The AI agent bottleneck isn't model performance — it's permissions

Workday says enterprise AI agents are held back less by model quality than by permissions and governance.

It is positioning its system of record as the control layer for identity, access, and audit trails.

Workday also expanded its Google partnership so Sana agents can be discovered in Gemini Enterprise.

The company uses verification and classification models to review outputs before execution, especially for HR and finance tasks.

Industry experts say agent permissions need to live where the data lives to avoid security and compliance failures.