Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors
PR Newswire•08/10/2026•14:03 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Workday named a Market Shaper in Gartner’s 2026 AI agents HR quadrant
- ➤Customers automated 95% of frontline hiring, cutting time-to-hire 70%
- ➤Internal hiring leads increased internal hires by 15%
- ➤Workday agents resolved complex payroll questions in under one minute
- ➤Workday serves more than 11,500 organizations worldwide, including over 65% of Fortune 500
Expert Statements
Max Wessel, Senior vice president of product at Workday
“In HR, the margin for error is effectively zero”
Max Wessel, Senior vice president of product at Workday
“That’s why Workday agents are built to anticipate what needs attention, recommend the right action, and act — across hiring, payroll, and talent — within the customer’s policies and approvals HR teams already rely on.”
Workday Named as a Market Shaper in the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Agents in Human Resources -- Established Vendors PR Newswire
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the agentic platform for HR, finance, and IT, today announced it was named as a Market Shaper in the inaugural Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant (eMQ) for AI Agents in Human Resources .
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