Workday and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to embed Workday AI agents for human resources and finance into Gemini Enterprise, placing Workday's Sana Self-Service Agent inside Google Cloud's workplace AI service.
The integration lets employees and managers complete HR and finance tasks in Gemini Enterprise, with answers and actions drawn from Workday systems. Existing Workday policies, permissions and approval rules apply to those interactions.
Users will be able to ask for information such as time-off balances, payslips and tax withholding details, update personal records, and request leave through a conversational interface. Managers will also be able to review team goals, approve timesheets in bulk, start performance reviews and submit payroll input without leaving the AI environment.
For finance teams, the integration covers questions about travel and expense policies, corporate card eligibility, and guided help for creating requests or opening cases. The aim is to bring routine HR and finance work into the tools employees already use, rather than requiring them to switch between multiple applications.
As part of the agreement, Gemini will become the default AI model in Sana for Workday. Users of Sana for Workday will rely on Google's model by default when asking questions, triggering workflows, and working with Workday agents, although customers can still choose a different model if needed.
The partnership also includes a broader data link. Workday Data Cloud will connect to Google Cloud's data environment via zero-copy technology, enabling customers to query data across both systems without moving or duplicating it.
The approach is intended to enable organisations to combine HR and finance data from Workday with other business information while maintaining controls where the data already resides. It could support analysis of business trends and financial risk, as well as conversational analytics through agents in Gemini Enterprise.
Partner ecosystem
Workday and Google Cloud are also working with consulting firms, including Accenture, Deloitte and KPMG, to support joint customers using the technology. Those firms will help with governance, technical integration and business process work across departments and systems.
Alphabet also plans to use the partnership internally by building a custom Workday agent on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for Workday administrators. The agent is intended to streamline internal workflows for Workday system administration.
Gerrit Kazmaier, President of Product and Technology at Workday, outlined the rationale for the move.
"Our customers want HR and finance at their fingertips, not scattered across a dozen applications. Together with Google Cloud, we're putting the answers and actions people need where they already work, backed by the security, rules, and approvals inherent to Workday," said Kazmaier.
The agreement deepens the companies' existing relationship by extending integration across both the model and platform layers. It focuses on common HR and finance tasks, where questions often involve sensitive records, approval chains and policy rules.
"From the model layer to the platform layer, Gemini and Google Cloud will now underpin some of the most critical and common workflows in human resources and finance departments globally, so employees can get faster, more accurate answers, streamline repetitive tasks, and ultimately focus on the work that matters most," said Karthik Narain, Chief Product and Business Officer at Google Cloud.
The partnership reflects broader competition among software and cloud providers to embed AI agents within day-to-day business systems rather than treating them as stand-alone assistants. HR and finance have become early targets because they combine repetitive tasks with large volumes of structured company data and tightly defined approval processes.
Consulting firms involved in the project also see demand from customers seeking AI systems that can integrate with multiple tools while remaining subject to corporate controls. One participating adviser said the expanded tie-up could help organisations connect multiple agents within a single workflow.
"At Accenture, our people power our business and we believe that great talent drives great outcomes for our clients. This expanded partnership between Workday and Google Cloud will allow us to bring the best of Workday and Google together to accelerate how we reinvent HR for ourselves, as well as our clients," said Colin Anderson, COO of HR at Accenture.
"Enterprise leaders are telling us they need AI that is interoperable, secure, and immediately actionable. With Gemini Enterprise powering Sana agents, KPMG is uniquely positioned to help organizations integrate these powerful multi-agent ecosystems. Whether we are deploying the Financial Close Companion to streamline monthly reporting or transforming day-to-day HR self-service, this partnership enables us to deliver the true impact of agentic AI directly into our clients' daily workflows," said Brian Anderson, Workday Practise Leader at KPMG.
Workday said the Sana Self-Service Agent in Gemini Enterprise is available in early access to eligible customers, while Workday Data Cloud is available to early-adopter customers.