Avani Business OS

AI HR Software for Startups — Scale 10 to 200, Fast

AI HR software for startups — scale 10 to 200 fast. Ask the AI anything, onboard in minutes, get founder metrics on demand. ₹29/employee/month.

Quick answer

Avani's AI HR assistant helps startups scale from 10 to 200 employees without adding HR headcount at the same pace.

Founders and employees ask the AI anything in plain English — leave, payroll, policy, headcount — and get instant answers from live data.

It's role-based, so a new hire, a team lead, and a founder each see only what they're allowed to.

India-built and priced at ₹29/employee/month — the AI assistant is included as you grow, not billed extra per seat tier.

At a glance

Features

Scale From 10 to 200 Without HR Chaos

Startups hire in bursts — five people this month, twenty next quarter. The AI assistant absorbs the load that would otherwise force an early HR hire: onboarding checklists, leave setup, policy answers. You add people fast and the AI keeps HR running so the founding team stays focused on product and revenue.

Ask the AI Anything, Any Time

"How many people did we hire this quarter?" "What's Neha's notice period?" "Who's on leave next week?" Founders and team leads type questions the way they'd Slack a teammate. The assistant reads live portal data and answers in seconds — no waiting on an ops person, no digging through sheets.

Real-Time People Metrics for Founders

Ask for headcount by team, attrition this quarter, or total monthly salary burn and get an instant answer. For a startup watching runway, the AI turns your HR data into the numbers investors and founders actually ask about — without building a single dashboard.

Onboard New Hires in Minutes

Growth means constant onboarding. Ask the AI to set up a new joiner and it handles the checklist, drafts the offer or appointment letter, and assigns the default leave policy. Your fifth hire and your fiftieth both onboard the same fast, consistent way.

Self-Service That Scales

In a growing startup, questions pile up on whoever handles ops. The assistant lets every employee self-serve — leave balance, payslip, holiday list, reimbursement status — so the team gets instant answers and no single person becomes the HR bottleneck as you grow.

Draft Policies as You Formalise

Early startups have no written policies; growing ones need them fast. Ask the AI to draft a leave policy, WFH policy, or code of conduct tailored to your team size, then edit and publish. You get structure without hiring an HR consultant to write it.

Key benefits

How it works

  1. Go Live the Day You Sign Up — Import your current team, set salary and leave policies, and start. No implementation project, no IT setup — a startup is live on Avani in hours, ready for its next hiring sprint.
  2. Ask the AI Instead of Hiring for It — Founders and leads ask the assistant for headcount, letters, leave summaries, and policy drafts. It reads your live data and responds instantly, deferring a dedicated HR hire until you actually need one.
  3. Grow Without Re-Platforming — The same portal that ran your 15-person team runs your 200-person team. The AI assistant, payroll, and compliance scale with you, so you never migrate tools mid-growth.

Frequently asked questions

How does an AI HR assistant help startups?

Startups scale headcount in bursts and can't always hire HR in step. Avani's AI assistant handles the routine HR load — onboarding, leave setup, policy answers, letter drafting, headcount reporting — so you can grow from 10 to 200 people while deferring a dedicated HR hire. It reads your live data and answers founders and employees instantly.

Can founders get people metrics without building dashboards?

Yes. Ask the assistant for headcount by team, attrition this quarter, monthly salary burn, or open positions and it answers instantly from live portal data. There's nothing to build or configure — the metrics founders and investors care about are one plain-English question away.

Does it scale from 20 to 200 employees?

Yes. Avani is designed to scale with a startup on the same portal — no migration or re-platforming. The AI assistant, payroll engine, and role-based access all handle 20 or 200 employees, so the tool you adopt early is the tool you keep as you grow.

Is the AI assistant safe during rapid onboarding?

Yes. Access is role-based and enforced at the data layer, so a brand-new hire only sees their own information the moment they're added. You can hand the assistant to every joiner from day one without worrying about them seeing salary or personal data they shouldn't.

Does AI cost more per employee while scaling?

No. Avani is ₹29 per employee per month, AI assistant included — there's no premium AI tier or per-query charge as you grow. Your cost stays predictable and linear with headcount, which matters when you're managing runway.

Can AI draft HR policies as we formalise?

Yes. Ask the assistant to draft a leave policy, WFH policy, or code of conduct suited to your team size and stage, then review and publish it. Growing startups get real HR structure without paying an external consultant to write documents from scratch.

Why choose an India-built AI HR tool?

Avani's compliance and AI context are built for India — PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, Indian leave types and letter formats. Global tools bolt India on as an afterthought. For an Indian startup, that means the AI's answers and the payroll math are correct out of the box.

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