Lantern Debuts Glo, an AI-Native Platform for Staffing and Recruiting
Lantern has debuted Glo, which it describes as the first AI-native solution built for both staffing and recruiting. The platform was shown at the American Staffing Association's Staffing World in Denver, held October 12-14.
- Lantern debuted Glo, which it calls the first AI-native solution built for both staffing and recruiting.
- Glo was shown at the American Staffing Association's Staffing World in Denver, October 12-14, Booth 314.
- The platform replaces the ATS, staffing CRM, client portal, candidate portal and other recruiting tools with The Desk, Client Room and Candidate Room.
- Its intelligence layer, Luci, ranks work by urgency and business impact and includes human review for consequential actions.
- Demos can be booked at helloglo.com/book-a-demo/.
A platform meant to run the business, not just record it
According to Lantern, staffing firms have spent years paying for software that records what already happened: a candidate applied, a job closed, a note got typed. Glo is positioned as a different kind of tool. The company says it is built to operate the business, observing signals across candidates, jobs, clients, contracts, compliance and revenue.
From those signals, Glo reasons about urgency and business impact, ranks the work that matters most, and then helps get it done, according to the announcement. Peter Tomassi, CEO of Glo, put it this way: "Traditional staffing software is a filing cabinet with a login screen." He added that Glo "evaluates the whole operating picture and tells a recruiter where the next hour is best spent."
Tomassi said faster fills are the result, and that "the mechanism is really knowing what matters right now." The release does not include performance figures to back up that claim.
One platform, three connected experiences
Lantern says Glo replaces the traditional ATS, staffing CRM, client portal, candidate portal and disconnected recruiting tools with a single platform. It is organized around three experiences:
- The Desk gives recruiters a ranked queue of highest-impact actions, with revenue at risk, deadlines and blockers in view, instead of a to-do list built from tabs and memory.
- Client Room gives clients one place to review candidates, share feedback, track open jobs and placements, and keep decisions moving.
- Candidate Room gives candidates a clear next step, along with their profile, applications, documents and onboarding progress, so they are participants in the process rather than records in a database.
Luci, the intelligence layer
The platform's intelligence is called Luci. According to Lantern, Luci runs through the workflow in a sequence of signal, reasoning, priority, action and outcome. It surfaces what is slipping so managers can lead by exception, and it supports automation with human review built in for consequential actions.
"Recruiters didn't get into this business to be data entry clerks," Tomassi said. "They got into it to place people and keep clients happy. We built Luci to clear the path for that."
What it means for staffing firms
Glo is built by Lantern, which says it combines enterprise AI and software expertise with guidance from staffing and recruiting operators. For agencies, the pitch is consolidation: one system covering recruiting, client management and candidate engagement, with prioritization handled by the software rather than by individual recruiters.
Attendees at Staffing World could see Glo at Booth 314. Organizations can also book a demo at helloglo.com/book-a-demo/. The release does not mention pricing or general availability dates.
