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Antila Lifesciences uses Source Code Lab’s AI agents to run HR and payroll for 1,000 employees
How a life sciences company with a one-person HR department replaced spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads and a week-long payroll scramble with an AI-native HRMS and a payroll agent that finishes in minutes.
Book a strategy call- Attendance and leave appliedDone
- KPI bonuses calculatedDone
- Policy deductions checkedDone
- Exceptions for HR review3 flagged
- Payslips ready to send1,000
Of HR work handled by AI agents every week, the equivalent of 3 full-time HR hires.
Less time spent on payroll, from 5 to 7 days for a team of 6 to 8 people to a few minutes.
One HR manager, 1,000 employees and a business run on spreadsheets.
Antila Lifesciences had grown into a 1,000-person company, but its people operations hadn’t grown with it. A single HR manager was responsible for everyone, and almost everything lived in Google Sheets, Excel files and documents.
That setup created three problems that got worse with every new hire:
- An impossible HR workload. Attendance, leave, performance reviews, increments and recruitment for 1,000 people all depended on one person and a stack of spreadsheets.
- A payroll process that broke every month. The HR manager and a team of 5 to 7 accountants spent 5 to 7 days compiling sheets to pay salaries, and wrong or late payments were common.
- No system holding the business together. With no ERP or CRM, work was coordinated over WhatsApp and email, creating delays and confusion across departments.
Employees felt it too. Without clear visibility into their performance, leave balances or company policies, frustration grew, and at this scale that quietly costs a business in morale and retention.
“I was one person trying to manage a thousand. Every month, payroll took over the whole week, and we still got amounts wrong. Something had to change.”
Two AI agent systems that run HR and payroll end to end.
“The agents handle the daily HR work, and payroll is done before I’ve finished my coffee. I finally have time to focus on our people instead of our spreadsheets.”
Antila partnered with Source Code Lab to replace its spreadsheets with two connected systems: an AI-native HR platform where agents do the routine work, and a dedicated payroll agent that reads everything the HR platform knows.
AI-native HRMS platform
- Monitors attendance for every employee, automatically
- Tracks leave against balances and company policy
- Measures KPIs and performance for every role
- Recommends salary increments based on KPI results
- Scouts, filters and tests recruitment candidates
Payroll AI agent
- Understands Antila’s policies on attendance, leave, performance and bonuses
- Knows every employee across every department
- Pulls live data straight from the HRMS
- Calculates and prepares the full payroll in minutes
- Flags exceptions for HR to review before release
Because both systems share one source of truth, HR data no longer travels through WhatsApp messages and email attachments. Employees can see their own attendance, leave, KPIs and the policies behind them, and the HR manager approves the decisions that need a human eye.
A one-person HR team that runs like a full department.
Antila now runs HR and payroll for 1,000 employees with a single HR manager supported by AI agents, and salaries go out on time with the right amounts.
| Payroll | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| People involved | 6 to 8 | Payroll AI + HR review |
| Time to disburse salaries | 5 to 7 days | A few minutes |
| Cumulative time spent | 30 to 56 person-days | 99.8% less |
120 hours of HR work handled every week
AI agents cover attendance, leave, performance and recruitment, removing the need to hire 3 more HR staff.
Payroll in minutes, not days
A process that took 6 to 8 people 5 to 7 days now runs in minutes, a 99.8% drop in time spent.
The right salary, on time
Pay is calculated from live attendance, leave, KPI and bonus data under company policy, ending wrong and delayed disbursements.
Clarity for 1,000 employees
Everyone can see their performance, leave and the policies that apply to them, removing a major source of frustration.
“Source Code Lab gave our HR function the capacity of a full team without the headcount. Payroll is accurate and on time, and our employees finally have clarity on their performance and policies.”
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