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Assembly is now part of Quantum Workplace, connecting recognition with engagement, performance, and talent insights.

Big news 🎉
Assembly is now part of Quantum Workplace, a leading talent management platform helping leaders build thriving teams.
From day one, Assembly was built around a simple but powerful belief:
When people feel valued, teams thrive.
Recognition is not just about saying “thank you.” It’s about reinforcing culture. It’s about signaling what matters. It’s about creating visibility around contribution. And ultimately, it’s about helping people feel seen.
Today, we’re excited to share that we’re taking that mission to the next level.
Over the past several years, Assembly has helped hundreds of organizations build stronger cultures through meaningful recognition and rewards. We’ve seen firsthand how powerful everyday moments of appreciation can be.
But we’ve also seen something else:
Recognition becomes exponentially more powerful when it’s connected to broader talent signals.
By joining Quantum Workplace, Assembly’s recognition and rewards now integrate into a broader talent platform spanning engagement, performance, development, and retention insights.
On its own, recognition strengthens culture.
Connected to a talent management platform, it becomes actionable insight.
That is the bigger vision behind bringing Assembly and Quantum Workplace together.
Joe Holland, CEO of Quantum Workplace, shared it best:
“Thriving teams are built when people are aligned, empowered, growing, and feel valued. Assembly excels in helping people feel valued. By integrating Assembly into Quantum Workplace, recognition will happen more often and in context - strengthening culture while equipping leaders with richer insights to better understand and guide their teams.”
This integration allows leaders to:
Recognition is no longer a standalone experience.
It becomes part of a connected talent system.
First and most importantly, nothing changes about the experience you know and trust.
Assembly will continue to operate as it does today. Your tools, workflows, integrations, contracts, pricing, and support contacts all remain the same. You will continue working with the same team, on the same platform, with the same seamless recognition and rewards experience your employees rely on.
What changes is not your experience today - but the opportunity ahead.
With the combined strength of Assembly and Quantum Workplace, we are investing even more deeply in innovation, AI-powered enhancements, and connected talent insights. Assembly will continue functioning as a standalone product while our teams thoughtfully build deeper integrations over time.
As we move forward, recognition will not only strengthen culture in the moment, but also contribute to a broader, connected talent system that helps leaders make smarter, more confident decisions.
This is not a shift away from who we are.
It is an expansion of what we can deliver.
The mission remains the same.
The impact becomes even greater.
Jonathan Fields, Co-Founder & CEO of Assembly, shared:
“From the beginning, Assembly was built to ensure employees feel valued and connected at work. Quantum Workplace shares our belief that empowered and appreciated people are at the heart of a motivated workforce. We are excited to join forces and bring our recognition and rewards offering into their broader talent management platform - and layer on the power of AI to deliver smarter, actionable insights for our customers.”
This is a continuation of our mission - with more resources behind it.
Beyond product alignment, this partnership works because our cultures align deeply.
Both Assembly and Quantum Workplace believe:
We are proud of the incredible team that built Assembly - and excited to now join forces with Quantum Workplace’s talented, mission-driven team.
To our customers, partners, and community:
Thank you for believing in our mission.
Thank you for building cultures of appreciation.
Thank you for recognizing with us.
This next chapter allows us to go deeper in helping employees feel valued - and equipping leaders with richer insights to build thriving teams.
More to come soon as we begin building what’s next - together.
Today, we celebrate. 🚀

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