Workday Announces 'Sana from Workday,' an AI that Advances Operations through Dialogue and Transforms the Nature of Work

This release is a Japanese summary based on the English release distributed by Workday Inc. (USA) on March 17, 2026 (local time). In the event of any discrepancy in content or interpretation, the English version shall take precedence.

Workday, Inc. (hereafter "Workday"), a provider of enterprise AI platforms for HR, Finance, and Agents, has announced "Sana* from Workday," an AI that enables company employees to advance business operations through natural dialogue, providing end-to-end support from information retrieval to decision-making and action execution. This is based on Workday's vision of Superintelligence (next-generation AI that unifies human decision-making and task execution). This will realize the efficiency and sophistication of daily operations in the HR and finance domains, supporting corporate business transformation.

* Sana is an AI company acquired by Workday in 2025, and its technology is integrated into this solution (see related release for details).

Today, many companies see various AI tools, including AI agents and copilots, disconnected from the workflows that actually support business and scattered across fragmented systems. This situation creates a challenge where many companies are not fully extracting the return on investment from AI. Furthermore, individually implemented AI tools often lack enterprise-level accuracy because they do not share the same data, compliance context, and business rules as core systems.

Sana from Workday completely refreshes this situation. Rather than being disconnected from business workflows, this solution embeds AI within the core systems and processes that support the business. Beyond simply presenting information, it enterprise...