Workday is rounding out its AI strategy, building out its platform with multiple tuck-in acquisitions and looking to become an AI agent player because it can leverage its unified HR and finance data.
Workday said it will acquire Pipedream, an integration platform for AI agents that features more than 3,000 pre-built connectors.
On May 16, 2025, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of California granted preliminary certification of the case of Mobley v. Workday as a collective action. Specifically, the suit claims that Workday’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based applicant recommendation system unfairly discriminates against job seekers above the age of 40. The plaintiff claims that he was denied across multiple companies using the same system. The judge’s preliminary certification of the case as a collective action enables qualified individuals across the U.S. to opt in to the lawsuit.
Workday has acquired Sana, an AI agent startup that surfaces knowledge in enterprise systems, for $1.1 billion in a bet that the HCM and finance software provider can become "the front door to work."
Workday launched Workday Data Cloud, Workday Build as well as a set of Illuminate AI agents as it aims to build a larger ecosystem around its platform.
Workday's AI strategy appears to feature a heavy dose of acquisitions. The company said that it is acquiring Paradox, a startup that features a candidate experience agent to work through the job application process. The Paradox acquisition came just days after it acquired Flowise, a platform to build AI agents and automate workflows.
Workday said it has acquired Flowise, a platform to create AI agents and automate workflows.
