Workday has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, the AI-driven candidate experience platform known for its conversational recruiting assistant Olivia. With Paradox, Workday aims to deliver a fully AI-powered talent acquisition suite that supports every type of worker — from frontline

Brainbase Labs launched Kafka Workforce, an enterprise platform on AWS that lets companies onboard highly-specialized AI employees—in under an hour via natural language. Each AI worker has its own computer, persistent storage, browser, terminal, access to 1,000+ apps, and can be reached by email,

Dayforce, a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, has announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo in an all-cash deal valued at US$12.3 billion. Under the agreement, Dayforce shareholders will receive US$70 per share, a 32% premium to its unaffected price. Th

UKG, a global leader in AI-first HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions, has appointed Jim Joudrey as Chief Technology Officer. With over two decades of experience at Amazon, Salesforce, and AWS, Joudrey will lead UKG’s 4,000+ engineering and cloud team to accelerate innovation and expand

hireEZ appointed Dr. Tianlong Chen (UNC Chapel Hill) as Chief AI Scientist to lead the hireEZ AI Lab and accelerate its Agentic AI roadmap. Building on hireEZ’s early AI-sourcing work (since 2016) and its all-in-one platform, the new research group will convert cutting-edge work on reliable, effic

Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Dayforce Inc. in a deal valued at more than $11 billion, potentially taking the HR software provider private. Despite strong revenue growth and improving profitability, Dayforce has struggled in public markets, losing 60% of its value since 2021. The acqui

Upwork Inc. has launched Lifted, a wholly owned subsidiary designed to help enterprises manage the full spectrum of contingent workforce needs, including independent contractors, AOR, EOR, staff augmentation, and SOW engagements. Built on recent acquisitions of Bubty and Ascen, Lifted integrates sou

Workday and DailyPay have announced a strategic partnership to provide on-demand pay solutions for millions of workers across the U.S. and Canada. The integration with Workday HCM and Payroll will allow employees, particularly frontline and hourly workers, to access their earned wages in real time,

Deel has launched its AI Workforce, a new platform feature designed to help global HR and payroll teams manage administrative workloads through AI-powered agents. With seven specialized AI agents for functions like hiring, payroll, compliance, time-off requests, and offboarding, Deel aims to reduce

Workday confirmed a security incident in which attackers accessed a third-party customer relationship database and stole personal contact information (names, emails, phone numbers). Workday says there’s no indication of access to customer tenants or HR records. The breach aligns with a broader wav