Overview

• Workday signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sana for about $1.1 billion, with closing targeted by Jan. 31, 2026, and plans to keep Sana Learn and Sana Agents as product lines integrated with Workday.
• At Workday Rising, the company previewed roughly a dozen Illuminate agents across HR, finance and education, including Case, Performance, Financial Close, and Student Administration agents, with more planned as acquisitions integrate.
• New developer capabilities include Workday Build, Flowise Agent Builder for low-code agent creation, a gen-AI Developer Copilot, and Agent Gateway to connect agents via the Agent System of Record.
• Workday introduced Workday Data Cloud with zero-copy access partnerships with Snowflake, Databricks and Salesforce, with early-adopter availability slated for the first half of 2026 and broader rollout later in 2026.
• Elliott Investment Management disclosed a stake exceeding $2 billion and publicly endorsed leadership, while Workday announced a $5 billion share repurchase through fiscal 2027; the Paradox acquisition remains agreed with closing expected by the end of October.