Madrid, June 26th, 2025
Colvin, Cobee & Nucoro Founders Unite to Tackle HR’s AI Future with New Startup: Orbio
Antonio (CTO), Sergi (CEO), Nacho (CRO)
Key takeways
Orbio deploys AI agents designed to optimize key processes such as talent acquisition, selection, and management, helping companies reduce turnover, streamline hiring, and improve the employee and candidate experience
The solution, which is especially geared towards companies with a large workforce and hiring volume, offers unlimited capabilities and 24/7 availability to adapt to each organization's specific needs
It cuts down on hiring time and turnover, offering a new way to leverage data to enhance talent retention and reduce employee attrition
Orbio deploys AI agents designed to optimize key processes such as talent acquisition, selection, and management, helping companies reduce turnover, streamline hiring, and improve the employee and candidate experience
The solution, which is especially geared towards companies with a large workforce and hiring volume, offers unlimited capabilities and 24/7 availability to adapt to each organization's specific needs
It cuts down on hiring time and turnover, offering a new way to leverage data to enhance talent retention and reduce employee attrition
Better data, better insights, better decisions
In a rapidly changing job market, companies face talent shortages, monthly turnover rates of up to 30% in some cases, and predictions that more than 40% of core skills will change by 2030. Despite these challenges, HR teams still lose over 60% of their time to administrative tasks, struggle with fragmented data spread across multiple systems, and often lack the resources needed to drive strategic impact within their organizations.
Orbio was founded against this backdrop and is on a mission to solve these industry-wide problems. Orbio helps HR teams to stop firefighting and start leading – using AI to unlock their strategic power. Its platform provides companies with a technological solution that automates repetitive tasks, transforms previously untapped data into actionable insights, and delivers measurable impact through AI agents. The result: faster hiring processes, significantly reduced turnover, and always-on talent management. In short, Orbio empowers HR teams to become a true driver of business performance.
“HR teams are at a critical inflection point — under pressure to do more with less, yet expected to lead with impact,” says Sergi Bastardas, CEO and co-founder of Orbio. “Having spent years working with large enterprises and digital platforms, Nacho, Antonio and myself have seen firsthand how overwhelmed these teams are. We built Orbio to change that — providing HR leaders with AI agents that turn unstructured data into insights, automate repetitive tasks, and unlock new ways to connect across the organization. We are helping HR become more strategic, more empowered, and better equipped to lead through today’s challenges… and tomorrow’s!”
The company was founded by three seasoned entrepreneurs in the technology and startup ecosystem, who combine experience in scalability and business leadership. CEO Sergi Bastardas, previously CEO & Founder of leading online flower sales platform Colvin; CRO Nacho Travesí, HR expert and former Founder of employee-benefits platform Cobee (acquired last year by Pluxee Group); and CTO Antonio Melé, former Founder and CTO of B2B wealth-management platform Nucoro (acquired by Backbase).
In a rapidly changing job market, companies face talent shortages, monthly turnover rates of up to 30% in some cases, and predictions that more than 40% of core skills will change by 2030. Despite these challenges, HR teams still lose over 60% of their time to administrative tasks, struggle with fragmented data spread across multiple systems, and often lack the resources needed to drive strategic impact within their organizations.
Orbio was founded against this backdrop and is on a mission to solve these industry-wide problems. Orbio helps HR teams to stop firefighting and start leading – using AI to unlock their strategic power. Its platform provides companies with a technological solution that automates repetitive tasks, transforms previously untapped data into actionable insights, and delivers measurable impact through AI agents. The result: faster hiring processes, significantly reduced turnover, and always-on talent management. In short, Orbio empowers HR teams to become a true driver of business performance.
“HR teams are at a critical inflection point — under pressure to do more with less, yet expected to lead with impact,” says Sergi Bastardas, CEO and co-founder of Orbio. “Having spent years working with large enterprises and digital platforms, Nacho, Antonio and myself have seen firsthand how overwhelmed these teams are. We built Orbio to change that — providing HR leaders with AI agents that turn unstructured data into insights, automate repetitive tasks, and unlock new ways to connect across the organization. We are helping HR become more strategic, more empowered, and better equipped to lead through today’s challenges… and tomorrow’s!”
The company was founded by three seasoned entrepreneurs in the technology and startup ecosystem, who combine experience in scalability and business leadership. CEO Sergi Bastardas, previously CEO & Founder of leading online flower sales platform Colvin; CRO Nacho Travesí, HR expert and former Founder of employee-benefits platform Cobee (acquired last year by Pluxee Group); and CTO Antonio Melé, former Founder and CTO of B2B wealth-management platform Nucoro (acquired by Backbase).
A secure AI tool to optimize the full employee lifecycle
Orbio’s AI agents are initially focused on two high-impact areas of HR: talent acquisition and employee development. Available 24/7, they support the entire employee journey — from first candidate contact to ongoing staff engagement — and will expand over time to cover the full HR function.
Built to meet the highest standards of data security and AI regulation, Orbio’s system captures insights from conversations, documents, and other unstructured formats to generate real-time intelligence for HR teams. For example, recruiters can identify which profiles are most likely to succeed based on thousands of past interviews, or spot traits linked to reduced employee turnover.
