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Enterprise SaaSPleasanton, USAFounded 2005Founders: David Duffield, Aneel BhusriWebsite ↗See connections →

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  1. SAP Buys Belgian AI Workforce Startup TechWolfSAP agreed to acquire Belgian workforce-intelligence startup TechWolf on undisclosed terms, folding it into SAP SuccessFactors while keeping it as an independent unit in Ghent.→
  2. Workday's $43B Buyout Talk Doesn't Fix Its AI ProblemA reported $43B Silver Lake buyout wouldn't resolve what's actually pressuring Workday: AI agents eroding the per-seat pricing software valuations assume.→
  3. Metaview Raises $60M Series C For AI RecruitingMetaview Labs raised a $60 million Series C led by Insight Partners to expand its AI recruiting platform, betting that interview intelligence and hiring workflows are ready for heavy automation.→
  4. Ema Raises $77M As AI Agents Eat Enterprise SoftwareEma raised a $77 million Series B led by Creaegis, more than quadrupling its valuation since 2024, as its AI agent teams for HR, IT and finance report 180% net dollar retention and 50-fold revenue growth in two years.→
  5. Sapien Wants to Be the AI That Finds Your MarginSapien, a two-year-old AI startup that traces operational decisions to their effect on a company's profit and loss, raised new funding at a $180 million valuation led by Neo's Ali Partovi.→
  6. Salesforce Leads $166M Into HiBob at $3.2BThe HR platform crossed $400 million in annualized revenue before raising the largest round in its history, with Salesforce supplying most of the capital and Farallon returning.→
  7. ServiceNow's $7.75B Armis Deal Bucks 'Saaspocalypse' FearsServiceNow's stock fell 42% in early 2026 on fears AI agents would make enterprise software obsolete, but its $7.75B acquisition of cybersecurity startup Armis helped drive a 41% May rally and outperformance versus Salesforce and Workday.→
  8. Workday Surges 25% on Report of Silver Lake Buyout TalksWorkday shares had their best day in a decade after Reuters reported private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire the enterprise software maker, a deal that would be one of the largest software buyouts in years.→
  9. Lovable in Talks to Double Valuation to $13.2BAI coding startup Lovable is reportedly in talks to raise at a $13.2 billion valuation, double its December mark, with Menlo Ventures fresh off a $3 billion fund said to be leading.→
  10. Straiker Raises $64M Series A to Secure the Enterprise AI Agent WorkforceStraiker, which calls itself 'the agentic security company,' raised a $64 million Series A -- bringing total funding to $85 million -- to protect the enterprise AI agents that legacy security tools were never built to govern. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners with Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial and Workday Ventures, plus existing backers Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed.→

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Workday's $43B Buyout Talk Doesn't Fix Its AI Problem

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Workday's $43B Buyout Talk Doesn't Fix Its AI Problem

A reported $43B Silver Lake buyout wouldn't resolve what's actually pressuring Workday: AI agents eroding the per-seat pricing software valuations assume.

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BIG TECH

Workday Surges 25% on Report of Silver Lake Buyout Talks

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BIG TECH

Workday Surges 25% on Report of Silver Lake Buyout Talks

Workday shares had their best day in a decade after Reuters reported private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire the enterprise software maker, a deal that would be one of the largest software buyouts in years.

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