Workday Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sana – Sep 16, 2025 (investor.workday.com)

Workday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sana for approximately $1.1 billion, a deal expected to close in Workday’s fiscal Q4 2026 (ending Jan 31, 2026). Sana — known for Sana Learn and Sana Agents and used by over a million users — will remain an active product line inside Workday while its AI search, agent platform and learning tools are folded into Workday’s enterprise platform. Workday says the acquisition will make its suite the “new front door for work,” surfacing knowledge, data, actions and learning together for an installed base claimed at 75 million users by Sana’s CEO. Technically, the combined product will offer cross-source, AI-powered search across Workday, Google Drive, SharePoint and Office365; no-code agent building to automate end-to-end workflows; proactive assistants that summarize insights, create presentations/courses/dashboards from internal knowledge, and act on users’ behalf; and a Workday Agent System of Record to enforce security and compliance. Workday will also augment Workday Learning and Talent Optimization with Sana’s AI-native content generation and personalized tutoring. Customers report large efficiency gains from Sana (examples: up to 95% time savings, 275% learning engagement), underscoring enterprise ROI claims. The deal accelerates enterprise AI adoption and raises governance, data-privacy and competitive dynamics questions as Workday extends beyond HR/Finance into a contextual AI interface for work.