HiBob’s $166M Salesforce Round: HR Data as Org Intelligence
Salesforce led HiBob’s $166M investment at a CTech-reported ~$3.2B valuation after founder-claimed $400M+ ARR — Farallon returns as HiBob bets workforce context becomes AI infrastructure.
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