Dayforce Announces Dayforce AI Workspace

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Dayforce (NYSE: DAY) announced Dayforce AI Workspace on October 7, 2025, a secure, collaborative AI environment that integrates people and agents on a single data model to solve workforce challenges.

The workspace enables real-time collaboration, compliance monitoring, AI-driven employee action plans, performance coaching, HR reporting, and milestone-driven employee journeys. It is built for scale, governance, and data protection and will be available to new customers beginning in 2026.

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Dayforce unveils a built-in AI collaboration workspace to unify HCM data, analytics, and action; general availability begins in 2026.

Dayforce AI Workspace combines collaboration, automation, and AI on a single data model so intelligence can act with full context across HR, payroll, finance, and compliance. The design emphasizes real-time people‑agent interaction, shared audit trails, and built‑in use cases such as compliance monitoring, employee action plans, performance coaching, reporting, and milestone workflows.

The primary dependencies are data governance, security, and the workspace’s ability to link insights to executable actions without leaving the platform; the release notes explicitly state sensitive workforce data remains protected and that the environment supports extensibility as new agents are added. Effective compliance alerts and audit trails will determine how useful the product is for regulated customers.

Watch for three concrete items: the workspace roll‑out to customers in 2026, demonstrable compliance use cases and audit‑trail functionality, and the depth of integrations with existing Dayforce modules and external agents. Expect the earliest measurable adoption signals and customer case studies within the first year after availability.

A secure, digital workspace where people and AI come together to turn strategy into action

MINNEAPOLIS and TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dayforce, Inc. (NYSE: DAY; TSX: DAY), a global human capital management (HCM) leader that makes work life better, today announced Dayforce AI Workspace. This marks the next evolution in the Dayforce AI experience: a collaboration environment where people and AI work side by side to solve complex workforce challenges, act on people insights, and deliver faster business outcomes. The announcement was made at Dayforce Discover, alongside several advancements that empower customers to better plan, grow, and deliver using the Dayforce AI-powered people platform.

Unlike many systems that layer AI on top of disconnected workflows, Dayforce AI Workspace is built on a single data model – allowing AI-powered intelligence to operate across the platform with full context and consistency. It enables real-time collaboration between people and agents, bringing data, insights, and actions together in one cohesive experience. The result is less friction, faster decisions, and a more agile, outcome-driven way to work.

“Dayforce AI Workspace wasn’t retrofitted for generative AI – it was designed with it at the core,” said Josh Valdez, SVP Product Management and Development at Dayforce. “By combining collaboration, automation, and intelligence in a single experience, we’re helping organizations operate with greater speed, precision, and accountability.”

Collaboration Reimagined Across Use Cases

Dayforce AI Workspace is designed to adapt to a wide range of business needs across HR, payroll, finance, and compliance. Dayforce customers will benefit from:

• Compliance monitoring: Stay up to date with key regulatory changes through proactive alerts, AI-enhanced impact analysis, and shared audit trails for cross-functional teams.
• Employee action plans: Turn engagement survey data into actionable 30/60/90-day plans using collaborative workspaces assisted by AI.
• Performance coaching: Support managers as they prepare for performance and career conversations with AI-enabled role play, real-time transcription, and fluid coaching hand-offs.
• HR analysis and reporting: Build charts, dashboards, and board-ready presentations collaboratively – without switching tools.
• Employee milestones: Generate dynamic workspaces to guide employees through onboarding, role changes, and other key moments
  

Dayforce AI Workspace is purpose-built for the modern enterprise: secure, extensible, and ready to scale. Sensitive workforce data remains protected within the Dayforce platform, supporting compliance and governance while enabling leaders to act with speed and confidence. As new agents and capabilities are introduced, the workspace evolves to support a growing set of use cases, helping to establish a long-term foundation for AI-enhanced workforce management.

A Holistic AI Experience

Dayforce AI Workspace builds on the company’s broader AI experience, marking a new chapter in how people engage with work. It’s designed to make every interaction more intelligent, intuitive, and outcome-focused. Whether users talk, type, or click, they receive personalized, actionable insights that help them advance work with greater clarity and confidence.

“We’re focused on delivering AI innovation that is secure, transparent, and thoughtfully designed around people,” said Valdez. “We’re helping our customers move work forward by creating an environment where AI accelerates collaboration – bringing people, technology, and ideas together seamlessly across the moments that matter most.”

Availability

Dayforce AI Workspace will be available to new Dayforce customers beginning in 2026.

Additional Information

• Read the press release, “Dayforce Introduces New Dayforce AI Agents to Accelerate How Work Gets Done”
• Read the press release, “Dayforce Launches Strategic Workforce Planning”
• Read the press release, “Dayforce Expands Collaboration with Microsoft to Transform HCM Workflows With AI”
• Read the blog: “What’s next for HR and payroll? Big reveals from Dayforce Discover 2025”
• Read the blog: “New from Dayforce Discover: AI that helps you plan, deliver, and grow”
  

About Dayforce

Dayforce makes work life better. Everything we do as a global leader in HCM technology is focused on enabling thousands of customers and millions of employees around the world to do the work they're meant to do. With our single AI-powered people platform for HR, Pay, Time, Talent, and Analytics, organizations of all sizes and industries are benefiting from simplicity at scale with Dayforce to help unlock their full workforce potential, operate with confidence, and realize quantifiable value. To learn more, visit dayforce.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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FAQ

What is Dayforce AI Workspace announced by Dayforce (DAY) on October 7, 2025?

Dayforce AI Workspace is a secure, single‑data‑model collaboration environment where people and AI agents work together to address workforce tasks and deliver outcomes.

When will Dayforce AI Workspace be available for new Dayforce (DAY) customers?

Dayforce AI Workspace will be available to new Dayforce customers beginning in 2026.

How does Dayforce (DAY) say the AI Workspace handles sensitive workforce data?

The company says sensitive workforce data remains protected within the Dayforce platform to support compliance and governance while enabling AI use.

What HR use cases does Dayforce AI Workspace target for Dayforce (DAY) customers?

Targeted use cases include compliance monitoring, employee action plans, performance coaching, HR reporting, and onboarding/milestone workspaces.

Will Dayforce AI Workspace integrate with existing Dayforce workflows according to the October 7, 2025 announcement?

Yes; the workspace is built on a single data model so AI intelligence operates across the platform with full context and consistency.

What benefits does Dayforce (DAY) highlight for organizations using Dayforce AI Workspace?

Dayforce highlights faster decisions, reduced friction, real‑time collaboration, and AI‑assisted actionable insights to drive outcomes.