Ema and ADP Announce Strategic Partnership to Scale Enterprise-Grade Agentic AI
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9:00 AM on Thursday, February 19
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Ema partners with global HCM leader to power trusted AI agents across HR workflows; ADP Ventures leads strategic investment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, February 19, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Ema, an enterprise-grade agentic AI platform, today announced a strategic partnership with ADP (Nasdaq: ADP), a global leader in HR and payroll solutions, to build and deploy trusted AI agents across ADP's platforms. As part of the partnership, ADP Ventures made a strategic investment in Ema, reinforcing ADP's focus on responsible, human-centered AI development at scale.
ADP is partnering with Ema to help launch purpose-built AI agents across multiple HCM platforms that will solve key pain points for HR and payroll practitioners. Ema's platform delivers the enterprise-grade security and scalability required to operate across ADP's global footprint.
"ADP touches millions of employees every day through payroll, benefits, and HR systems," said Surojit Chatterjee, CEO and co-founder of Ema. "That scale, combined with a deep understanding of workforce complexity, makes them the ideal partner to bring agentic AI to organizations worldwide and help people focus on work that matters."
The partnership reflects ADP's approach of combining strategic investment with deep operational collaboration to accelerate speed to market while supporting robust security and compliance standards.
"Our investment in Ema reflects our conviction that agentic AI will reshape business operations," said Usman "Oz" Khan, SVP and head of ADP Ventures. "Ema has the world-class team, technical depth and enterprise-readiness we look for, making them a strong partner to deliver measurable impact for ADP and our clients."
Ema's platform is powered by its proprietary EmaFusion™ technology, which orchestrates over 100 large language models, and its Generative Workflow Engine™. This combination enables enterprises to deploy customized AI agents that automate complex, end-to-end workflows across HR, finance, support, and beyond.
Ema is a horizontal agentic platform building enterprise AI employees. These AI employees automate complex, multi-step workflows across functions such as Human Resources, Customer Experience, Finance and Sales, delivering speed, precision, and security at an enterprise scale. Designed for regulated industries including Healthcare and Insurance, Ema is trusted by Fortune 500 companies worldwide and backed by leading investors like Accel and Section 32. The platform ensures trust through compliance-ready security, bias-mitigating Turing tests, and full source transparency. With a library of pre-built agents and dedicated deployment teams, Ema delivers fast time-to-value, enabling enterprises to move rapidly from proof-of-concept to secure, large-scale production deployments. Learn more at www.ema.co.About ADP Ventures
ADP Ventures is the strategic investment and incubation arm of ADP, focused on partnering with and investing in early and growth stage companies that are innovating at the intersection of workforce, payroll, HR technology, data and analytics, and the future of work. Through financial capital, ecosystem access, and commercial partnership opportunities with ADP's global solutions, ADP Ventures helps founders scale meaningful tools that enhance the workplace. Our mission is to identify emerging technologies and business models that drive new value for ADP's clients, associates and stakeholders, while advancing ADP's vision of empowering every organization and worker to thrive in a changing world of work. Learn more at ventures.adp.com.
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