Workday: agreement to acquire Paradox

Published: 2025-08-22 08:03:35 ET WDAY

Published on 08/22/2025 at 08:03 am EDT

Alongside its quarterly results, Workday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, an AI company that helps with recruitment, in a transaction whose financial terms were not disclosed.Paradox uses conversational AI to simplify every step of the application process, particularly for high-volume frontline industries, which employ nearly three billion workers worldwide, it explained.Paradox will provide Workday with an AI-powered talent acquisition suite to help customers more effectively find, hire, and onboard all types of workers for every type of work, from full-time to casual.The transaction is expected to close in Q3 (ending October) of Workday's 2025-26 fiscal year, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals.