Phenom is the Highest-Designated Leader in Everest Group’s Skills Intelligence Platforms PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026

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Phenom continues to equip enterprises with the AI infrastructure to understand, map and act on workforce skills PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Phenom , the applied AI leader with the only AI infrastructure built specifically for HR, has been named the highest-designated Leader in Everest Group’s Skills Intelligence Platforms PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026. With powerful ontologies that capture relationships between roles, tasks, and skills, Phenom expedites the deployment of a skills architecture and AI agents to streamline hiring and development at scale. The Skills Intelligence Platforms PEAK Matrix® Assessment evaluates leading technology providers across market impact, vision and capability, examining cost savings, operational efficiency, talent pipeline quality, stakeholder experience and skills-based process augmentation. As workforce demands grow more complex, the ability to clearly see and act on skills has become a strategic imperative, not a nice-to-have. "Phenom was recognized as Leader in Everest Group’s Skills Intelligence PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 for its ability to translate skills intelligence into context-driven workforce decisions and actions," said Sharath Hari, Vice President, Everest Group. "Its capabilities across skills ontology, integrations, and evolving AI functionality enable organizations to enhance workforce visibility and support execution at scale. These factors have contributed to its positioning as a Leader for the second consecutive year." The Skills Visibility Problem Enterprises Can’t Afford to Ignore Organizations struggle to envision a skills-forward future when they cannot clearly see what capabilities they have today. Skills data sits buried in disconnected systems. Mapping efforts that once took months or years to complete now take days with AI, but only when the right infrastructure is in place to make that data meaningful and actionable. Phenom’s proprietary ontologies create dynamic, industry-specific data foundations that adapt to organizational structure, business needs, and market evolution. Unlike static skills databases, this living framework connects skills to roles, tasks, competencies, and workforce strategy, giving HR leaders the intelligence to make decisions grounded in data, not intuition. This foundation empowers organizations with: Skills Intelligence Connected to Execution Identifying gaps is only half the problem. Acting on them is where most organizations stall. Phenom's hypercell framework defines the granular needs for every role based on function, industry, location, workflow and business strategy. This powers the company-specific ontologies that map the relationships between work and the capabilities required to be productive, giving HR leaders a basis for talent development decisions grounded in how their business actually operates. From there, AI agents put that intelligence to work immediately. The Skills Validation Agent verifies employee skills in minutes through adaptive assessments, augmenting existing talent processes without disrupting them; the Career Success Coach Agent delivers personalized upskilling guidance from day one. Organizations get immediate value without starting from scratch for every new challenge. The Phenom Orchestration Engine gives enterprises the control to act on that intelligence at scale. It enforces policies, routes exceptions, activates agents autonomously, and escalates to humans when needed, with every action logged and auditable. Proven Results for Global Enterprises Across industries and use cases, Phenom customers are turning skills intelligence into measurable business results, including: "You can’t build a skills-first organization without first seeing your workforce clearly," said John Deal, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Phenom. "Most enterprises know they need a skills strategy. The challenge is knowing where to start and having the infrastructure to actually act on what you find. Phenom gives enterprises that visibility today and the AI foundation to close the gaps that matter most for tomorrow. Being recognized as a Leader in this PEAK report reflects the real outcomes our customers are achieving, and the continued investment we’re making to stay ahead of what they’ll need next." The fastest way to understand what Phenom’s applied AI makes possible is to see it firsthand. Register for Phenom’s HR Innovation Showcase. For organizations ready to understand their current skills landscape, click here to receive a complimentary Skills Snapshot assessment. About Phenom Phenom is an applied AI company with the only AI infrastructure built specifically for HR. Powered by Engines that harmonize data, Ontologies that guide every decision, X AI that hyper-personalizes experiences, and Agents that work alongside teams, Phenom’s platform uses industry and business context to automate workflows, eliminate busywork, and enhance every experience while remaining compliant. Driven by a purpose to help a billion people find the right work, no other company is as dedicated to helping organizations hire faster, develop better and retain longer. Phenom has earned accolades including: Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies (6 consecutive years), Deloitte Technology's Fast 500 (5 years), 11 Brandon Hall ‘Excellence in Technology’ awards including Gold for ‘Best Advance in Generative AI for Business Impact,’ Business Intelligence Group’s Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards (3 consecutive years), The Cloud Awards 2025/2024, The A.I. Awards 2024, and a regional Timmy Award for launching and optimizing HelpOneBillion.com (2020). Headquartered in Greater Philadelphia, Phenom also has offices in India, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.phenom.com . Connect with Phenom on LinkedIn , X , Facebook , YouTube , Instagram and TikTok . View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260420576483/en/ Contacts Jennifer Lyons Phenom 267-379-5066 [email protected]

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