# Workday

> Workday is a Pleasanton, California cloud software company that runs the core people and money systems for large organizations. Founded in 2005 by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri after Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, Workday built a single-code-base, subscription-delivered platform for human capital management, financial management, planning, and analytics. It has grown into one of the largest enterprise SaaS vendors, serving thousands of organizations - including a large share of the Fortune 500 - and is now pushing agentic AI deep into HR and finance workflows.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Pleasanton, California, United States
- **Founders:** Dave Duffield (Co-Founder, former CEO and Chairman), Aneel Bhusri (Co-Founder, Chair (and longtime CEO))
- **Team size:** Approximately 20,000+ employees (reported figures range from ~18,000 to ~24,000 across sources)
- **Products:** Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Payroll, Workday Financial Management, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Prism Analytics
- **Notable:** Grew from a 2005 startup to $9.55B in annual revenue by FY2026, 2012 IPO was the largest cloud-software IPO in US history at the time; shares rose 74% on day one, Serves a large share of the Fortune 500 on a single cloud code base

## Products & services

- **Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)** — Cloud system for core HR, talent, workforce management, and employee experience.
- **Workday Payroll** — Payroll processing integrated with HCM for supported regions.
- **Workday Financial Management** — Cloud financials, accounting, revenue, and spend management that moved Workday beyond HR.
- **Workday Adaptive Planning** — Enterprise planning, budgeting, and forecasting (from the Adaptive Insights acquisition).
- **Workday Prism Analytics** — Analytics and data management layer for blending Workday and external data.
- **Workday AI / Illuminate agents** — Agentic AI embedded across HR and finance workflows, delivering automation and recommendations.
- **Workday Extend** — Developer platform for building custom apps on the Workday cloud.

## Achievements

- Grew from a 2005 startup to $9.55B in annual revenue by FY2026
- 2012 IPO was the largest cloud-software IPO in US history at the time; shares rose 74% on day one
- Serves a large share of the Fortune 500 on a single cloud code base
- Delivered 1.7 billion AI actions across its platform in fiscal 2026
- Repeatedly recognized among Fortune's Best Companies to Work For
- Expanded from HCM into financials, planning, and analytics to become a full cloud ERP platform

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Reported fiscal 2027 first-quarter financial results, continuing double-digit subscription growth.
- **2026-02** — Announced fiscal 2026 Q4 and full-year results: $9.55B total revenue, up 13.1%; total subscription backlog of $28.1B.
- **2026-02** — Highlighted agentic AI push and general availability of Sana-based capabilities; 1.7 billion AI actions delivered in FY2026.
- **2025** — Closed acquisitions of Paradox (conversational hiring) and Sana (AI-native knowledge/learning).

## Links

- Website: https://www.workday.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workday
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Workday
- GitHub: https://github.com/Workday
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/workday
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workday
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workday

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Last updated: 2026-07-16