Workday announced it is acquiring C1, described in the source as a leading agentic identity platform. The deal stage is announced; terms have not been disclosed in the sources, and no purchase price is stated.
The announcement was reported on October 13, 2026, in a LinkedIn post listing items from the #wdayrising keynote. The same post also lists a partnership between Workday and Anthropic, the launch of Autopilot Agents for HR, Finance and IT, a new Workday Home described as a dynamic agentic experience, a new Candidate Profile across Workday customers, headless access to Workday via a trusted agent platform, bringing Sana to where employees work including Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Slack and Teams, decision intelligence for HR and finance, and Work Intelligence to help customers design work for AI.
No further details about C1, the rationale for the acquisition, its financing, expected closing, or any advisers were provided in the source material.