Workday and Google Cloud have announced an expanded strategic partnership aimed at bringing AI-powered HR and finance workflows directly into the tools employees already use daily. The collaboration combines Workday’s Agent System of Record (ASOR), Sana agents and Workday Data Cloud with Google Cloud’s Gemini models and enterprise AI infrastructure to create a unified environment for enterprise AI agents.
The partnership focuses on enabling AI agents from Workday, Google Cloud and third-party providers to securely collaborate across HR and finance workflows with integrated governance, security and policy controls.
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The expanded partnership integrates Workday’s Sana Self-Service Agent directly into Gemini Enterprise, allowing employees to access HR and finance information conversationally within a single AI interface.
According to the companies, users can ask questions through Gemini Enterprise and receive personalized responses powered by Workday data while maintaining existing business rules, approvals and security permissions.
The collaboration is designed to reduce friction caused by navigating multiple enterprise applications while improving access to HR and finance workflows.
"Our customers want HR and finance at their fingertips, not scattered across a dozen applications," said Gerrit Kazmaier, president, product and technology, Workday. "Together with Google Cloud, we're putting the answers and actions people need where they already work, backed by the security, rules, and approvals inherent to Workday."
"This partnership significantly expands integrations between Google Cloud and Workday in order to make AI agents more useful and accessible across the enterprise," said Karthik Narain, chief product and business officer at Google Cloud. "From the model layer to the platform layer, Gemini and Google Cloud will now underpin some of the most critical and common workflows in human resources and finance departments globally, so employees can get faster, more accurate answers, streamline repetitive tasks, and ultimately focus on the work that matters most."
As part of the expanded partnership, Gemini becomes the default AI model powering Sana for Workday.
The companies stated that Gemini’s advanced reasoning, multilingual capabilities and multimodal support will strengthen HR and finance interactions managed through Workday’s AI agents.
Sana for Workday enables employees, managers, CHROs and CFOs to access self-service workflows, approvals and enterprise information through conversational AI experiences.
Use cases highlighted by Workday and Google Cloud include:
The partnership also supports Agent-to-Agent (A2A), Agent-to-UI (A2UI) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) frameworks, enabling AI agents to share information and autonomously coordinate tasks across enterprise workflows.
Workday and Google Cloud are also expanding integration between Workday Data Cloud and Google Cloud Lakehouse through zero-copy data sharing technology.
According to the companies, this architecture allows organizations to analyze HR and finance data securely without moving or duplicating underlying information. Business rules, permissions and governance controls remain enforced within existing environments.
The integration enables organizations to combine Workday operational data with broader enterprise datasets for faster analytics, financial risk analysis and AI-driven workflow automation.
The companies also stated that Gemini Enterprise agents will support conversational analytics, allowing users to interact with enterprise data through natural language queries.
Workday and Google Cloud said they are collaborating with global system integrators including Accenture, Deloitte and KPMG to accelerate enterprise deployment of agentic AI workflows.
The partners will help organizations identify high-impact use cases spanning HR operations, finance management and workflow automation.
"At Accenture, our people power our business and we believe that great talent drives great outcomes for our clients," said Colin Anderson, COO of HR at Accenture. "This expanded partnership between Workday and Google Cloud will allow us to bring the best of Workday and Google together to accelerate how we reinvent HR for ourselves, as well as our clients."
"Enterprise leaders are telling us they need AI that is interoperable, secure, and immediately actionable," said Brian Anderson, Workday practice leader, KPMG. "With Gemini Enterprise powering Sana agents, KPMG is uniquely positioned to help organizations integrate these powerful multi-agent ecosystems. Whether we are deploying the Financial Close Companion to streamline monthly reporting or transforming day-to-day HR self-service, this partnership enables us to deliver the true impact of agentic AI directly into our clients' daily workflows."
Sana Self-Service Agent in Gemini Enterprise is available today in early access for eligible Workday customers.
Workday Data Cloud is available to early adopter customers now and will become generally available later this year.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud offers a powerful, optimized AI stack — including AI infrastructure, leading models like Gemini, data management capabilities, multicloud security solutions, developer tools and platform, as well as agents and applications — that enables organizations to transform their business for the Agentic Era. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.
About Workday
Workday operates at the heart of the enterprise – HR, finance, and IT – where the margin for error is effectively zero. By tightly coupling AI with the context, guardrails, and trusted processes that run the business, Workday goes beyond AI that assists with work to agents that are capable of driving measurable outcomes. More than 11,500 organizations worldwide, including more than 65% of the Fortune 500, trust Workday to deliver. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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