Homebase Launches AI Assistant to Help Fill Shifts, Check Timecards Before Payroll

Homebase began a limited rollout of Homebase Assistant on Oct. 20, giving businesses with hourly staff a way to seek shift coverage and catch timecard problems before payroll.

When an employee calls out, the assistant can identify available workers and contact potential replacements using the owner’s preferences and historical information. The owner makes the final decision on coverage.

The assistant can also build schedules, draft job posts, screen applicants and coordinate interviews. Ahead of payroll, it can flag missing punches and other timecard issues for owners to resolve. The announced tool is designed to flag overtime patterns and differences between scheduled and worked hours.

“Homebase Assistant finds someone who can cover it and gets the owner back to work,” Homebase founder and CEO John Waldmann said of the shift coverage feature.

Homebase introduced separate Hiring Assistant and Scheduling Assistant products in June 2025 and announced Payroll Assistant that October. More than 150,000 small businesses use its platform. Homebase’s AI products have handled more than 4.7 million administrative tasks since 2025, a figure that covers its broader set of tools rather than results from the new assistant.