The Human Cloud Community
Welcome to the only community built exclusively for the entrepreneurs building the flexible workforce. Our members are founders, CEOs, and platform executives building the companies that power the flexible workforce.
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About the community
Making flexible work the new talent standard.
Why we exist
For too long we've been building in silos. Our own industries, our own regions, our own corners of the world — building good businesses, but hitting the same ceilings in growth.
Who runs it
Human Cloud, the industry's connective tissue. Since 2018 we've educated, evangelized, and grown flexible talent into an industry of its own — so a rising tide lifts all solutions in our space.
What we do
For the community, we curate the right people, conversations, and data — so we can all champion this industry together.
Upcoming Events
HC Community Call - September 2026
First look at the 2026 Flexible Workforce Study data. We launched the study on August 31 with Independently, two surveys, one for companies and one for solutions. This call walks through the early results, how solutions can take part, and what Tony, Jeff, and Matthew make of the data.
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August 2026
HC Community Call - August 2026
Last call before fall gets crazy. We talked through which events are actually worth going to, what buyers are spending money on, and a few members showed off what they built with AI.
Highlights
- We're seeing 3,500 buyers coming back to the platform every month. That is the number we care about now, not visitors.
- We're seeing specialized platforms grow 20 to 80% YoY right now. EORs 50 to 80%.
- Buyers keep asking for the same three things: help figuring out what they need, someone who does exactly that thing, and people who show up like they are on the team.
- In events, solutions aren't seeing returns from booths anymore, they're seeing returns from close, curated, prepared activities, for example dinners, or workshops, with clear preparation before and intentional follow up after.
- John Healy walked us through how a 30,000 company turned their talent experience into a two click process, including over 140 systems, and all operating under the current tools and processes. He also showed us how this is a massive opportunity for specialized talent solutions to be included in.
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Sarah MusgroveTony BuffumMatthew MottolaIndustry News
The stories moving the flexible-workforce market — curated Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Expert360's $16 Million Sale to Swipejobs Leaves Founder and Early Investors With No Payout
White-collar talent marketplace Expert360 will sell to AI job-matching platform Swipejobs in a $16 million deal, leaving early investors and founder Bridget Loudon-Harris with no share payout.
SmartCompany (Australia) · Sep 2SIA Projects US Staffing Industry to Grow 2.4% in 2026 to $183.1 Billion
SIA projects the US staffing industry will grow 2.4% in 2026 to reach $183.1 billion and expand 2.2% in 2027 to $187.0 billion.
Staffing Industry Analysts · Sep 1
Industry Insights
Everything happening in the flexible-workforce industry — acquisitions, funding, stats, and terminology. Curated by Human Cloud.
Community-curated events across HR, Tech, Workforce & more.
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
| RecFest USA | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Future of Work USA | Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026 |
| HubSpot INBOUND | Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 |
21 upcoming industry events tracked by the community
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Preliminary2026 Flexible Workforce Study · in partnership with Independently
How do you compare to the companies and solutions in the study?
Every question in both surveys, cut by company size, industry and solution type, updated as responses land.
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Co-authored by Human Cloud and Independently. About the study
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This is a closed-door community.
Membership is reserved for the top-performing solutions on the platform — the ones setting the standard. No public links. No open invites. If you're here, you earned it.
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Top 20% of solutions on the platform are invited to join. You can't buy your way in.
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Monthly calls land in your calendar automatically. No forums, no public meeting links.
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That's it. No busy work. Just show up and connect with your peers.
Who's leading this.
Practitioners, not moderators.
Tony Buffum
Co-Founder, Human Cloud
Former public company CHRO. Led workforce transformations across Stanley Black & Decker, Koch Industries, and 50+ Fortune 500 companies. Designed and scaled enterprise flexible talent programs before the category existed.
Matthew Mottola
Co-Founder & CEO, Human Cloud
Led Microsoft's signature flexible workforce product and helped Microsoft scale their flexible workforce to $50m+ in annual flexible talent spend. Built Human Cloud to make that playbook accessible to every company.
Plus an expert network of
Leaders from every leading talent solution in the industry.
Member perks.
Beyond the monthly call.
Access to be highlighted on the HC Pod
Share your story with the industry. Book a recording session whenever you like.
Exclusive Advisory
Direct access to Matthew for go-to-market strategy, partnerships, and industry challenges. Book 1:1 sessions at any time.
