Workday (WDAY) shares surge in pre-market trading — maintaining gains at the open to Friday's regular trading hours — as the cloud-based workforce management company beat second quarter earnings estimates and is turning its attention to consistent profitability over the next several years.

The Morning Brief's Seana Smith and Brad Smith weigh in on how Workday will be trying to utilize AI in its growth strategy.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.