Workday will acquire Pipedream, an integration platform known for its large catalogue of more than 3,000 pre-built connectors used to link AI agents with popular business applications. The deal is designed to strengthen Workday’s ability to extend AI-driven workflows across both its own system and a wide range of third-party tools.
Workday has positioned itself as a core system of record for workforce and financial data, giving companies a detailed view of organizational structures, approval processes, security models and governance policies. That contextual layer underpins Workday’s approach to enterprise AI, enabling its agents to operate within established compliance and permission frameworks.
Pipedream is expected to broaden that foundation by providing connectivity to widely used applications such as Asana, HubSpot, Jira, Recurly and Slack. The combined capabilities will allow enterprises to bring external data and workflows into Workday while also enabling Workday-based agents to take action in the external tools employees use daily. In practice, this could support end-to-end task automation — for example, enabling an AI agent to gather project details from Jira, request feedback through Slack and update records in Workday as part of a performance review cycle.
The acquisition aligns with Workday’s strategy to build an end-to-end platform for developing enterprise AI agents that can understand business context and execute multi-system workflows. It follows recent purchases of Sana and Flowise, which added capabilities in knowledge intelligence and agent orchestration. Pipedream contributes the connectivity layer required to turn insights into executable actions across enterprise environments.
Workday also expects to benefit from Pipedream’s active builder community, which frequently contributes new connectors. Together with Flowise’s open-source ecosystem, Workday aims to accelerate extension, customization and innovation across its AI platform.
The transaction is expected to close by January 31, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Orrick is serving as legal advisor to Workday. Gunderson is advising Pipedream, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as Pipedream’s financial advisor.
Gabe Monroy, Senior Vice President, Platform, Products and Technology at Workday, said: "The ultimate promise of enterprise AI is not just insights, but action. With Pipedream, AI agents will securely connect to major enterprise systems, enabling them to retrieve data and execute tasks. Workday will be the connected system for customers to plan, orchestrate, and execute work— marking a significant advancement for actionable AI."
Tod Sacerdoti, Founder and CEO of Pipedream, said: "We founded Pipedream to help people work faster and with far less complexity with AI, and we're proud of the more than 5,000 customers and tens of thousands of users of Pipedream. Joining Workday allows us to bring that simplicity to more than 11,000 organizations around the world, unlocking AI-powered workflows that make work dramatically easier."