Workday, Inc.

Workday, Inc. builds cloud-based enterprise applications for managing people and finances, covering hiring, payroll, financial planning and analytics within a single system. Founded in 2005, the company has been built on cloud delivery from the start, a choice it attributes to a belief in flexibility and adaptability. Its software serves millions of employees worldwide, and the firm employs more than 20,000 people.

The technical work spans cloud computing, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, analytics, HR technology and financial planning software. A current focus is the addition of AI-powered capabilities to the platform, developed with an explicit aim of augmenting human judgment rather than replacing it. Workday's cloud applications bring HR, finance and planning functions together in one system rather than as separate products.

Workday operates across the human resources, finance, enterprise software and IT sectors. The company states that many team members have professional backgrounds in HR, finance or IT, which it says informs how they approach customer problems. Its founding philosophy places people at the centre of enterprise software, with a stated aim of making work better for employees worldwide.