Workday Rising: returned CEO Aneel Bhusri's 're-start-up' AI play and the C1.ai acquisition
jonerp · x · 2026-10-15
diginomica's on-the-ground coverage of Workday Rising 2026 (Las Vegas, Oct 12–15) distills the hottest enterprise AI topics: AI pricing and ROI, context, guardrails, and the high-stakes skirmish over AI UX openness versus control.
- Returned CEO and co-founder Aneel Bhusri is borrowing a page from Steve Jobs' playbook, turning Workday into a "re-start-up" driven by the AI shift.
- Workday announced the acquisition of C1.ai, targeting governance as a growth opportunity in the age of agentic work.
- The overall event narrative centers on how enterprises will pay for AI, ground it in context, and who controls the user experience.
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