Is LiveHire still a publicly traded company?

No. LiveHire was delisted from the ASX around 4 March 2025 after Humanforce completed a compulsory acquisition following its December 2024 takeover, valued at approximately AUD 17.2 million. LiveHire is now a wholly owned private subsidiary of Humanforce Holdings Pty Ltd.

Was LiveHire profitable before being acquired?

No. LiveHire posted a net loss of AUD 8.7 million in FY2024 (year ended 30 June 2024), improved from a AUD 14.12 million loss the prior year, while revenue fell to AUD 7.51 million from AUD 8.38 million, as of the 25 September 2024 financial summary.

Who owns LiveHire now?

LiveHire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Humanforce Holdings Pty Ltd as of the March 2025 delisting. Humanforce is itself majority-owned by US private equity firm Accel-KKR, which invested roughly AUD 60 million in May 2022 after an initial AUD 22 million stake in 2019.

Could AI replace LiveHire's core ATS product?

LiveHire's core workflows, resume screening, candidate matching, and talent-pool curation, overlap heavily with capabilities now embedded natively in AI-driven HCM suites and AI-native recruiting tools, per the December 2024 acquisition brief. LiveHire's own AI claims are vendor-marketed with no independent third-party impact data found.

Who is LiveHire's biggest competitor?

CB Insights lists Greenhouse and JobScore as direct ATS competitors (as of 23 December 2024). Larger structural threats come from enterprise incumbents Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Oracle, which face no barrier to entering LiveHire's direct-sourcing niche.

Why did Humanforce acquire LiveHire?

Humanforce acquired LiveHire in December 2024 for about AUD 17.2 million to add direct-sourcing, ATS, and a claimed talent pool of nearly 10 million Australian candidates to its workforce management, payroll, and HR platform, aiming to build 'Total Talent Management' for frontline workforces.

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LiveHire

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Frontline recruiting/ATS platform, now a subsidiary of workforce management firm Humanforce.

Protection under test

Assessed 26 July 2026 · Evidence as of 26 July 2026

Something worth protecting exists and is being tested right now.

On the recordSince 26 July 2026 · Checkable from H2 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: LiveHire brand fully retired into 'Humanforce Talent', cross-sell attach rate into Humanforce customers becomes visible

The call

LiveHire stopped being a standalone bet in March 2025; what happens next depends on whether Humanforce can sell its ATS into its own payroll customers before AI tools commoditize the category further.

LiveHire was a hiring software company that helped businesses find and manage job candidates, but it was bought by Humanforce in late 2024 and is now being merged into that larger HR system. The company struggled because its core product (a tool for sorting and tracking applicants) became easier for bigger competitors like Workday and Oracle to copy, and new AI tools like Ashby started doing similar work differently and sometimes better, meaning LiveHire could not hold onto customers or grow. The key question now is whether Humanforce can sell LiveHire's features to its existing customers as an add-on service; if that does not happen quickly, LiveHire will likely shrink into a minor piece of the bigger company.

Why

AI pressure: AI-native recruiting tools (Ashby, Gem) and AI candidate screening/matching. AI-native ATS tools now handle sourcing and screening that LiveHire's candidate pool used to differentiate on. Could AI do the core job? Yes, likely.

Bigger players: Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, Greenhouse. Large HCM suites bundle recruiting into platforms customers already run payroll and HR through, squeezing standalone ATS vendors. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. Now bundled inside Humanforce's frontline workforce management and payroll suite, giving it a distribution channel it lacked alone.

What would change this call

Whether 'Humanforce Talent' brand fully replaces LiveHire name within 12 months. Shows LiveHire being absorbed rather than operated as a distinct product.
Public case studies or attach-rate data on Humanforce customers adopting LiveHire ATS. Would show whether integration is driving real cross-sell or stalling.
Any further layoffs or team restructuring at LiveHire following the ShiftMatch acquisition. Would indicate LiveHire shifting to maintenance-mode status within Humanforce.

