Workday entered a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, a candidate experience platform powered by conversational AI. Paradox's AI simplifies the entire job application journey, focusing on high-volume frontline industries and delivering personalized, high-touch candidate interactions with instant responses, self-scheduling, and 24/7 support. Workday intends to integrate Paradox into its talent acquisition suite to help customers more efficiently find, hire, and onboard frontline and office workers across full-time and contingent roles. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal is expected to close in Workday's fiscal Q3 2026 (ending October 31, 2025), subject to customary conditions and approvals.
"By bringing Paradox's candidate experience AI agent into Workday, we're giving organizations a smarter, faster, and more engaging way to connect with candidates,"
"Together, we'll help our customers move from transactional recruiting to transformative hiring that helps deliver talent, in less time, and with a better experience for everyone."
Paradox's platform has been designed to drive candidate experience efficiencies at scale by providing every candidate with a personalized, high-touch interaction using AI. Applicants receive instant responses, self-scheduling capabilities, alongside around-the-clock support as they navigate the recruitment process, while organizations can more efficiently fill high-volume roles. According to Paradox, the platform has powered more than 189 million AI-assisted candidate conversations and enabled candidate conversion rates of over 70%, reducing time-to-hire to as low as three-and-a-half days.
Upon completion, Workday said the talent acquisition suite will now help its customers more efficiently find, hire, and onboard all worker types, whether frontline or office staff, and across full-time and contingent roles. Financial terms were not disclosed but the deal is set to close in the third quarter of Workday's fiscal year 2026, which ends on October 31st 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
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