
The Josh Bersin Company, the world’s most trusted HR advisory firm, has announced a major new capability for its fast-growing AI-powered HR and management agent, Galileo. With the introduction of Galileo Web Search, HR leaders can now analyze both trusted Josh Bersin Company insights and the wider Internet, gaining unmatched access to HR, leadership, and workforce knowledge in one platform.
Josh Bersin Company enhances Galileo with AI-powered Web Search.
Users can access HR insights from both trusted sources and the broader web.
Galileo integrates Google and generative AI engines for comprehensive analysis.
Results are clearly labeled, with trusted Josh Bersin Company content prioritized.
Data privacy is maintained within each personal Galileo workspace.
Galileo already supports 7,000 professionals across 800+ organizations.
With the addition of Web Search, Galileo transforms from a specialized HR knowledge assistant into a full-scale AI-driven search, retrieval, and classification tool. HR practitioners can now explore topics such as leadership, jobs, and skills while still relying on curated insights from Josh Bersin Company’s proprietary research and partner ecosystem.
Every search clearly distinguishes between trusted Josh Bersin Company content and broader web results. This dual approach ensures leaders benefit from both validated HR expertise and wider market perspectives, combining breadth with confidence.
The company emphasizes that security remains central to Galileo. All user research and data are stored privately within each professional’s Galileo workspace, ensuring confidentiality and trust in organizational use.
Galileo’s rapid evolution reflects its mission to act as a 24/7 digital consultant for HR teams. Key milestones include:
August 2025: Launch of Galileo for Managers and the Venus version with task data from Reejig.
May 2025: Introduction of Galileo Learn™, an L&D tool for real-time HR learning.
April 2025: Updates with Mercury reasoning model, consultant mode, and integrations with Lightcast and SHL.
October 2024: General availability of Galileo Professional.
May 2024: Launch of the Trusted Content Program with Visier, Oyster, and Heidrick & Struggles.
Amy Farner, EVP of Product and Research, commented:
"Galileo is the AI-powered culmination of decades of HR expertise. Acting as a 24/7 digital consultant for HR teams, it is already in use at more than 800 organizations, with over 7,000 active users worldwide. The new Web Search feature expands Galileo's value even further—offering instant access to a unique combination of Josh Bersin Company and partner resources, including Reejig, Lightcast, Oyster, Heidrick, SHL, and Visier, plus 30 years of Josh Bersin Company research."
Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and CEO, added:
"With Web Search, we will take it to the next level—delivering a breadth and depth of answers to people-related issues that simply can't be found anywhere else."
By combining decades of HR expertise with the vast reach of the web, Galileo strengthens its position as the leading AI-driven HR assistant—empowering leaders with insights to make smarter, faster, and more confident people decisions.
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