Our Story
Leading our customers forever forward.
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.
- Company Milestones
- AI Milestones
- Product Milestones
- Acquisitions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.