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Cemex's HR chatbot on Microsoft Copilot Studio serves 800 of 40,000 staff, Microsoft says. One region, nine months after launch.

The cement maker built Consult HR, a conversational HR agent on Microsoft Copilot Studio that plugs into Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow and SAP SuccessFactors, Microsoft said in a customer story published on Sunday.

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Since launching on 26 January 2026, the agent has given 800 employees in Central Mexico round-the-clock access to policies, benefits information and HR services, the story says. Cemex employs around 40,000 people worldwide.

Before it, HR questions arrived by phone, email and through HR business partners during office hours, Microsoft said. Cemex plans to extend the agent to more employees and more languages; the story gives no date.

"Consult HR is now our priority HR self-service tool in Cemex Central," said Alberto Luis de Armas, senior vice president of human resources at Cemex, in the story.

The story gives no cost, no count of questions answered and no figure for HR hours saved.

Our reading: 800 of about 40,000 employees is about 2% of the workforce after nine months live. The story reports a live regional service and the company's own praise for it, but no quantified savings and no timetable for the wider rollout.

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