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The SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2025 brought together leading voices in human resources, talent management, and workplace innovation, and InterspectAI was proud to be part of the conversation. 

Co-founders Lawrence Paranidharan and Dr. Fouad Bousetouane represented InterspectAI at the event in San Diego, engaging with forward-thinking HR professionals and technology partners from around the world.  

The team showcased SpectraHire, InterspectAI’s Agentic AI-driven interview platform built to transform recruitment workflows. 

As organizations continue to navigate the fast-developing tech, the demand for intelligent, scalable solutions has never been higher. SpectraHire enables HR teams to go beyond traditional interviews - supporting everything from high-volume recruitment to behavioral assessments and internal feedback cycles.

A recurring theme throughout the conference was the growing role of AI agents in shaping modern HR ecosystems. As Lawrence noted, “Integrations are no longer just about APIs. They’re about intelligent systems that can reason, converse, and deliver value in real time.” 

Highlights from the event included engaging discussions with partners such as Harbinger Group, ServiceNow, and Darwinbox - as well as a memorable meeting with Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO of SHRM, whose leadership continues to guide the industry through this era of transformation.

InterspectAI is committed to supporting organizations as they build more agile, data-informed talent strategies. We look forward to continued collaboration with the global HR community to unlock the full potential of conversational intelligence in the workplace. 

For partnership inquiries or a demo of SpectraHire, contact us here. 

On June 5th, InterspectAI partnered with the AI Tinkerers community to host a private, invite-only dinner in Austin, bringing together a curated group of AI founders, ML engineers, HR tech leaders, researchers, and investors.  

The evening focused on one powerful question: What happens when interviews become intelligent, scalable conversations?

At the heart of this conversation was a live demo of SpectraHire, InterspectAI’s Agentic AI-powered platform designed for recruitment teams. Built to simulate human-like interviews and extract decision-ready data from natural dialogue, SpectraHire showed how AI agents are redefining not just hiring, but how we assess, evaluate, and understand people at scale.

Unlike a typical product demo, this one sparked a deeper discussion around:

• Applied use cases of AI interviews across industries

• Designing structured conversational intelligence

• Ethical and technical boundaries of agentic systems

Co-Founders Lawrence Paranidharan and Dr. Fouad Bousetouane led the conversation, sharing their vision for AI agents that work alongside human decision-makers, transforming interviews from siloed exchanges into a rich source of operational insights.

We’re grateful to the AI Tinkerers network for helping create a space for such high-signal conversations. The evening reinforced a shared belief:

Conversations are data, and we’ve only just begun to unlock their potential.

OptimizedAI is a leading AI conference focused on real-world applications of artificial intelligence, bringing together industry experts, innovators, and practitioners. The conference places an emphasis on practical insights, live demos, and actionable strategies and is designed for companies/professionals looking to build, deploy, or scale AI solutions across sectors.

We were proud to be a part of this event with our founders, Lawrence Paranidharan and Fouad Bousetouane, representing InterspectAI at the conference this week, interacting with the leading voices in the field of AI, and delivering a session on how AI agents can help transform interviews beyond just those related to recruitment.

Across domains like HR, academia, compliance, and market research, agentic AI is transforming how organizations operate — and InterspectAI is excited to be at the forefront of driving that change across industries. 


If you are ready to transform your interview workflows, reach out to us here.