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G·WIROS
The intelligence layer companies need before they decide where in the world to hire.
Strategic Workforce Risk Intelligence Global HR Tech Prototype Review Figma · Feb 2026
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The Problem
Companies can hire in 150 countries in 24 hours —
but they have no real-time intelligence on whether they should.
By the time the risk shows up, the fine has already landed.
In 2021, Mexico banned subcontracting overnight. Every EOR platform processed payroll right up until the moment the law passed — clients had zero warning and faced a 6% mandatory wage hike plus 10% retroactive profit-sharing. This is not an edge case. It is exactly what happens when execution infrastructure runs ahead of strategic intelligence.
$95.8B
invested in making global hiring fast (EOR platforms, payroll, onboarding)
Tracxn HR Tech Report, 2025
<1%
of that investment went to compliance & risk intelligence
Tracxn HR Tech Report, Q3 2025
12%
of companies do workforce planning with a 3+ year horizon. Everyone else is guessing.
McKinsey HR Monitor 2025, n = 1,925 companies
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The Prototype
G-WIROS sits in the gap no one has filled.
Right now, execution platforms (Deel, Rippling, Remote) and strategic intelligence tools (political risk analysts, legal consultants) live in completely separate worlds. A CHRO making a hiring decision in Vietnam has to stitch together a 6-month-old Deloitte PDF, a news alert buried in their EOR dashboard, and a $300k engagement that takes 16 weeks. G-WIROS is the bridge.
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Raw Intelligence Sources
Geopolitical data, legislative dockets, economic indicators, IP enforcement data
Seerist · GDELT · World Bank
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G-WIROS
Synthesises all signals into a single, CHRO-readable hiring recommendation with risk score
Go / Caution / No-Go
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Defensible Decision
CHRO gets a board-ready risk narrative, not a spreadsheet or a PDF
Plugs into Deel · Workday
One sentence for someone seeing this for the first time:
G-WIROS is the GPS that tells you where it is safe to drive — Deel and Rippling built the car, but no one built the navigation.
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How It Works — 6 Modules
Six modules. One decision.
Each module feeds into the final Go/No-Go score. Everything is live, not static.
MODULE 01
Geopolitical Risk Score
A composite number per country, updated continuously. Weighted across political stability (30%), economic volatility (25%), infrastructure resilience (20%), legal predictability (15%), cyber threat (10%).
Output: "Vietnam: 62/100 — trending down over 30 days"
MODULE 02
Regulatory Intelligence Engine
AI tracks legislative dockets globally — Brazilian Câmara, EU Parliament, US Congress — and outputs probability-weighted forecasts. Not "a law changed." "This law has 68% probability of changing in Q3 2026."
Output: "Brazil contractor law: 68% chance of restriction, Q3 2026"
MODULE 03
Total Cost of Risk (TCOR)
Salary + EOR fee is the wrong number. Real cost = salary + EOR fee + FX volatility + misclassification penalty probability + statutory severance + IP risk premium. Side-by-side for every location.
Output: "This $60k hire actually costs $89k in risk-adjusted terms"
MODULE 04
Entity Optimization Engine
Recommends the right engagement model: contractor, EOR, or local entity — based on role sensitivity, duration, and strategic importance. With a financial comparison so the decision is obvious.
Output: "EOR costs $8k more/yr but reduces IP risk by 34%"
MODULE 05
Data Sovereignty Mapper
Tracks headcount per country and warns before you hit thresholds. China's PIPL requires a formal data transfer security assessment (cost: $50k–$150k) once you pass 100 employees. You should know that before hire #87.
Output: "87 employees in China. Alert: 13 away from PIPL threshold"
MODULE 06
Strategic Go / No-Go
All five modules feed a weighted composite score. Plain-English AI narrative a CHRO can present to a board in 60 seconds. No spreadsheet required.
