Public Company Software

Workday

Pleasanton, California, United States

By unifying HR and Finance on an open, trusted platform powered by AI, Workday delivers high-impact outcomes for customers. At the heart of its platform is Sana from Workday, which puts AI agents to work for users and their people.

Focus Areas
Enterprise cloud applications, Human Capital Management (HCM), Financial management
Website
www.workday.com

Tracked deals

12

12 tracked deals across 2019-2026.

Recent pace

4

4 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

12 buyout

Workday Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for Workday. 1 2019 1 2020 2 2021 2 2024 4 2025 ~3 est. 2 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • October 13, 2026
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    C1.ai
    Industry
    Cybersecurity
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday signed a definitive agreement to acquire C1.ai, whose identity governance platform manages and governs access for employees and AI agents across enterprise systems. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Workday’s fiscal 2027, ending January 31, 2027, subject to customary closing conditions.

  • Buyer
    ServiceNow
    Target
    Pyramid Analytics
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    Netherlands
    Type
    Buyout

    ServiceNow has entered into an agreement to acquire Pyramid Analytics, a provider of a unified, AI-powered business analytics, data science, and data preparation platform. The deal is intended to embed intelligence into enterprise workflows by combining Pyramid’s semantic layer and conversational analytics with the ServiceNow AI Platform and Workflow Data Fabric.

  • Buyer
    Workday
    Target
    Pipedream
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pipedream, an AI integration platform for connecting AI agents to enterprise systems. The acquisition is expected to deepen Workday’s enterprise AI strategy by linking trusted HR and finance data with more than 3,000 business applications.

  • November 6, 2025
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    Sana
    Location
    Sweden
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday completed its acquisition of Sana, an AI company focused on enterprise knowledge tools. The combined offering aims to create a new “front door for work” by integrating Sana’s AI-powered search, agents, and learning with Workday’s people and money context.

  • Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    Paradox
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday completed its acquisition of Paradox, a conversational AI candidate experience agent that simplifies job applications and hiring workflows, especially for high-volume frontline industries. By combining Paradox with Workday Recruiting and HiredScore, Workday is rolling out a unified, end-to-end AI-powered talent acquisition suite for faster hiring and better candidate experiences.

  • August 14, 2025
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    Flowise
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday has acquired Flowise, a low-code, open-source platform for building AI agents, to add industry-leading agent-builder capabilities to the Workday platform. The acquisition will accelerate AI-agent development and deployment for Workday customers—particularly in HR and finance—by bringing Flowise's visual builder, debugging, evaluation, and governance capabilities into Workday.

  • September 17, 2024
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    Evisort
    Seller
    Evisort shareholders
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Evisort, an AI-native document intelligence and contract intelligence platform. The acquisition will integrate Evisort's AI-powered document intelligence into Workday's finance and HR suite to surface insights from unstructured documents and automate workflows across accounting, procurement, and HR.

  • February 27, 2024
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    HiredScore
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HiredScore, an AI-powered talent orchestration company focused on recruiting and internal mobility. The combined offering is intended to integrate Workday’s talent products with HiredScore’s responsible AI technology to improve talent acquisition and talent lifecycle outcomes. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of Workday’s fiscal year 2025 (ending April 30, 2024), subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

  • Buyer
    Workday
    Target
    VNDLY
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday has agreed to acquire VNDLY, a Mason, Ohio-based external workforce management (VMS) startup, for $510 million to integrate contingent workforce management into Workday’s HCM and HR platform. VNDLY, founded in 2017 and having raised roughly $58 million (including a $35M Series B led by Insight Partners), will expand Workday’s capabilities for managing internal and external workers; the deal is expected to close in Workday’s next fiscal quarter.

  • Buyer
    Workday Inc
    Target
    Peakon ApS
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Denmark
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday Inc signed a definitive agreement to acquire Peakon ApS for $700 million in an all-cash transaction. The deal will combine Peakon’s continuous listening platform with Workday’s employee insights to help organizations capture real-time sentiment and take actionable engagement steps.

  • Buyer
    Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), Workday Ventures, Savano Capital Partners
    Target
    Jobcase, Inc.
    Seller
    Link Ventures
    Industry
    Software
    Type
    Buyout

    Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) has acquired a majority stake in Jobcase, Inc., with Workday Ventures participating as a strategic investment partner and existing investor Savano Capital Partners remaining as a controlling investor alongside PSG. The investment includes $30 million of primary capital to accelerate Jobcase's product development, member services, and employer partnerships, and results in the exit of long-time shareholder Link Ventures.

  • December 9, 2019
    Buyer
    Workday, Inc.
    Target
    Scout RFP
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    Workday, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Scout RFP, a cloud-based strategic sourcing and supplier engagement platform. Scout RFP will operate as Scout RFP, a Workday company, expanding Workday's capabilities in spend management and the office of procurement.

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