Teem - Easy HR with AI superpowers

Overview

Teem.so reimagines the HR experience with a simple premise: what if interacting with your team’s data was as easy as having a conversation?
Instead of navigating bloated dashboards and complex filters, Teem lets team leads, HR managers, and founders ask questions like:

• “Who’s on track for promotion next quarter?”
• “When did Alex Jones last get a raise?”
• “What’s our attrition rate for remote hires?”

-–and get instant, human-readable answers.
We built Teem to be the AI-powered teammate you wish you had: fast, contextual, and always available.

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Key AI Features

• Natural Language Understanding
  A custom-trained GPT-based agent powers the conversation layer. Using OpenAI’s GPT-4 API, we built a tailored model that understands HR-specific terminology, context, and relational queries across structured HRIS data.

• Instant, Dynamic Querying
  Teem translates human questions into dynamic database queries on the fly. Whether you’re asking about compensation trends, new joiners, or DEI metrics, the agent understands what you mean and where to look.

• Contextual Memory + Role-Based Access
  Conversations are context-aware, allowing users to ask follow-ups like “How about for just the engineering team?” or “Compare that with last year.” We implemented granular role-based access controls to ensure that users only access data they’re authorized to see.

• Proactive Intelligence
  Beyond just reactive answers, Teem surfaces useful trends—like underutilized PTO, pending performance reviews, or engagement anomalies—before you even ask.

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Chat-Based Design Philosophy

We intentionally stripped away the clutter of traditional HR tools.
Instead of charts, exports, and 17-tab UIs, Teem offers a single chat-based interface.
Users talk to their data like they would to a smart assistant. No learning curve, no training sessions.
This conversational-first design reduces friction and increases adoption across non-technical users.

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Technical Architecture & Privacy

• Secure Embeddings & Indexing
  We built a secure vector database for HR documents and employee data summaries, using custom embeddings to power context retrieval and search relevance.

• OpenAI + RAG Framework
  The backend uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to combine live database lookups with fine-tuned GPT responses. This ensures every response is both accurate and conversational.

• Data Protection & Privacy
  All employee data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We implemented audit trails, redaction layers, and enterprise-grade RBAC.
  Sensitive data—like salaries, performance notes, or compensation changes—are never exposed to unauthorized roles, and all AI interactions are processed in compliance with GDPR and SOC2 principles.

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Impact

Teem is now used by forward-thinking teams who want clarity without the chaos. It’s helping companies:

• Cut HR ops overhead by 40%
• Improve internal visibility for team leads and managers
• Increase trust and transparency in employee data access

92% of users in pilot tests reported they’d “never go back” to traditional HR dashboards.
And most importantly, leaders can finally spend less time searching and more time supporting their teams.

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