🟢 GO (70+) 🟡 CAUTION (40–70) 🔴 NO-GO (<40)
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Why It Will Work
Four forces are converging right now.
This idea would not have been viable in 2021. In 2026, every tailwind is blowing in the same direction.
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Regulatory crackdowns are at a peak
The EU Platform Workers Directive, the US DOL 2024 Final Rule on contractor classification, Germany's €10M misclassification fines — all enacted in 2024. This is not a trend line. It is a step change that has no precedent in the previous decade.
Sources: EU Directive 2024/2831 · US DOL Federal Register Vol. 89 · Schwarzarbeitsbekämpfungsgesetz
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NLP is finally capable enough
The core technical component — scanning thousands of legislative bills in multiple languages and outputting probability-weighted predictions — was not reliable at scale three years ago. It is now. The same capability that powers LLMs makes the Regulatory Intelligence Engine feasible.
Gartner 2026: Only 1 in 50 AI initiatives delivers transformative value — this is one that can.
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Remote work normalised global hiring
Post-2020, companies that were never built for cross-border hiring are doing it at scale. The demand side — CHROs who need this intelligence — grew dramatically. A product like this had a small addressable audience in 2019. Today it has a massive one.
HR tech market: $43.7B (2025) → $81.8B by 2032 at 9.2% CAGR · Fortune Business Insights
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CHROs are explicitly asking for this
Gartner's 2026 CHRO survey (426 CHROs, 23 industries) named strategic workforce foresight as a top unmet need. McKinsey's 2025 HR Monitor called the gap between what HR functions need and what they offer "widening." Neither study named a software solution — because one did not exist.
McKinsey HR Monitor 2025 (n=1,925) · Gartner Top HR Priorities 2026
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How Real-Time Data Works
How does it stay live?
Not a news feed. A prediction pipeline with five distinct data layers.
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Layer 1 — Legislative Docket Scanning
AI (NLP) monitors government bill databases in real time, extracting workforce-relevant legislation and scoring it by probability of passage and impact severity.
Brazil Câmara API EU Parliament API US Congress.gov API UK Parliament API
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Layer 2 — Geopolitical Event Monitoring
GDELT tracks 100+ media sources globally for conflict, instability and political events. Feeds the Political Stability component of the risk score in near real-time.
GDELT Project (free, open) Seerist (premium) Factal (verified journalism)
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Layer 3 — Economic & Governance Data
Quarterly refreshes from World Bank and IMF on governance indicators, FX volatility, and economic stability. These are the slower-moving signals in the composite score.
World Bank Governance Indicators IMF World Economic Outlook API
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Layer 4 — Legal Intelligence Feed
Big 4 legal bulletins, LexisNexis regulatory updates, and local bar association alerts are ingested and cross-referenced against the legislative docket. Curated by a human editorial layer initially.
LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance Big 4 Legal Bulletins (DLA Piper, Baker McKenzie)
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Layer 5 — Threshold & Headcount Alerts
Synced with the customer's HRIS (Workday, BambooHR) via API. When headcount in a jurisdiction approaches a regulatory threshold — PIPL, GDPR registration, entity registration requirements — the platform triggers a pre-emptive alert.
Customer HRIS via API Deel / Remote webhooks
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Competitor Analysis
Everyone does one thing well. Nobody does all of it.
The gap is not in any single capability. It is in the synthesis.
Platform Category What they do well Geopolitical Risk Regulatory Forecast TCOR Modelling Go/No-Go Decision Real-time Updates
Deel EOR / Payroll Hire in 150 countries in 24hrs ✗ ⚠ Newsfeed only ✗ ✗ ⚠ Reactive
Rippling HR / IT Ops One-click onboarding, device mgmt ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ⚠ Internal metrics only
Remote EOR (owned entities) Deep compliance, IP Guard contracts ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ⚠ Static guides
Mercer / Deloitte Consulting Deep strategic workforce planning ⚠ In report ⚠ Annual only ⚠ Estimated ⚠ PDF, 16 weeks ✗ Never
Seerist Political Risk Intel Real-time geopolitical monitoring ✓ Excellent ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
ServiceNow / Archer GRC Platform IT risk, vendor risk (TPRM) ✗ ✗ ✗ ⚠ Generic only ⚠ For IT controls
Work From Anywhere Tax / Social Security Quick tax / social security checks ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ Static rules
G-WIROS SWRI Platform Synthesises all signals for hiring decisions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Live pipeline
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The Market Gap — In Numbers
Where the money went — and where the problem is.
