HiBob

HR platform called Bob with Bob Companion as its AI interface and an MCP server letting external AI clients query workforce data.

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What is HiBob?

HiBob makes an HR platform called Bob, for companies of any size, headquartered in London with an office in New York and one opened in Toronto in May 2026. It works as a general HR information system with AI built in, but its confirmed footprint is the UK, the US and Canada. Nothing in the available data supports a Germany, Austria or Switzerland fit, and the interface ships only in English.

Bob Companion, the AI layer, works as a single conversational interface backed by specialized agents that pull live workforce data and suggest next steps in the flow of work. HiBob has also built a hosted MCP server, a fairly new feature that lets outside AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop or VS Code connect directly to a Bob account and query employee records, time off and tasks. A manager might ask Bob Companion about a team's leave balance, while a technical HR or IT admin could connect an external AI client to query workforce data through the MCP server instead.

That MCP connection is what HR and IT should scrutinize before adopting it: access runs through a single Bob service user authenticated with a Base64-encoded token, and whatever that user can see in Bob, any connected AI client can also see, so the permission group needs deliberate scoping; employee-level login through the MCP server is not yet supported. Teams should confirm data hosting for their contract, since HiBob hosts across multiple regions, with no published confirmation of EU or German hosting.

What the AI does

Bob Companion delivers AI answers and next steps directly within the workflow
MCP server connects external AI clients such as Claude or ChatGPT with HR data
AI features embedded in talent, performance and payroll workflows rather than as a separate layer

Where it fits best

🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇺🇸 United States🇨🇦 Canada Available internationally

HiBob names London as its main headquarters, also maintains a US office in New York, and opened an office in Toronto in May 2026.

Using it in Germany and the EU

Works councilSoftware that can evaluate behaviour or performance usually requires co-determination in Germany (§ 87 (1) no. 6 BetrVG).
Data hostingmulti (according to the vendor). Ask for a data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR).
EU AI ActCheck whether the AI prepares decisions about people. If not, the high-risk rules usually do not apply.

General information with sources, not legal advice.

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Is HiBob suitable for companies in Germany?

There is no confirmed evidence of that. HiBob's documented strength is the UK, the US and Canada, its interface is English only, and no German or EU hosting or presence is publicly confirmed.

What is HiBob's MCP server?

It is a hosted integration that lets external AI clients such as Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop or VS Code connect to a Bob account and query employee records, time off and tasks, scoped to the permissions of a single connected service user.

Where does HiBob host data?

HiBob hosts data across multiple regions rather than one fixed location, and no EU or German hosting is publicly confirmed.

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What is HiBob?

What the AI does

Where it fits best

Using it in Germany and the EU

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