Why Workday Acquired Agentic Identity Platform C1.AI
Workday's Aneel Bhusri and C1.ai's Alex Bovee explore how the acquisition will govern AI agent access and identity across the enterprise
TL;DR
- Workday is acquiring C1.ai to establish an enterprise identity governance layer.
- The acquisition will allow Workday to manage access for employees, financial workflows, and AI agents.
- C1.ai provides real-time access orchestration and runtime enforcement for AI agents.
- The deal aims to accelerate AI adoption, security, and governance in the enterprise.
- 95% of large US companies use autonomous AI agents, but only 21% have mature governance for them.
- The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Workday's fiscal year 2027.