In a move that underscores the accelerating convergence of HR tech and advanced AI, UKG and Google Cloud announced a major expansion of their partnership earlier this month, designed to bring agentic AI into the daily work experience of tens of millions of employees worldwide.
UKG selected Google Cloud as its primary provider for AI and data analytics, integrating Gemini Enterprise, Gemini models, and BigQuery to power its UKG Bryte AI agents across the Workforce Operating Platform. The goal is to provide employees and leaders with conversational, data-driven insights that drive productivity, reduce administrative burdens, and create more adaptable workplaces.
Why It Matters: The Bigger Picture in HR Tech
UKG’s deep integration with Google Cloud positions it among a growing wave of HCM vendors investing in embedded, data-rich AI ecosystems rather than standalone chatbots. Competitors such as Workday, Oracle, ADP, and SAP are taking similar steps. Still, UKG’s approach leverages one of the world’s largest workforce data fabrics with 80,000 customers across 150 countries, giving it unique potential to deliver predictive and prescriptive insights at scale.
By using BigQuery and AlloyDB, UKG customers will gain unified, real-time access to workforce data that can be correlated with financial, operational, or customer metrics—a long-standing goal of strategic HR. This type of cross-domain data fusion is increasingly central to how organizations understand the ROI of employee experience, retention, and productivity initiatives and ultimately drive business value and transformation.
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