The agents operate continuously, adapting to company, employee, and candidate needs. Users can interact through multiple channels — including WhatsApp, audio messages, and voice calls — ensuring both flexibility and accessibility.
Orbio’s AI agents are initially focused on two high-impact areas of HR: talent acquisition and employee development. Available 24/7, they support the entire employee journey — from first candidate contact to ongoing staff engagement — and will expand over time to cover the full HR function.
Built to meet the highest standards of data security and AI regulation, Orbio’s system captures insights from conversations, documents, and other unstructured formats to generate real-time intelligence for HR teams. For example, recruiters can identify which profiles are most likely to succeed based on thousands of past interviews, or spot traits linked to reduced employee turnover.
The agents operate continuously, adapting to company, employee, and candidate needs. Users can interact through multiple channels — including WhatsApp, audio messages, and voice calls — ensuring both flexibility and accessibility.
Direct impact on business results
With these insights, HR leaders can design strategies based on real employee needs and make data-informed decisions to address issues like attrition and productivity — driving measurable business impact.
Orbio’s combination of automation, advanced analytics, continuous availability, and personalization makes its platform a strategic ally for HR departments and offers companies a unique opportunity to transform their HR operations and maximize their impact on the organization.
“We believe in a future (and present) where HR managers and teams have agents working alongside them, gathering more accurate data and facilitating informed decisions without the usual limitations”, explains CRO & Co-Founder Nacho Travesi. “Orbio not only seeks to automate tasks, but also to open up new possibilities and redefine the role of a department that has faced significant constraints until now. At a time when talent is the most valuable asset, having tools that optimize processes and strengthen the bond between the company and its employees becomes indispensable.”
With these insights, HR leaders can design strategies based on real employee needs and make data-informed decisions to address issues like attrition and productivity — driving measurable business impact.
Orbio’s combination of automation, advanced analytics, continuous availability, and personalization makes its platform a strategic ally for HR departments and offers companies a unique opportunity to transform their HR operations and maximize their impact on the organization.
“We believe in a future (and present) where HR managers and teams have agents working alongside them, gathering more accurate data and facilitating informed decisions without the usual limitations”, explains CRO & Co-Founder Nacho Travesi. “Orbio not only seeks to automate tasks, but also to open up new possibilities and redefine the role of a department that has faced significant constraints until now. At a time when talent is the most valuable asset, having tools that optimize processes and strengthen the bond between the company and its employees becomes indispensable.”
THE ORBIO AGENTS
Meet you new HR team. Now 400x faster.
Three specialized agents work across your stack to run end-to-end HR from job post to retention insights.
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María
AI Recruitment Agent
Hiring is broken, Maria fixes it. We don’t just plug into your process. We rebuild it with AI. Tell Maria the need, and she goes always-on, from job description to onboarding.
Expertize
Recruitment
Sourcing
Strengths
Detect Talent
Manage the hiring process
Ready for hiring at any time, any moment
Onboarding
Employee Insights
1
María
AI Recruitment Agent
Hiring is broken, Maria fixes it. We don’t just plug into your process. We rebuild it with AI. Tell Maria the need, and she goes always-on, from job description to onboarding.
Expertize
Recruitment
Sourcing
Strengths
Detect talent
Manage the hiring process
Ready for hiring at any time, any moment
Onboarding
Employee Insights
1
María
AI Recruitment Agent
Hiring is broken, Maria fixes it. We don’t just plug into your process. We rebuild it with AI. Tell Maria the need, and she goes always-on, from job description to onboarding.
Expertize
Recruitment
Sourcing
Strengths
Detect talent
Manage the hiring process
Ready for hiring at any time, any moment
Onboarding
Employee Insights
RESULTS
Results that speak for themselves.
Hard metrics, not hype. Real outcomes from Orbio customers.
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Faster hiring process
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Reduction in labor cost
Minutes
From apply to Hire
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Net Promoter Score
Live retention insights
Know who’s likely to churn way before they do.
Faster time to hire
Reduce time-to-hire by up to 80% across roles.
Built-in applicant tracking
End-to-end visibility in one ATS.
Smarter matching
Find better-fit candidates with fewer false positives and higher pass-through quality.
24/7 outreach
Reach candidates across time zones via calls, WhatsApp, SMS, and much more.
Multilingual support
Engage with everyone in their native language. Over 60 languages supported.
And more impact as Orbio powers your workflow.
INTEGRATIONS
Works where you work
Orbio integrates seamlessly with your stack for richer data and faster action. Plug into the tools you already use. From everyday essentials to advanced add-ons.
Lever
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BambooHR
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Salesforce
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Bizneo
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Bullhorn
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Teamtailor
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Workday
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Meta4
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SECUTIRY & COMPLIANCE
Enterprise compliant. Since day one.
Our technology is aligned with GDPR and the EU AI Act, ISO 27001 certified, and SOC 2 compliant. From the ground up, Orbio was engineered to meet enterprise security, privacy, and compliance standards.
GDPR
READY
GDPR
READY
GDPR
READY
ISO
27001
ISO
27001
ISO
27001
SOC 2
AICPA
SOC 2
AICPA
SOC 2
AICPA
EU AI
ACT
EU AI
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EU AI
ACT
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2025 Orbio AI. all Rights Reserved
2025 Orbio AI. all Rights Reserved