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The headcount paradox: How AI is forcing HR and finance to finally think as one | Sifted Talks

24.06.2026
Published: 24.06.2026 Category: Startups and entrepreneurship

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Sifted’s Contributing editor, Éanna Kelly, explores How AI is forcing HR and finance to finally think as one. With guests Alessandro Bonatti (Chief People Officer, WeRoad), Katharina Bremer (Finance & HR, sewts), Achraf Arifi, (VP FP&A, Vestiaire Collective) and Rhiannon Barry, Senior Manager, HR (EMEA), Rippling They discuss: 1. How is headcount ownership evolving and how will HR and finance work together? 2. How AI is reshaping the link between headcount, cost, and performance in scaling companies 3. What unified workforce planning looks like when hiring, automation and productivity are managed as one system 4. What does AI mean for global hiring strategies when teams can scale without traditional headcount growth? Discover more Sifted Talks here: https://sifted.eu/talks

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