{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"164708","rtpr_id":"nPn3t3ZPba-20261008","ticker":"WDAY","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["WDAY"],"title":"Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-08T18:03:48.798Z","article_body":"Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors\nPR Newswire\n\nPLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026\n\nPLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc.\n(https://www.workday.com/en-us/homepage.html) (NASDAQ: WDAY), the agentic\nplatform for HR, finance, and IT, today announced it was named as a Market\nShaper in the inaugural Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant (eMQ) for AI Agents\nin Human Resources\n(https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-ai-agents-hr/form.html)\n.\n\nWith Workday agents, organizations can speed up frontline hiring, cut case\nvolumes, and resolve payroll issues in minutes instead of weeks, freeing HR\nteams to focus on strategic work, giving managers more time back to lead their\nteams, and lifting productivity across the workforce.\n\nWorkday agents are designed to anticipate what needs attention, advise on the\nbest next step, and act to get work done, all within the policies,\npermissions, and business processes organizations already rely on. In HR, that\nmeans support across the full employee lifecycle, helping move candidates\nthrough hiring, answering employee questions, and finding missing payroll\ninformation before it creates a problem. These agents work together behind the\nscenes so employees and HR teams always have one simple place to ask for help.\nThe results are fewer routine questions landing in HR's support queue, more\ntime for managers to spend managing their people instead of paperwork, and a\nmeasurable productivity lift across the entire workforce.\n\n\"In HR, the margin for error is effectively zero,\" said Max Wessel, senior\nvice president of product at Workday. \"That's why Workday agents are built to\nanticipate what needs attention, recommend the right action, and act —\nacross hiring, payroll, and talent — within the customer's policies and\napprovals HR teams already rely on.\"\n\nAutomation Inside the Guardrails Organizations Already Trust\n\nWorkday's agents are lawful by design. They inherit the same policies,\npermissions, and approval chains already governing recruiting, payroll, and\ntalent processes, so they can anticipate what needs attention, recommend the\nright action, and act within those guardrails, with a human always in the\nloop. This is Workday's broader vision for agentic HR: connecting every stage\nof the employee lifecycle, from hiring to development to retirement, into a\nsingle AI-powered system built for trust, transparency, and scale. By\nautomating routine and repetitive work, Workday agents give HR teams back the\ntime to focus on strategic priorities, like talent strategy and workforce\nplanning, rather than case management.\n\nDelivering Measurable Customer Outcomes\n\nThese results show that agentic HR isn't only about speed — it's about\ngiving HR teams the accuracy and trust to act with confidence. With Workday\nagents for HR, customers have been able to:\n\n * Automate 95% of frontline hiring, cutting time-to-hire by 70%, giving store\nmanagers significant time back each year to use towards operations.\n * Surface relevant internal hiring leads to recruiters, resulting in a 15%\nincrease in internal hires.\n * Resolve complex payroll questions in under a minute — work that used to take\nfar longer.\nFor More Information\n\n * Read a complimentary copy of the Gartner report on the\nWorkday website\n(https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-ai-agents-hr/form.html)\n\n.\n * Read more about\nWorkday's vision for agentic HR\n(https://www.workday.com/en-us/perspectives/hr/agentic-hr-new-work-day-has-begun.html)\n\n.\nGartner Disclaimer\n\nGartner Report, Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources —\nEstablished Vendors, By y Ranadip Chandra, Eser Rizaoglu, September 2026.\n\nGartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.\n\nGartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its\nresearch publications, and does not advise technology users to select only\nthose vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research\npublications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and\nshould not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all\nwarranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any\nwarranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.\n\nAbout Workday\nWorkday (https://www.workday.com/en-us/homepage.html)  operates at the heart\nof the enterprise – HR, finance, and IT – where the margin for error is\neffectively zero. By tightly coupling AI with the context, guardrails, and\ntrusted processes that run the business, Workday goes beyond AI that assists\nwork to agents that are capable of driving measurable outcomes. More than\n11,500 organizations worldwide, including more than 65% of the Fortune 500,\ntrust Workday to deliver. For more information about Workday, visit\nworkday.com (http://workday.com/) .\n\n© 2026 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are\ntrademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks\nor registered trademarks of their respective holders.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other\nthings, statements regarding Workday's plans, beliefs, and expectations. These\nforward-looking statements are based only on currently available information\nand our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions. Because\nforward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent\nrisks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that are\ndifficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. If the\nrisks materialize, assumptions prove incorrect, or we experience unexpected\nchanges in circumstances, actual results could differ materially from the\nresults implied by these forward-looking statements, and therefore you should\nnot rely on any forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited\nto, risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission\n(\"SEC\"), including our most recent report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K and other\nreports that we have filed and will file with the SEC from time to time, which\ncould cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no\nobligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such\nforward-looking statements after the date of this release, except as required\nby law.\n\nAny unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document,\nour website, or other press releases or public statements that are not\ncurrently available are subject to change at Workday's discretion and may not\nbe delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services\nshould make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and\nfunctions that are currently available.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/workday-named-as-a-market-shaper-in-the-2026-gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-for-ai-agents-in-human-resources--established-vendors-302902835.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/workday-named-as-a-market-shaper-in-the-2026-gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-for-ai-agents-in-human-resources--established-vendors-302902835.html)\n\nSOURCE Workday Inc.\n\n\n\nFor further information: Investor Relations: ir@workday.com; Media Inquiries: media@workday.