We have transferred
data by hand ourselves.
HR-Autopilot was not designed on a drawing board. It comes out of more than twelve years of HR practice, and out of the frustration of typing the same person into another programme for the fourth time.
What became of it.
From an irritation
to a platform.
Click through the milestones, or let it run.
Over 500 customers, one recurring problem
Before HR-Autopilot exists, Marc Stratmann builds frag-Paul.de, an HR administration company, and looks after over 500 customers. In every second conversation, the same question: why do our HR programmes not talk to each other?
- Over 12 years of HR experience
- frag-Paul.de with over 500 customers
The start in Hürth
Two founders, one problem from their own working day. Marc brings HR and sales, Peter Praeder-Hinzpeter the technology from start-ups and the highly regulated world of medical device manufacturers. Instead of a single integration, a translation layer takes shape from the start, a common language for HR data.
- HR-Autopilot begins
- The translation layer as the foundation
Our own voice in the industry
While the platform takes shape, the listening begins: in October the first episode of the HR Innovators Lounge appears, not as an advertising channel but as a conversation with people who shape people work. A great deal of what is in the product today comes from those conversations.
- The podcast starts in October 2024
- The first pilot projects
In live operation
The first companies run their workflows automatically. The builder takes shape: workflows can be assembled without programming. AI agents arrive, deliberately as an addition rather than a foundation. And the first corporate groups join, with different requirements for permissions and logs.
- The first customers in live operation
- A builder without programming
- AI agents, switchable per workflow
- The first corporate customers
An award and over 200 integrations
The HR Startup Award 2026 and allygatr’s investment confirm the direction. Over 200 programmes are connected and more than 170,000 hours saved at our customers. A new integration arrives every three days.
- HR Startup Award 2026
- allygatr invests
- Over 200 integrations, 170,000 hours saved
Why we do this.
“Technology and people in equal measure, that combination has always fascinated me. Digital solutions should improve how people work together, not make it more complicated.
My experience in complex organisations such as Roche and DHL showed me how decisive clear processes and dependable structures are. That is exactly the knowledge we bring into HR tech.
My motivation lies in being close to the customer: we want to understand where we can take away the most work. Because the best technology is the kind that gives people room to concentrate on what matters.”
“For me technology is not just code, it is a tool that solves problems and supports people.
Spells in fast-moving start-ups, and also in the highly regulated world of medical device manufacturers, shaped me. That is where I learnt what robust architecture, scalability and absolute reliability really mean.
I want to build products that run dependably in the background so that people in the foreground can work better. When technology makes the day easier instead of more complicated, it is built right.”
Small enough
that you know everyone.
There is no ticket system here for anyone to disappear behind. You talk to the people who build the product.
The first contact for anyone interested. Knows mid-sized system landscapes inside out.
Builds the integrations and supports the technical setup, the person for that short call with your IT team.
Makes sure four weeks really are four weeks. Your contact during the rollout.
Develops the builder and the building blocks you later click together.
Translates technology into language an HR team understands. Responsible for content and the podcast.
Takes HR-Autopilot into the industry, at trade fairs, events and in conversation.
We are growing. If you can think HR and technology together, get in touch.
To the roles →The industry standard
for HR integrations.
Over 1,000 HR systems in the German-speaking market alone make it hard to see the wood for the trees. To the question “do our integrations fit our new tool of choice?” the answer should always be Ja . We are only at the beginning of that road, and we build a new integration every three days.
Three sentences
that decide everything.
We replace nothing
No customer should have to get rid of a working programme for our software to make sense. We are the connection, not the replacement.
HR has to be able to do it
If IT is needed for every change, we have failed. Every feature is measured by whether an HR officer can use it without training.
No black box
Every value that moves between programmes is visible. Every execution is logged. We do not store HR data just in case.
HR Innovators Lounge
, the podcast.
We do not only talk about our product. In the HR Innovators Lounge we talk to people who really change HR, about success stories, about experience and, openly, about projects that failed.
- Guests from research, consulting and practice
- Most recently: Michael Paschen on AI in assessment centres
- Available wherever you get your podcasts
We are not the only ones
who believe in it.
Anyone investing in HR software looks at the product very closely. That several of them said yes is the best evidence we have that we are working on the right thing.
allygatr
allygatr is invested in us, an investor that specialises solely in HR tech. The team knows the market from hundreds of conversations with HR teams and brings exactly that knowledge into our product decisions. For us that means the people advising us really understand HR.
HR Startup Award 2026
Named HR Startup of the Year 2026, recognition from people who work with HR software every day.
German Accelerator
Accepted into the programme for companies with international potential. Not everyone gets in, the selection is strict.
170,000 hours
That is how much time our customers have already saved, calculated from the workflows running in live operation.
What you want to know
about us
Who is behind HR-Autopilot?
How big is the company?
How is the company financed?
What happens to our workflows if you no longer exist one day?
Can we meet you in person?
Talk to us,
not to a form.
30 minutes with someone who understands your system landscape. No presentation, no sales pitch.
Or directly: hello@hr-autopilot.de · +49 2233 9733073 · Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm CET
