--- title: Silver Lake said to be in talks to buy Workday | daily.dev description: Private equity firm Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to acquire HR and finance software company Workday, a deal that could rank among the largest software... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/silver-lake-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-workday-muowihyho twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Silver Lake said to be in talks to buy Workday | daily.dev og:description: Private equity firm Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to acquire HR and finance software company Workday, a deal that could rank among the largest software... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/silver-lake-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-workday-muowihyho og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MuowihyHo.png og:image:alt: Silver Lake said to be in talks to buy Workday og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Silver Lake said to be in talks to buy Workday **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Private equity firm Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to acquire HR and finance software company Workday, a deal that could rank among the largest software buyouts ever. News of the discussions sent Workday shares up nearly 18%, pushing its market value to around $51.1 billion. The deal is not confirmed and no agreement has been reached. It follows other large software take-private deals this year, including Hg Capital's $6.4 billion acquisition of OneStream and Thoma Bravo's $12.3 billion deal for Dayforce, as private equity firms weigh how AI is reshaping the value of traditional software businesses. Workday, founded in 2005 by former PeopleSoft executives, reported $9.6 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue, up 13%, with growth slowing from the prior year's 16%. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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