are doing more with less — and expecting their tools to do the same.

The DPDP Act makes compliance non-negotiable

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act means handling employee data carelessly is now a legal risk, not just a cultural one. HumIQ.work is built compliant from day zero.

FAQ

Questions founders ask us.

Yes. All data is encrypted at rest and in transit (AES-256 and TLS 1.3). We store data on servers located in India, are SOC 2 Type II certified, and undergo annual third-party security audits. Your employee data is never used to train AI models.
HumIQ.work was built with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in mind from day one. We handle data collection consent, provide tools for employees to access and request deletion of their data, and maintain detailed audit logs. We'll also help your company generate DPDP-compliant employee data handling notices.
We're honest that no system is perfect. That's exactly why we pair AI with a human ops lead. For anything consequential — offer letters, termination paperwork, policy changes — a human reviews before anything is sent. Routine tasks like leave approvals have override controls. You can always audit what HumIQ.work has done and correct it.
Yes — that's core to how HumIQ.work works, not an add-on. Every Growth plan includes a dedicated human ops lead who reviews edge cases, handles sensitive situations, and is reachable by your team. Think of them as a fractional HR manager backed by AI, not a chatbot with an escalation button.
Keka and Darwinbox are software tools — you still need an HR person to run them. HumIQ.work is a service that does the HR work for you. We use software internally, but you're not buying a dashboard to manage yourself. You're buying outcomes: offers sent, queries answered, payroll done, without hiring anyone new.
That's a great time to start. Setting up good HR processes early is far easier than fixing broken ones later. At 12 employees, HumIQ.work costs you around ₹3,588/month — roughly what you'd spend on a team lunch. You get clean records, a policy foundation, and an HR system that scales with you.
Takes 20 minutes. No commitment.

Stop running HR on WhatsApp.

Book a 20-minute demo and see what HumIQ.work can do for your team. No slides, no sales pitch — just a live walkthrough with your data.

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