Workday Inc. has announced that Sana from Workday – superintelligence for work – is now available to customers worldwide.
This includes Sana for Workday, the new AI interface for Workday; Sana Self-Service Agent, which automates a broad range of HR and finance workflows; and Sana Enterprise, which unlocks Sana’s AI capabilities beyond Workday. With Sana Enterprise, agents can find, orchestrate, and automate work across not only Workday but all of the enterprise systems and applications employees use every day.
Sana from Workday addresses this challenge by embedding AI directly into core systems and processes. It does not just surface information but completes HR and finance tasks using the same security model, configuration, and policies companies already rely on, ensuring that answers and actions are grounded in the correct data and rules.
“AI only works in the enterprise when it is connected to trusted, deterministic systems, and that hybrid architecture is exactly what Workday is building,” said Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, CEO and Chairperson, Workday. “Sana is what brings it all together. It is not just a new Workday experience – it is a powerful way for people to search, reason, and orchestrate work across the enterprise.”
Unlike standalone assistants or copilots that primarily provide suggestions, Sana from Workday orchestrates AI agents that take action across systems. It enables users to find instant, cited answers from company knowledge and Workday data, execute tasks across connected systems based on enterprise permissions, build dashboards and documents from knowledge, and automate no-code, multi-step workflows that run in the background.
“Most AI projects today live in pilots and browser tabs – they look impressive in demonstrations, but they do not change how work actually gets done,” said Gerrit Kazmaier, President, Product and Technology, Workday. “With Sana from Workday, we are delivering a new way to get work done – where AI agents take action using trusted context, not just provide suggestions. Sana from Workday will be the last software you have to learn – a single experience where AI is embedded directly in the flow of work.”
Sana for Workday serves as a unified AI interface, giving CHROs, CFOs, managers, and employees a single place to ask questions, trigger workflows, and interact with Workday agents. It replaces traditional navigation with a conversational AI experience, transforming how employees engage with the platform.
Workday customers now have access to Sana Self-Service Agent, which provides instant summaries and personalised responses by understanding user context and intent. With more than 300 skills across areas such as pay, time, and absence, the agent is already handling everyday HR and finance tasks for customers worldwide, reducing support tickets and enabling HR teams to focus on higher-value work. Sana for Workday and Sana Self-Service Agent is available through Workday Flex Credits, with no additional licence or separate paywall.
Workday also introduced Sana Enterprise, extending the platform’s capabilities beyond Workday with integrations across tools such as Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Salesforce, and SharePoint, among others. These integrations allow employees to complete work across multiple systems within a single conversation, eliminating the need to navigate between applications.
“Sana is the closest thing we have to a superintelligent co-worker. It sees the full picture of your organisation in Workday, it knows which systems to engage, and it can coordinate the steps between them,” said Joel Hellermark, Senior Vice President and General Manager of AI, Workday. “Instead of dozens of tickets and handoffs, you ask for an outcome and Sana delivers it.”
Customers have already reported significant adoption and impact. Organisations have seen rapid uptake of Sana as their default AI interface, while others have transitioned from experimentation to making Sana the backbone of their workflows, enabling teams to focus on strategic priorities and customer outcomes. Sana for Workday and the Sana Self-Service Agent are now available to customers through Workday Flex Credits, while Sana Enterprise is available with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) or Workday Financial Management and through Workday Flex Credits.
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