Survale, the most awarded talent feedback and analytics platform, announced at the HR Technology Conference 2026 that it is making talent experience data available to AI agents and enterprise analytics platforms for the first time. The company introduced a new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server and Analytics API, along with an upgraded SurvaleAI and a hiring manager certification program. These developments matter because AI agents and analytics tools have lacked access to the human side of hiring data, limiting their effectiveness in talent decisions.
The new MCP server and Analytics API position Survale as the experience data layer for the AI-powered talent stack. According to the company, the MCP server allows client AI agents to securely retrieve live Survale metrics and trends within any agentic process or output. This data can then be leveraged into automated executive briefings, recruiting ops workflows, and AI-generated reporting. Simultaneously, the Analytics API automatically pulls Survale talent experience data into popular BI solutions such as Power BI, Tableau, or dedicated people analytics platforms like Visier, Splash BI, or Crunchr. The data can be accessed as fully rendered dashboard widgets or the raw data behind them. At launch, metrics include Overall Candidate NPS, Hiring Manager Satisfaction, Completion %, and trend data for each, with every operational filter attached, including location, recruiter, job family, source, and more.
SurvaleAI has also received a significant agentic upgrade, now utilizing a team of expert agents to analyze the full data set, from statistical data to free-form comments. The new SurvaleAI acts as an expert talent experience analyst, answering questions and surfacing insights tied to operational data like location, hiring manager, recruiter, and job. It can analyze dashboard, survey, and comment data instantly, save and share important prompts between users, activate a built-in analyst from any dashboard with a new Prompt Widget, and provide context-sensitive suggestions for steps to take in reducing problems and leveraging successes.
In addition, Survale announced that its Hiring Manager Candidate Experience Certification is now generally available. This is the industry's first research-backed program for certifying hiring managers on candidate experience, built on 15 years of CandE Benchmark Research spanning over 2 million candidates across more than 2,000 employers. The program includes five 10-minute modules covering interviewer mindset, pre-interview alignment, structured interviewing, post-interview execution, and feedback optimization. It also provides practical tools such as the Panel Role-Assigner Matrix, 15-Minute Scorecard Method, and Disposition Script Bank. Certified managers see their own live candidate sentiment from the Survale platform and improve with every search. The certification is enterprise-ready, delivered via a white-label branded portal or SCORM-compliant modules in any LMS.
Survale also announced the winners of the 2026 CandE Benchmark Research Program awards, recognizing employers that delivered the year's highest-rated candidate experiences based directly on candidate feedback. The full list of 2026 winners is available at https://survale.com/cande-award-winners/. Registration for the 2027 CandE program is now open, and companies interested in benchmarking their candidate experience against the industry's leading research dataset are encouraged to participate.
"The theme of this year's show is moving from change to transformation, and that's exactly what these announcements deliver," said Jason Moreau, CEO of Survale. "AI agents and analytics platforms are transforming how talent decisions get made, but they've been flying blind on the human side of hiring. With our MCP server and API, Survale becomes the experience data layer for that entire stack—and with our new certification program, we're closing the loop by transforming hiring manager behavior itself. We can't wait to show it all at Booth 3810."
These announcements are significant because they address a critical gap in the talent acquisition technology landscape. By making talent experience data readily available to AI agents and BI tools, Survale enables organizations to integrate human-centric feedback into automated workflows and analytics, leading to more informed and effective talent decisions. The certification program further ensures that hiring managers are equipped to act on that data, creating a continuous improvement loop. For more information, visit survale.com.
