Our Story

Leading our customers forever forward.

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Our Vision

Workday leverages the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.

Our Journey

20 incredible years. Countless amazing moments.

Two decades ago, we boldly led HR and finance to the cloud, and now we’re leading the way in the age of agentic AI. Here are some of our most notable milestones.

2005

Workday is founded by software visionaries Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield as the first true cloud application provider for HR and finance.

 

2012

Workday becomes a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ exchange.

 

2023

Workday surpasses 10,000 customers worldwide.

 

2024

We made our debut on the Fortune 500 and S&P 500, joining hundreds of our customers.

 

2025

Workday is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the fifth consecutive year.

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2015

We delivered our first AI capabilities with Workday Talent Insights and Workday Professional Services Automation.

 

2018

We launched AI-powered Workday Skills Cloud, helping organizations better understand the untapped potential of their workforce.

 

2023

We delivered our first set of Gen AI innovations that help organizations surface faster insights and drive agility.

 

2024

We launched our next generation of AI, Workday Illuminate, built right into the core of our platform.

 

2025

We launched Workday Agent System of Record to provide organizations with a centralized system for managing their entire fleet of AI agents.

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2006

Our first application, Workday Human Capital Management, launched in the cloud, empowering organizations to transform how they manage their people.

 

2008

Workday Financial Management launched in the cloud, delivering real-time insights for better decision-making, streamlined automation, and unmatched adaptability.

 

2017

Workday Prism Analytics launched, helping organizations get a current, reliable, and singular view of the business.

 

2020

We launched Workday Extend, empowering developers to build apps on Workday.

 

2024

We launched our first AI agents to transform HR and finance processes.

 

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2008

We acquired Cape Clear Software, enabling customers to seamlessly integrate Workday with their other systems.

 

2016

We acquired Platfora to enhance our analytics capabilities—leading to the development of Workday Prism Analytics.

 

2018

We acquired Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) to provide customers with unified financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.

 

2021

We acquired Peakon (Workday Peakon Employee Voice) to provide a continuous listening product that drives engagement. And we acquired VNDLY (Workday VNDLY) to extend our workforce management capabilities to include contingent workers.

 

2024

We acquired HiredScore to give our customers comprehensive, transparent, and intelligent talent acquisition and internal mobility capabilities. And we acquired Evisort to provide AI-powered contract management solutions.

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Our Company

How we lead the way in the future of work.

Core values.

Our values are at the center of everything we do, every single day.

Leadership.

Our dedicated leaders guide Workday and our customers forever forward.

Next-gen AI.

Workday Illuminate™ reimagines how work, works through the power of AI—without compromising on responsibility.