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Employment Hero shrugs off Canva carnage to book earnings growth

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 09, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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Ben Thompson says his company is ahead of the game in using AI agents, has enough cash in the bank and does not need to fire staff.

Employment Hero shrugs off Canva carnage to book earnings growth

The founder of Employment Hero says the company’s early moves to develop artificial intelligence agents have spared it from redundancies, allowing the human resources technology unicorn to buck the trend hitting peers across the local sector.

In an interview coinciding with the filing of its annual accounts with the corporate regulator, Ben Thompson, the co-founder and chief executive of the $2 billion-valued venture capital-backed company, said annual recurring revenue had increased by $100 million to hit $400 million over the past year, while its losses narrowed.

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