How work gets done while you sleep | Aneel Bhusri & Joel Hellermark

In this conversation, Sana founder and CEO, Joel Hellermark, and Workday co‑founder Aneel Bhusri share a bold vision for the future of enterprise software: the end of co‑pilots and the rise of thousands of always‑on agents. From the “five levels of autonomy” to the “SaaSpocalypse,” they unpack how Workday and Sana are re‑founding the company around AI, and why Joel is stepping into the role of Workday’s first Chief AI Officer. What’s in this video: —Joel’s “five levels of autonomy” and the shift from co‑pilots to autonomous agents —Three primitives for the agent era: multiplayer AI, living memory, and ambient agents —Product reveals and demo: Sana for ITSM and the conversational travel agent —Aneel’s “SaaSpocalypse” view: which SaaS layers are threatened and which can disrupt —Joel’s new role as Chief AI Officer and the ambition to make Workday “the Hermès of enterprise software” —Joel and Aneel describe this moment as a re‑founding, not an incremental upgrade. By moving from co‑pilots to thousands of proactive, policy‑bounded agents with perfect organizational memory, they argue we can reinvent how work gets done for tens of millions of employees. Recorded live at Sana AI Summit 2026, New York, May 21st, 2026. Subscribe for more insights on AI and the future of technology.