HR Vendors of the Year 2025 (Singapore): AI-driven learning tools that actually move the needle
These companies deliver intelligent solutions built to improve knowledge retention, personalise learning, and boost training efficiency. If you're accountable for skills, compliance, and performance, this list is worth your time.
The awards celebrated the partners behind HR success: capable solution providers. A new category recognised vendors that build, sell, and support AI-driven learning tools for businesses, education providers, and individual learners. Winners stood out for real results - stronger retention, personalised learning paths, and measurable efficiency gains.
Why this matters to HR
Budgets are tight and expectations are high. AI helps adapt content to each learner, cut seat time, and surface skills gaps without piling more admin on your team.
- Better retention through spaced practice and timely feedback - backed by research on the spacing effect (APA).
- Personalised learning paths aligned to role, performance, and goals.
- Shorter time-to-competence with clear reporting your stakeholders will understand.
- Smoother integrations with LMS/LXP and HRIS so data stays in sync.
Meet the winners and finalist
- Gold: Epitome Global
Website: epitome.global
Email: melissa.teh@epitome.global - Silver: Trainocate
Website: trainocate.com
Email: sharmila.naidu@trainocate.com | singapore@trainocate.com - Bronze: Eagles Flight Asia
Website: asia.eaglesflight.com
Email: Sandra.lee@eaglesflight.com - Finalist: enParadigm Performance Solutions
Website: enparadigm.com
Email: jash.bajaj@enparadigm.com
How HR can evaluate AI learning tools
- Start with the use case: onboarding, compliance, sales enablement, leadership. Pick one and run a pilot.
- Fit and integration: LMS/LXP, SSO, SCORM/xAPI, HRIS sync, and data export options.
- Data and privacy: PII handling, data residency, admin controls, SOC 2/ISO 27001, audit logs.
- Model approach: off-the-shelf vs. fine-tuned; content governance; guardrails to reduce AI hallucinations.
- Content operations: authoring tools, SME review, version control, translations, accessibility.
- Adaptivity: pre-assessments, difficulty adjustments, reinforcement scheduling, knowledge checks.
- Reporting: skills mapping, completion, retention checks, and business KPIs your leaders care about.
- Costing: per seat vs. usage, MAU definitions, implementation fees, and expected time-to-value.
- Support: implementation, change enablement, admin training, and a clear success plan.
Next steps for your team
- Set targets: retention uplift, time-to-competence, manager adoption, and impact on role performance.
- Shortlist three vendors (include this year's winners), then run a 30-60 day pilot with a real cohort.
- Map content to roles with a simple skills taxonomy so learning ties to work that matters.
If you need structured options to upskill your HR team on AI, explore these curated picks: Latest AI courses and Popular AI certifications.
Want in on the 2026 edition?
To find out more about the awards or to participate in 2026:
- Read the e-mag for the full ranking across categories in each market.
- For judging opportunities, contact Shan Ee.
- For participation enquiries, contact Renamel Torres.
- For bespoke sponsorship packages, contact our Sales Team at sales@humanresourcesonline.net.
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