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Accenture launches Workday engineering programme for agentic AI - DQ
HCM Technology

Accenture launches Workday engineering programme for agentic AI - DQ

Accenture has reportedly launched an engineering programme aimed at embedding agentic AI capabilities into the Workday platform. The move signals a push to bring autonomous, agent-driven workflow automation to one of the enterprise HCM market's most widely deployed systems. Programme specifics — including scope, participating clients, and go-live timelines — have not been disclosed.

Oct 14, 2026
Workday expands agentic AI automation for HR teams - TechTarget
HCM Platforms

Workday expands agentic AI automation for HR teams - TechTarget

Workday is reportedly expanding its agentic AI capabilities designed for HR teams, according to TechTarget. The move signals a deeper push by the HCM giant to deploy autonomous agents that can execute multi-step people-operations workflows — from recruiting to employee lifecycle management — with minimal human intervention.

Oct 13, 2026
Workday brings autopilots to hiring, payroll in autonomous AI bet
Agentic AI

Workday brings autopilots to hiring, payroll in autonomous AI bet

Workday has announced a suite of autonomous 'autopilot' AI agents for hiring, payroll, and accounting — marking a strategic pivot from prompt-driven AI assistants to proactive agents that can initiate and complete tasks independently, with customer-configured guardrails.

Oct 13, 2026
Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments - SiliconANGLE
HR Technology

Ema raises $77M in funding to deploy AI employees across enterprise HR, IT and finance departments - SiliconANGLE

Ema has secured $77M in new funding to scale its agentic AI platform, which deploys autonomous agents as so-called 'AI employees' across enterprise HR, IT, and finance functions. The raise underscores surging investor interest in digital-workforce automation and puts HR leaders on notice that AI-agent governance is becoming an urgent boardroom priority.

Sep 23, 2026
Company News

ICIMS Unveils Coalesce AI and New Brand Identity, Doubling Down on Responsible AI for Enterprise Hiring

iCIMS unveiled a new brand identity and introduced ICIMS Coalesce AI, its unified enterprise AI layer embedded across the platform. Serving 4,400+ companies in 200 countries, iCIMS emphasizes responsible AI, governance and human oversight a

Mar 3, 2026
Venture Capital

11x Raises a $50 Million Series B Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Accelerate the Era of Digital Workers

11x , a pioneering AI company specializing in autonomous digital workers for revenue teams, recently secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. This investment supports 11x’s mission to redefine sales and Go-to-Mark

Nov 12, 2024
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