How the Workday Acquisitions of Flowise AI and Paradox Simplify HR and Finance

 

09.23.2025 | Technical Articles

 

How can business leaders make AI more accessible? If you’ve followed Workday, you can tell that question has been on their minds for years. Workday has done the following in the last few years:

• Integrated generative AI capabilities into their platform to streamline finance and HR processes
• Launched Workday Illuminate, their own AI model to fuel billions of business transactions
• Introduced Agent System of Record (ASOR) to provide Workday and third-party AI agents to autonomously solve problems

Now, they are taking that commitment to innovation a step further with their recent acquisitions of Flowise AI and Paradox. Discover how these new AI features are further transforming customers’ HR, recruiting, and finance capabilities.

How Flowise AI Improves Workday Workflows

Flowise AI is a low-code platform designed to help non-technical professionals build AI agents like assembling a LEGO set. With a visual and intuitive interface that is easy to navigate, users are given the ability to iterate fast as they guide AI agents from idea to production.

Since their launch, Flowise AI has processed millions of chats and workflows, catching the attention of customers across industries as well as Workday. Peter Bailis, Chief Technology Officer, Workday, had this to say about the acquisition:

“By bringing Flowise into Workday and investing in its open-source foundation, we are empowering our customers and partners to build and deploy their own AI agents on Workday. Flowise’s powerful platform makes this process simple, intuitive, and transparent.”

As a result, Workday users are able to safely design, launch, and manage AI agents that enhance their HR and finance workflows. This builds upon the streamlined no-code/low-code tools available through Workday Orchestrate, providing the ability to:

• Build multi-agent systems where workflow orchestrations are distributed across coordinated agents
• Create chat assistants that can support tool calling and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) processes from various data sources
• Establish human-in-the-loop checkpoints that encourage people to authorize or reject the actions of AI agents
• Integrate applications using APIs, embedded widgets, and SDKs

Best of all, Workday has reinforced their commitment to customization, transparency, and responsibility in their Flowise AI integration. Customers can take confidence that their agents will function with security and accountability.

How Paradox Enhances the Job Candidate Experience

Paradox is an AI-powered talent platform, simplifying each stage of the job application journey for frontline teams, back-office staff, and candidates. Bringing Paradox into Workday has allowed organizations to unlock better candidate experiences at scale. Recruiting and hiring teams can reduce their time spent on impersonal tasks and maximize time that builds relationships with people.

Gerrit Kazmaier, President, Product & Technology, Workday had this to say about acquiring Paradox:

“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.”

The Paradox AI agent can improve application processes in real time with a variety of capabilities:

• Delivering conversational AI recruiting that engages candidates instantly with 24/7 chat support and self-scheduling capabilities
• Accelerating high-volume hiring with automated workflows that reduce time-to-hire from weeks to just days
• Providing realistic job previews and streamlined onboarding to improve candidate retention and satisfaction
• Connecting seamlessly with Workday Recruiting and HiredScore to create a unified, end-to-end talent acquisition ecosystem

The biggest value is creating a unified and intelligent platform for attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent. Customers can be confident that hiring processes will be faster, more engaging, and more efficient without losing the human touch.

Staying Up to Date with the Latest AI Features

The rapid pace of AI innovation makes it essential for HR and finance leaders to stay informed about what’s available today and what’s coming next from Workday. Staying ahead ensures your organization can adopt new features before competitors, strengthen employee engagement, and maximize ROI on your Workday investment.

Keeping track of acquisitions like Flowise and Paradox, exploring the full capabilities of the ASOR, and turning them into genuine business value can be time-consuming and complex. Often, it’s not just a plug-and-play process. Organizations need the right partner to integrate these AI features into their Workday client fast.

That’s why partnering with Workday implementation experts is essential. By working with Agilysis, you gain access to an international team of specialists who know how to anticipate challenges, streamline adoption, and unlock the full potential of every new AI feature. From planning to implementation to optimization, our team ensures that you maximize every new AI capability without adding complexity.

Ready to unlock the full potential of Flowise AI, Paradox, and the growing AI ecosystem in Workday? Let’s explore how we can help you maximize business outcomes and accelerate ROI.

 

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