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My last recap post from Ashby One last week. As we announced Ashby Assistant + Custom Agents, we also made them available via our Slack app. Even as an Ashby power user, I still have moments when I'm jumping between tasks or am on the go and need a quick answer or take a quick action in Ashby. Now you can simply chat with the Ashby Slack app - and you also get to leverage any custom agents you've built within Ashby. Quick demo below!

Atlanta definitely passed the vibe check! Had a great time at Ashby ’s ACE event yesterday. It’s always great meeting Ashby customers in person, and seeing the growth of the ACE community! Shoutout to Shannon Ogborn for putting on another great event! 📈💜🚀

One of my favorite launches from Ashby One last week is our new Ashby Assistant + Custom Agents. With these features, you can now interact with many Ashby features directly via chat and can leverage LLMs for analysis and taking action. One of my favorite internal use cases is a custom agent I built that grades the performance of a Hiring Manager in their HM Screen. The agent is based on a training I gave a bit back on how to run a strong HM Screen. The agent analyzes the conversation and flags any gaps vs. what we discussed in the training. I also still sign off on every offer at Ashby and have built a custom agent to speed up that final review, including focusing on specific gaps vs. our documented operating principles. There are near-endless use cases here, and by embedding these capabilities directly in the product, we get a number of neat benefits: agents are easy to share & govern, we can offer rich UX for actions, we can provide LLMs with more context on how to interact with Ashby, leading to better results. There's a lot more to come on this front - but already very excited by the use cases this unlocks!

Last week at Ashby One finally announced that we acquired Talent Llama in late 2025. This is Ashby's first acquisition and we shared more about why we decided to acquire Talent Llama's team and assets and how we think about acquisitions more broadly. Welcome to Adam Stokar and Benjamin Chaikin who spent years building in this space and have hit the ground running. They've been busy rebuilding their AI Interviewer product within Ashby. Big shout out to our deal team, Benjamin Encz , Shane Gallaher and Kelly Fish - it was fun and fast paced working with you to make this happen before the end of last year! https://lnkd.in/eEqNnzUm

Ashby One SF last week was mega! Apart from having the largest main-stage screen The Midway has ever seen (ahem, flex), the people made this event another career mountaintop moment for me. I had the pleasure of coaching 17 customer speakers to take the stage throughout the day. Some of these speakers were seasoned pros, and some were making their onstage debut for our TA community. Across the board, these folks were kind, thoughtful, and committed to bringing value to our audience. Getting to put the finishing touches on each session IRL last week was pure delight! All my thanks and admiration to Tim Chattaway , Laura Barnes , Stacey S. , Tom Chapman , Abe Spahn , Matt Stephenson , Casey Firey , Anita Chandrasekhar , Scott Bonneau , Felicia Menon , Emily Paik , Nyari Brothers-Bembry , Rachel R. , Juliet Peniston , Katie Beswick , Brady Donaldson , and Kenny Mendes ! Bravo! Ashby's Marketing team crushed every detail, relentlessly prioritized the delight of our customers, and sang "Misery Business" at the top of our lungs to wrap it all up. Our team doubled in size since Ashby One '25, but remains nimble, ego-free, and F-U-N! Thanks for making a dead sprint to the finish line enjoyable. An extra portion of gratitude for my non-Marketing teammates who showed up as session hosts, emcees, and stage managers. You all met the moment with deep care and preparation, making my job a breeze! Kelsey , Mike , Jim , Jared , Will , Samson , Beth, Willem , Max , Kevin , and more. Many, many thanks. I got to meet so many TA pals in person for the first time! Mariana , Jackie , Amanda , Allison , and others, wow. Getting to hang out outside a Zoom screen was rocket fuel for my week. And with that, prep begins for Ashby One London. T-121 days. See you there? https://lnkd.in/gxVQRqfG

Updates from me will be a bit quieter as we gear up for Ashby One in two weeks. But already incredibly excited about the event and what we've prepared for the product keynote. 14 days to go! 🔥

On Wednesday morning I had the pleasure of hosting a Breakfast & Learn session in London with Leah Sharma and Willem Wijnans ! 🇬🇧 It was great to spend a few hours in the same room with some of our Foundations Plan customers and uncover some Ashby hidden gems, share best practices and learn tips and tricks from each other 🤓 Thanks for attending and making this a super interactive and engaging morning! Wiktoria Minkiewicz Aylin Araba Hunter Diana Catherine Lopez Brad Richards Julia Gottschalk

Today we're launching support for SCIM sync in Ashby . This allows you to connect Ashby to your identity provider and sync employee fields, such as job title and manager, back into Ashby. You can then use that in reporting and all other filters across the product. Quick demo below!