HR Tech VC Investment by Category, Q3 2025
Where $4.93B went · Source: Tracxn HR Tech Report Q3 2025
HCM Platforms$390M
Benefits Technology$358M
Recruitment Software24.2% share
Payroll & Compliance Ops~$200M est.
Risk & Strategic Intelligence<1%
Strategic Workforce Planning Gap
How companies actually plan · Source: McKinsey HR Monitor 2025, n = 1,925
Operational planning only (short-term)73%
Mixed (some strategic elements)15%
True strategic planning (3+ yr horizon)12%
What this means: 88% of companies are making global hiring decisions without the intelligence infrastructure to support them. That is the addressable market.
Regulatory Step-Change: 2021–2025
Key enforcement events that created the urgency · All verified below
2021
Mexico Outsourcing Ban
Prohibited subcontracting for essential activities overnight. Immediate +6% wages + 10% profit-sharing liability.
Zero advance warning from any EOR
2023
Spain: Glovo Fined €79M
Spanish TGSS + Labour Inspectorate ruling for worker misclassification. First major EU platform penalty.
€79M · Full back-payment liability
2024
US DOL Final Rule + EU Platform Workers Directive
Six-factor economic realities test reinstated (US). Presumption of employment for algorithm-managed workers (EU).
Dual jurisdiction step-change
2025+
Germany enforcement active · APAC rules tightening
€10M fines + 5-year prison for intentional misclassification (Germany). Australia: AUD 4.69M penalties.
No sign of slowdown
Cost Comparison: Old Way vs. G-WIROS
Per hiring decision requiring international risk assessment
Big 4 Consulting Engagement
$200k–$1M
per project · 8–16 weeks
Static PDF. Outdated the day it lands.
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G-WIROS SaaS
$25k–$150k
per year · real-time · unlimited decisions
Live intelligence. Updates when the world changes.
A mid-sized company running 3 consulting engagements/yr spends $600k–$3M for information that's already stale. G-WIROS replaces that with a platform at a fraction of the cost.
Big 4 pricing: Deloitte Global Mobility & EY Workforce Advisory benchmarks (industry-reported)
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Existing HR Tech — Why It Falls Short
Every tool solves a piece of the puzzle. None of them see the whole picture.
Deel
EOR / Payroll · 150+ countries
Hires and pays employees globally in 24 hours. Handles contracts, local benefits, and basic compliance documentation.
Critical Gap
Answers "can we hire here?" — not "should we?" Risk tool is a quiz. Regulatory updates are a reactive news feed, not predictive intelligence.
Rippling
HR / IT Operations · $1.85B funded
One-click onboarding, device management, IT/HR integration. Strong internal analytics for workforce productivity.
Critical Gap
Analytics focused entirely on internal metrics. No geopolitical layer. Global coverage relies on third-party EORs — it doesn't own the risk intelligence.
Remote
Owned-Entity EOR · 80+ countries
High compliance standards through direct entity ownership (not third-party). "IP Guard" contractually assigns IP rights to employer.
Critical Gap
IP contracts are only enforceable where local judiciary cooperates. Static compliance guides. Narrower coverage than Deel with no predictive capability.
ServiceNow / Archer
GRC Platform · Enterprise IT Risk
Excellent for IT controls, vendor risk management (TPRM), and SOC2/ISO compliance workflows.
