{"slug": "workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover", "title": "Workday skyrockets 20% before trading halted on report of Silver Lake takeover", "summary": "Workday Inc. shares surged 20% before trading was halted following a report that private equity firm Silver Lake is considering a takeover of the enterprise software company, whose stock has fallen this year on fears of AI disruption.", "body_md": "# Workday skyrockets 20% before trading halted on report of Silver Lake takeover\n\nSource:\n\n[CNBC Technology](https://www.cnbc.com/technology/)Workday shares have plummeted this year on AI disruption fears.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/workday-skyrockets-20percent-before-trading-halted-on-report-0oyt", "published_at": "2026-08-13 19:03:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 19:14:04.737442+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Workday Inc.", "Silver Lake", "CNBC Technology"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/workday-skyrockets-20-before-trading-halted-on-report-of-silver-lake-takeover.jsonld"}}