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1321030/Workday-Logo-1.jpg?id=OA2995499\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn3t3ZPba-20261008","title":"Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"WDAY","created":"2026-10-08T18:03:48.798Z","tickers":["WDAY"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors\nPR Newswire\n\nPLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026\n\nPLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc.\n(https://www.workday.com/en-us/homepage.html) (NASDAQ: WDAY), the agentic\nplatform for HR, finance, and IT, today announced it was named as a Market\nShaper in the inaugural Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant (eMQ) for AI Agents\nin Human Resources\n(https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-ai-agents-hr/form.html)\n.\n\nWith Workday agents, organizations can speed up frontline hiring, cut case\nvolumes, and resolve payroll issues in minutes instead of weeks, freeing HR\nteams to focus on strategic work, giving managers more time back to lead their\nteams, and lifting productivity across the workforce.\n\nWorkday agents are designed to anticipate what needs attention, advise on the\nbest next step, and act to get work done, all within the policies,\npermissions, and business processes organizations already rely on. In HR, that\nmeans support across the full employee lifecycle, helping move candidates\nthrough hiring, answering employee questions, and finding missing payroll\ninformation before it creates a problem. These agents work together behind the\nscenes so employees and HR teams always have one simple place to ask for help.\nThe results are fewer routine questions landing in HR's support queue, more\ntime for managers to spend managing their people instead of paperwork, and a\nmeasurable productivity lift across the entire workforce.\n\n\"In HR, the margin for error is effectively zero,\" said Max Wessel, senior\nvice president of product at Workday. \"That's why Workday agents are built to\nanticipate what needs attention, recommend the right action, and act —\nacross hiring, payroll, and talent — within the customer's policies and\napprovals HR teams already rely on.\"\n\nAutomation Inside the Guardrails Organizations Already Trust\n\nWorkday's agents are lawful by design. They inherit the same policies,\npermissions, and approval chains already governing recruiting, payroll, and\ntalent processes, so they can anticipate what needs attention, recommend the\nright action, and act within those guardrails, with a human always in the\nloop. This is Workday's broader vision for agentic HR: connecting every stage\nof the employee lifecycle, from hiring to development to retirement, into a\nsingle AI-powered system built for trust, transparency, and scale. By\nautomating routine and repetitive work, Workday agents give HR teams back the\ntime to focus on strategic priorities, like talent strategy and workforce\nplanning, rather than case management.\n\nDelivering Measurable Customer Outcomes\n\nThese results show that agentic HR isn't only about speed — it's about\ngiving HR teams the accuracy and trust to act with confidence. With Workday\nagents for HR, customers have been able to:\n\n * Automate 95% of frontline hiring, cutting time-to-hire by 70%, giving store\nmanagers significant time back each year to use towards operations.\n * Surface relevant internal hiring leads to recruiters, resulting in a 15%\nincrease in internal hires.\n * Resolve complex payroll questions in under a minute — work that used to take\nfar longer.\nFor More Information\n\n * Read a complimentary copy of the Gartner report on the\nWorkday website\n(https://forms.workday.com/en-us/reports/gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-ai-agents-hr/form.html)\n\n.\n * Read more about\nWorkday's vision for agentic HR\n(https://www.workday.com/en-us/perspectives/hr/agentic-hr-new-work-day-has-begun.html)\n\n.\nGartner Disclaimer\n\nGartner Report, Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources —\nEstablished Vendors, By y Ranadip Chandra, Eser Rizaoglu, September 2026.\n\nGartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.\n\nGartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its\nresearch publications, and does not advise technology users to select only\nthose vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research\npublications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and\nshould not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all\nwarranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any\nwarranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.\n\nAbout Workday\nWorkday (https://www.workday.com/en-us/homepage.html)  operates at the heart\nof the enterprise – HR, finance, and IT – where the margin for error is\neffectively zero. By tightly coupling AI with the context, guardrails, and\ntrusted processes that run the business, Workday goes beyond AI that assists\nwork to agents that are capable of driving measurable outcomes. More than\n11,500 organizations worldwide, including more than 65% of the Fortune 500,\ntrust Workday to deliver. For more information about Workday, visit\nworkday.com (http://workday.com/) .\n\n© 2026 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are\ntrademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks\nor registered trademarks of their respective holders.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other\nthings, statements regarding Workday's plans, beliefs, and expectations. These\nforward-looking statements are based only on currently available information\nand our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions. Because\nforward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent\nrisks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that are\ndifficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. If the\nrisks materialize, assumptions prove incorrect, or we experience unexpected\nchanges in circumstances, actual results could differ materially from the\nresults implied by these forward-looking statements, and therefore you should\nnot rely on any forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited\nto, risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission\n(\"SEC\"), including our most recent report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K and other\nreports that we have filed and will file with the SEC from time to time, which\ncould cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no\nobligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such\nforward-looking statements after the date of this release, except as required\nby law.\n\nAny unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document,\nour website, or other press releases or public statements that are not\ncurrently available are subject to change at Workday's discretion and may not\nbe delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services\nshould make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and\nfunctions that are currently available.\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/workday-named-as-a-market-shaper-in-the-2026-gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-for-ai-agents-in-human-resources--established-vendors-302902835.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/workday-named-as-a-market-shaper-in-the-2026-gartner-emerging-market-quadrant-for-ai-agents-in-human-resources--established-vendors-302902835.html)\n\nSOURCE Workday Inc.\n\n\n\nFor further information: Investor Relations: ir@workday.com; Media Inquiries: media@workday.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1321030/Workday-Logo-1.jpg?id=OA2995499\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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