Cloud-based enterprise management solutions provider Workday has launched a new wave of artificial intelligence agents, called Illuminate Agents, designed to help businesses speed up the hiring processes, improve frontline worker experiences, streamline complex financial processes, and enable their employees to find information quickly and easily.
“The key to unlocking real business value with AI is to actively reshape the very core of how businesses operate,” Gerrit Kazmaier, president of product and technology at Workday, said in a statement. “Workday is helping our 11,000-plus customers in that transformation by leveraging our deep HR and finance expertise to deliver agents that provide measurable business value and empower them to thrive in the future of work.”
“Data is a powerful catalyst for growth when it can be transformed into actionable intelligence,” added Shane Luke, vice president of Workday Illuminate, the company’s next-generation AI platform. “Our agents leverage the world’s most powerful HR and finance dataset to turn insights into impact—boosting productivity, enhancing compliance, and accelerating decision-making at every level.”
The new lineup of Illuminate Agents announced by Workday on May 19 include:
- Contingent Sourcing Agent: Accelerates temporary hiring by identifying talent open to contingent roles, streamlining screening, and enhancing applicant quality. (Available to early adopters by the end of 2025; general availability planned for early 2026)
- Contract Intelligence Agent: Enhances legal and business decision-making by rapidly reviewing contracts to identify risks, track key dates and fees, and provide ongoing analysis. (Now generally available)
- Contract Negotiation Agent: Expedites negotiations by drafting applicable contract language, detecting risks, and recommending revisions. (Now generally available)
- Document Driven Accounting Agent: Sets a new benchmark for accounting productivity by extracting data from documents to automate billing, invoicing, and accounting entries. (Available to early adopters by the end of 2025; general availability planned for early 2026)
- Frontline Agent: Saves frontline workers and managers time by enabling text-based absence reporting, quickly identifying qualified replacements, and helping to ensure compliance and accurate shift pay. (Available to early adopters by the end of 2025; general availability planned for early 2026)
- Self-Service Agent: Powers employee and manager self-service by providing instant answers to inquiries, assisting with complex tasks, and executing everyday actions on employees’ behalf. (Generally available by the end of 2025)
- Supplier Contracts Agent: Proactively reviews supplier contracts to identify obligations and opportunities, aligning procurement processes with contract terms. (Available to early adopters by the end of 2025; general availability planned for early 2026)
These new agents join Workday’s growing portfolio of agentic AI solutions, including the previously announced Business Process Optimize Agent, Financial Audit Agent, Payroll Agent, Recruiting Agent, and Talent Mobility Agent. Customers will be able to easily deploy and manage these agents through the Workday Agent System of Record. This central command center will enable IT and business leaders to maximize the impact of their agents and ensure they support their employees to drive measurable outcomes, the company said.
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