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Workday to Acquire C1.ai, a Leading Agentic Identity Platform for People and Agents
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Fusion42 · 13 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Workday announced its acquisition of C1.ai, an agentic identity platform that manages secure access for both people and AI agents across enterprise systems, aiming to integrate identity governance for human and AI agent access from onboarding through offboarding.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Enterprise, and 3 sources have reported it between 13 Oct 2026 and 15 Oct 2026.
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Workday's move to embed AI agent access control directly into its platform opens a door for enterprise software founders to build compliance-first AI access tools or plug into this gatekeeper. You can now target orphaned AI agent management gaps that traditional identity systems miss.
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3 sources · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · latest 15 Oct 2026
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