3 minute read | August.21.2025
Workday, Inc., the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, a candidate experience agent that uses conversational AI to simplify every step of the job application journey, for U.S. $1 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
Orrick advised Workday.
The addition of Paradox will give Workday an AI-powered talent acquisition suite to help customers more efficiently find, hire, and onboard every type of worker – from the frontline to the back office – for every type of work, from full-time, to contingent.
The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500.
Launched in 2016, Paradox built the first conversational recruiting platform – driven by its AI assistant Olivia – to help recruiting and hiring teams spend more time with people and less time with software. Serving global clients with hiring needs across frontline high-volume hourly and high-skilled professional roles, Paradox's AI assistant does the work talent teams don't have time for.
“Hiring is one of the most critical moments in the employee experience, yet too often it’s slowed down by outdated processes and disconnected tools,” said Gerrit Kazmaier, President, Product & Technology, Workday. “By bringing Paradox’s candidate experience agent into Workday, we’re giving organizations a smarter, faster, and more human way to connect with candidates. Together, we’ll help our customers move from transactional recruiting to transformative hiring that delivers the right talent, in less time, and with a better experience for everyone.”
From AI-driven talent discovery and matching with HiredScore, to AI-powered candidate conversations with Paradox, to streamlined hiring and onboarding in Workday Recruiting, Workday is uniquely positioned to help organizations attract, engage, and retain top talent in one unified, intelligent platform.
Ramy Shweiky and Matthew Gemello led the team that advised Workday. The team also included Jamie Baroff, Debbie Chen, Susana Min, Catherine Conners, Charlie Kauffman, Sarah Schaedler, Allen Babajanian, Jose Lamarque, Kristen Mationg, Juliano Banuelos, Taylor Ball, Sharon Zhou, Julie Totten, Christina Bouchot, Emma Zarb, Chanani Sandler, Alexandra Kleemann, Eric Wall, Kimberly Loocke, Craig Falls, Victoria Newbold, Danielle Mangogna, Neetu Ahlawat, Matthew Coleman, Carly Owens, Jeanine McGuinness and Evgeniya Shakina.