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How BambooHR Uses Cohere to Answer Thousands of HR Questions Automatically

BambooHR built an AI-powered HR assistant using Cohere's Embed and Rerank models to answer employee questions accurately, saving HR teams thousands of hours while handling sensitive data securely.

Outcomes

tens of thousandsEmployee questions answered
thousands of hoursHR professional hours saved

Tools & Technologies

1CR
Cohere Rerank
Reranking model by Cohere that improves search relevance by re-scoring retrieved document results.
2CE
Cohere Embed
Embedding model that converts text and images into vector representations for semantic search and retrieval.

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Challenge

HR teams spent significant time answering repetitive employee questions, with retrieval systems struggling to handle industry-specific terminology accurately.

Solution

Built an AI HR assistant using Cohere Embed and Rerank in a RAG pipeline, enabling accurate answers to employee questions while maintaining GDPR compliance.

Full Story

BambooHR provides HR software to thousands of businesses, and their own HR teams faced the same problem their customers do: employees ask repetitive questions that consume hours of HR professionals' time. With complex terminology like retirement plans and benefits varying by region, retrieval accuracy was critical.

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Source

COHERE
February 2025
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