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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Dayforce: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/dayforce/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/dayforce/",
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  "title": "Dayforce: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Dayforce is on 3 Newsprint research maps: the AI hiring software map, the AI workforce planning software map and the AI internal communications software map. We record 8 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 27, 2026.",
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    "summary": "\"The Dayforce Agentic HCM Platform\" covers HR, pay, time, talent, planning and analytics in one system, sold mainly to mid-size and large employers. Thoma Bravo took it private in February 2026 for about $12.3B. Dayforce AI Agents cover pay, time, content authoring, job descriptions and people analytics. On October 23, 2026 it agreed to buy Ribbon AI, a voice and video AI interviewer, to power a new Agentic Recruiting experience for frontline and high-volume hiring, planned through 2027.",
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    "text": "\"The Dayforce Agentic HCM Platform\" covers HR, pay, time, talent, planning and analytics in one system, sold mainly to mid-size and large employers. Thoma Bravo took it private in February 2026 for about $12.3B. Dayforce AI Agents cover pay, time, content authoring, job descriptions and people analytics. On October 23, 2026 it agreed to buy Ribbon AI, a voice and video AI interviewer, to power a new Agentic Recruiting experience for frontline and high-volume hiring, planned through 2027.",
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      "title": "Agentic HCM Platform adds scenario modeling and frontline scheduling tools",
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      "title": "Agentic HCM Platform and Agentic Recruiting",
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      "on": "2026-10-23",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Dayforce agrees to buy AI interviewer Ribbon",
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      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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        "url": "https://www.dayforce.com/who-we-are/newsroom/dayforce-to-acquire-ribbon-ai-inc-to-advance-agentic-recruiting"
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/dayforce/#event-4",
      "on": "2026-02-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Thoma Bravo completes Dayforce take-private",
      "summary": "Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of Dayforce, valued at about US$12.3 billion, at US$70.00 per share in cash.",
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      "from": {
        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-dayforce"
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      "on": "2025-10-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Dayforce buys Agentnoon",
      "summary": "Dayforce announced its recent acquisition of Agentnoon, a workforce planning company. The release says Agentnoon's open platform \"provides the opportunity to rapidly re-platform within Dayforce\" and that the deal sped up the release of Strategic Workforce Planning.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
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      "on": "2025-10-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Dayforce Communications launches",
      "summary": "Dayforce said it launched Dayforce Communications, which sends targeted, measurable messages to the right people at the right time, from learning nudges to policy updates.",
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      "on": "2025-10-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Next generation of Dayforce AI Agents",
      "summary": "Dayforce announced AI agents for people analytics, content authoring, pay and time. Content authoring agents, which help draft goals, policies and job descriptions, reach most full-suite customers in Q4 2025; the people analytics agent follows in 2026.",
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        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/dayforce/#event-8",
      "on": "2025-08-21",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Thoma Bravo agrees to take Dayforce private",
      "summary": "Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Dayforce in a deal valued at about US$12.3 billion. Shareholders get US$70 per share in cash.",
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        "name": "The AI hiring software map",
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        "name": "BNN Bloomberg",
        "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/08/21/thoma-bravo-signs-deal-to-buy-dayforce-in-deal-valued-at-us123-billion"
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