Key numbers

Bought by Humanforce for AUD 17.2M, about 2.3x FY24 revenue (Dec 2024)
FY2024 revenue AUD 7.51M, down from AUD 8.38M (Sep 2024)
Talent pool of almost 10M candidates, ~70% of AU workforce (Dec 2024)

Named risks

LiveHire brand and standalone identity being phased out into 'Humanforce Talent' as of May 2026. Severity: high
Persistent revenue decline pre-acquisition (AUD 8.38M to AUD 7.51M) despite claimed 10M-candidate data asset. Severity: high
Core ATS/screening/matching workflows commoditized by generic AI recruiting tools and AI-embedded HCM suites. Severity: high
Post-acquisition standalone financials no longer disclosed, obscuring current health. Severity: medium
Parent Humanforce is PE-owned (Accel-KKR), exposing LiveHire to a future sale or portfolio reprioritization. Severity: medium

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Greenhouse	losing to	Listed as direct ATS competitor by CB Insights as of 23 Dec 2024; well established in enterprise recruiting
Workday	losing to	Named incumbent threat with no structural barrier to entering LiveHire's ATS/direct-sourcing niche
SAP SuccessFactors	losing to	LiveHire previously built an integration layer for SAP SuccessFactors rather than competing directly
Oracle	losing to	Named as enterprise HCM incumbent capable of absorbing ATS niche functions
JobScore	contesting	Listed as direct ATS competitor by CB Insights, 23 Dec 2024

Questions people ask

Is LiveHire still a publicly traded company?: No. LiveHire was delisted from the ASX around 4 March 2025 after Humanforce completed a compulsory acquisition following its December 2024 takeover, valued at approximately AUD 17.2 million. LiveHire is now a wholly owned private subsidiary of Humanforce Holdings Pty Ltd.
Was LiveHire profitable before being acquired?: No. LiveHire posted a net loss of AUD 8.7 million in FY2024 (year ended 30 June 2024), improved from a AUD 14.12 million loss the prior year, while revenue fell to AUD 7.51 million from AUD 8.38 million, as of the 25 September 2024 financial summary.
Who owns LiveHire now?: LiveHire is a wholly owned subsidiary of Humanforce Holdings Pty Ltd as of the March 2025 delisting. Humanforce is itself majority-owned by US private equity firm Accel-KKR, which invested roughly AUD 60 million in May 2022 after an initial AUD 22 million stake in 2019.
Could AI replace LiveHire's core ATS product?: LiveHire's core workflows, resume screening, candidate matching, and talent-pool curation, overlap heavily with capabilities now embedded natively in AI-driven HCM suites and AI-native recruiting tools, per the December 2024 acquisition brief. LiveHire's own AI claims are vendor-marketed with no independent third-party impact data found.
Who is LiveHire's biggest competitor?: CB Insights lists Greenhouse and JobScore as direct ATS competitors (as of 23 December 2024). Larger structural threats come from enterprise incumbents Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Oracle, which face no barrier to entering LiveHire's direct-sourcing niche.
Why did Humanforce acquire LiveHire?: Humanforce acquired LiveHire in December 2024 for about AUD 17.2 million to add direct-sourcing, ATS, and a claimed talent pool of nearly 10 million Australian candidates to its workforce management, payroll, and HR platform, aiming to build 'Total Talent Management' for frontline workforces.

Timeline

2026-05-21LiveHire login/portal language shows rebranding toward 'Humanforce Talent'
2026-04-13Humanforce completes fifth acquisition (ShiftMatch), per Pitchbook profile
2025-09-22LiveHire releases Talent Analytics Dashboard Team Performance module
2025-03-04LiveHire delisted from ASX following compulsory acquisition
2025-02-20LiveHire compulsory acquisition objection period ends
2024-12-20Deal reported valued at approximately AUD 17.2 million (USD 10.8 million)
2024-12-19Humanforce announces completed acquisition of LiveHire
2024-09-25LiveHire FY2024 results show revenue AUD 7.51M, net loss AUD 8.7M
2024-08-15Humanforce launches on-market takeover bid for LiveHire
2022-05-04Accel-KKR buys majority stake in Humanforce for about AUD 60 million

Revision history

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