India, June 16 -- India's AI conversation is increasingly shifting toward software agents, automation stacks and enterprise copilots. But amid the rush to automate white-collar workflows, one segment has remained relatively untouched: frontline workforce operations.

For enterprises managing thousands of gig workers, sales executives, delivery partners, retail staff or construction workers, the problem is rarely limited to recruitment alone. Attrition remains high, onboarding is fragmented, employee engagement is weak, and most workforce communication still happens manually over phone calls.

This is the opportunity that Bengaluru-based Hunar.AI is betting on. Founded in 2022 by Krishna Khandelwal and Shantanu Bhattacharyya, the startup i...