August 22, 2025
Workday Acquires Paradox, the AI Candidate Assistant That Speeds Hiring for Frontline Roles
Workday has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, a company that uses AI-powered conversational agents to transform the job application experience, particularly for high-volume frontline positions.
The deal gives Workday a unified, AI-driven talent suite capable of managing recruitment and onboarding for every type of worker, from frontline staff to back-office roles.
Gerrit Kazmaier, president, Product & Technology, Workday, said: “Hiring is one of the most critical moments in the employee experience, yet too often it’s slowed down by outdated processes and disconnected tools. By bringing Paradox’s candidate experience AI agent into Workday, we’re giving organisations a smarter, faster, and more engaging way to connect with candidates.”
What Is Paradox About?
Paradox’s Candidate Experience Agent delivers personalised, real-time interactions for job seekers, offering instant responses, self-scheduling, and 24/7 support. It turns slow, cumbersome recruiting processes into seamless conversations, helping companies fill roles quickly and efficiently. The platform has already powered over 189 million AI-assisted candidate conversations, driving employee conversion rates above 70% and reducing time-to-hire to as low as three and a half days.
Adam Godson, CEO, Paradox, said: “From day one, our mission has been to help our customers’ recruiting and hiring teams spend more time with people and less time with software. Workday’s global reach and comprehensive platform provide the perfect runway for us to accelerate our mission, bringing our proven conversational AI to a much bigger audience and helping more companies around the world transform their hiring processes.”
With the addition of Paradox, Workday’s platform now combines AI-driven candidate engagement with Workday Recruiting and HiredScore’s talent matching. This unified solution streamlines hiring, improves conversion rates, and delivers a modern, end-to-end talent journey, an advantage for industries that employ nearly three billion frontline workers worldwide.
