Lara AI (marketed as MeetLara) is an AI-powered employee-experience platform that acts as a virtual HR assistant, chatting with employees over WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat to answer questions, gather feedback, and automate onboarding. Alan Szpigiel and Guido Kuznicki founded the company in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2021; Norwegian software group Visma acquired Lara AI in April 2025, and the product now operates as part of Visma's HR and finance software portfolio.
Rather than a static chatbot answering FAQs, Lara AI runs structured conversational check-ins with employees, turning responses into real-time people analytics that HR teams use to spot disengagement or turnover risk before exit interviews reveal it. The platform integrates with established HR systems including SAP, BambooHR, and Oracle, so it layers onto existing HR infrastructure rather than replacing it.
Lara AI fits mid-market and enterprise HR teams that want continuous employee-sentiment data rather than periodic surveys. The company reports outcomes including a 20% reduction in involuntary turnover within six months and 89% of employee inquiries resolved automatically; pricing is customized per organization and requires contacting sales.
