AI TALENT CONVERSATION FACILITATOR

Meet Zed. The Voice AI that facilitates talent and performance conversations.

From goal setting to exit interviews. Every talent conversation facilitated with structure, consistency, and analysis. So HR gets real culture insights, and managers get more time to lead.

Facilitation with Zed
Goal Setting
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Goal Manager Report Zed's Notes
Build the marketing engine 3/5 3/5 Aligned. What would move this to a 4?
Launch the digital product 5/5 4/5 Gap noted. Zed is asking a follow-up…
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Manager
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Direct Report
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Facilitating
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THE INSIGHT

Talent is unlocked through the conversation.

Not in the dashboard. Not in the form. In the moment between a manager and their direct report. Between HR and a leaver. Between a mentor and a rising leader. That moment is where talent is actually built, or lost. And it's the moment every HR system leaves to chance.

THE ISSUE

Whatever conversation you're having - goal setting, development, stay or exit - it breaks in the same three places.

The Capacity Gap

HR is stretched. Managers are busy. So the talent conversations that matter most get deprioritised, rushed, or skipped.

The Consistency Gap

Some employees get thoughtful conversations. Others don't. Talent and performance decisions get made on uneven data.

The Data Gap

Conversation data is rarely captured in real time, stored, or analysed properly. So talent data gets lost, and talent decisions get made on memory or vibe.

THE SOLUTION

What if every talent conversation could be held with structure, consistency, and analysis? That's Zed.

Zed facilitates every talent conversation with the same structure, rigour, and analysis. She doesn't replace managers or HR, she takes facilitation, capture, and analysis off their plate. So they can focus on the human moment.

Zed lifecycle
Onboarding
Goal Setting
1:1 Check-ins
Mid-year Reviews
Performance Reviews
Development
Stay Interviews
Exit Interviews
Onboarding
Goal Setting
1:1 Check-ins
Mid-year Reviews
Performance Reviews
Development
Stay Interviews
Exit Interviews
HOW ZED WORKS

The live Voice AI facilitator that joins your team in the room.

Zed joins your virtual calls or in-person meetings as a live Voice AI facilitator. Tailored to your organisation’s unique conversation processes, she goes far beyond standard transcription—probing for depth, guiding live follow-ups, and capturing real-time insights so that conversations feel safer, remain productive, and stay consistent.

Natural Voice AI

Speaks naturally with structure and warmth, inviting real dialogue just like a human facilitator.

Custom to Your Org

Adapted precisely to your conversation guides, performance frameworks, language, and culture.

Native Meeting Integration

Pops into Teams or hybrid meeting rooms with zero new software for participants to install.

HRIS Data Sync

Pulls context prior to meetings and syncs structured insights and rating gaps back to your HRIS.

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CONVERSATION MODULES

Structured conversations for every moment. Choose your starting point.

Performance Module

Free your managers to lead. Get real-time performance data.

  • Goal setting
  • Performance check-ins
  • Performance reviews
  • Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
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Career Module

Support every employee's growth with conversations that matter.

  • Probation conversations
  • Development conversations
  • Aspiration conversations
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Stay & Exit Module

Capture the insights before they walk out the door.

  • Stay interviews
  • Exit interviews
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Who's behind Zed

Built by people who've done this work.

Built by people who understand the art of human dialogue. Zed's power lies in her natural, conversational flow—designed with deep expertise in how to structure dialogue that feels safe, natural, and productive.

Roy Gluckman-John
Roy Gluckman-John
Co-founder

Facilitator, qualified Attorney, and workplace culture specialist with 14+ years of experience designing high-stakes talent conversations in the world's largest organisations.

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David Barros
David Barros
Co-founder

Technical co-founder and entrepreneur building the AI infrastructure behind Zed, drawing on years of experience shipping products at the intersection of software and human insight.

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Built for the busy, human reality of high-performing organisations.

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