Accenture launches Workday engineering programme for agentic AI

Accenture and Workday launch an engineering programme to deploy AI agents in HR and finance, focusing on enterprise workflows, controls, and measurable returns.forward-deployed engineering (FDE) programme announced on October 13, 2026. The initiative will bring engineers closer to enterprise HR and finance teams to help integrate Workday's agentic capabilities into existing workflows and move deployments from experimentation to production. The companies expect the approach to shorten implementat