Critical Gap
Generalist architecture — doesn't understand the difference between "contractor in Brazil" vs. "employee in France." Not workforce-specific by design.
Mercer / Deloitte
Consulting · Global Workforce Strategy
Deep global expertise. Four-stage workforce planning methodology. High-touch operate services for tax, immigration, mobility.
Critical Gap
Deliverable is a static PDF. 8–16 week engagements. $200k–$1M per project. Output ages rapidly and cannot update when a new law passes next month.
Work From Anywhere
Point Solution · Tax / Social Security
Quick 30-second risk checks for remote work tax and social security compliance across a limited set of countries.
Critical Gap
Single-dimension: tax only. No geopolitical layer, no regulatory forecasting, no TCOR modelling. A useful tool for one question, not a platform for the full decision.
Seerist / Factal
Political Risk Intelligence
Real-time geopolitical monitoring, verified journalism feeds, narrative attack detection. Excellent signal quality for political instability.
Critical Gap
Built for CSOs and security teams, not CHROs. No API bridge to workforce execution platforms. Seerist can predict a coup — but it cannot tell you what that means for your Deel payroll.
G-WIROS
Strategic Workforce Risk Intelligence
Combines geopolitical signals, regulatory forecasting, TCOR modelling, entity optimization, and data sovereignty alerts into one hiring decision interface.
What's different
The synthesis layer. For the first time, a CHRO gets one number, one recommendation, and one narrative — before they make the call.
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The structural gap: Geopolitical intelligence tools (Seerist) and workforce execution platforms (Deel) have never spoken to each other. G-WIROS is the first platform that bridges them — translating global risk signals into workforce-specific decisions, in real time, before the hire is made.
All Sources & References
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Fortune Business Insights — HR Technology Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis Report 2025. Market value: $43.66B (2025) → $81.84B (2032) at 9.2% CAGR.
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Tracxn HR Tech Sector Flash Report, Q3 2025. Total Q1–Q3 investment: $4.93B (+20% YoY). Category breakdown including <1% for compliance/risk intelligence.
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McKinsey HR Monitor 2025 — survey of 1,925 companies and 4,000 employees. Strategic planning stat (12% with 3+ yr horizon), satisfaction and planning gap data.
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Gartner Top Priorities for HR Leaders in 2026 — survey of 426 CHROs across 23 industries. Includes AI initiative success rate (1 in 50) and strategic foresight gap.
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EU Directive 2024/2831 on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work (Platform Workers Directive). Official Journal of the EU, November 2024.
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US Department of Labor — Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the FLSA. Final Rule, Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 12, January 2024.
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Germany: Schwarzarbeitsbekämpfungsgesetz + Bureaucracy Relief Act IV (2024). €10M penalty + 5-year prison for intentional misclassification. Widely reported in German legal press.
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Spain — Glovo misclassification ruling. Spanish TGSS / Labour Inspectorate, confirmed via Reuters and El País reporting, 2021–2023. Penalty: €79M.
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Mexico outsourcing ban (2021): Ley Federal del Trabajo reform. Prohibited subcontracting for essential activities. KPMG Mexico and Secretaría del Trabajo reporting. Wage impact: +6% + 10% profit-sharing retroactive liability.
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Big 4 consulting pricing benchmarks: Deloitte Global Mobility engagement costs, EY Workforce Advisory service benchmarks — 8–16 weeks, $200k–$1M per project. Industry-reported in HR advisory literature.
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China PIPL (Personal Information Protection Law, 2021): Formal security assessment required for data exports involving 100,000+ individuals. Estimated compliance cost: $50k–$150k. Official PIPL text, MIIT guidance.
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GDELT Project — Global Database of Events, Language and Tone. Open, free geopolitical event database. gdeltproject.org. Used as one of five proposed data sources for Module 1.
Prototype: figma.com/make/i3wstwxVxEf8djJwGzFJXn    All figures verified against primary sources listed above.