Persefoni is the leading sustainability management SaaS and AI platform that helps enterprises and financial institutions measure, manage, and report their carbon emissions with accuracy and transparency. Headquartered in Arizona, Persefoni enables organizations across the globe to align with evolving regulatory standards and deliver audit-ready climate disclosures. As the company scaled rapidly, orchestration and the strategic use of AI became central to its mission. Persefoni’s IT and operations teams sought a solution that could connect systems, eliminate inefficiencies, and empower every team—from Customer Success to HR—to focus on meaningful work rather than manual tasks.
The Challenge – Growing Pains of a Fast-Scaling Organization
As Persefoni’s business expanded, its lean IT team faced mounting complexity. Core systems like Salesforce, NetSuite, Jira, Confluence, and UKG operated in silos, and created fragmented workflows and communication gaps across departments. Manual processes consumed valuable time, limited visibility, and made scaling support a challenge. The orchestration tools in place lacked robust error handling, and hence could not meet the company’s growing data needs.
Teams across the organization—from Customer Success to Finance—needed faster access to information and insights to support both internal stakeholders and customers. Yet, continuously adding headcount was not a sustainable solution. Persefoni needed a more intelligent approach: one that could unify systems, automate routine work, and bring AI-driven knowledge directly to where people already collaborated.
The Solution – Building Intelligent Orchestration with Workato and Genies
Persefoni turned to Workato to orchestrate workflows across its business and accelerate its AI transformation. The platform’s low-code flexibility and deep Slack integration allowed the IT team to build and deploy automations in days rather than weeks. At the core of this next phase was Workato Genie, an agentic AI capability within Workato One that allows organizations to build domain-specific AI agents grounded in their own data, workflows, and governance policies. Unlike generic chatbots, Workato Genies are deeply connected to enterprise systems and orchestrations, enabling them to take action—not just answer questions. They can reason across applications, automate multi-step processes, and deliver insights directly within collaboration tools like Slack, all while maintaining enterprise-grade security, auditability, and control. By adopting Workato One, Persefoni quickly expanded into AI-powered experiences and developed its first Customer Success Genie (CS Genie) in under a week.
The CS Genie was trained on complex regulatory and climate-specific knowledge. This enabled it to provide fast, accurate responses to the Customer Success team. It became a true digital teammate—summarizing Zoom calls, drafting customer communications, and surfacing insights instantly from a growing library of sustainability resources. Routine workflows such as account assignments and approvals were orchestrated directly within Slack. This made adoption effortless and improved cross-functional collaboration.
In the words of Kentaro Kawamori, CEO and Co-Founder, “Agentic AI represents a step change in what teams can accomplish. Today, agents are embedded across many, and soon to be all departments at Persefoni, making our people faster and our customer interactions sharper. Workato has been a key partner in making that happen, giving us the orchestration layer to deploy agents quickly and connect them to the systems our teams already use.”
Beyond Customer Success, Persefoni’s teams began piloting additional Genies tailored to their needs. HR and People Operations built their own Genie to automate routine requests such as PTO management, while legal, accounting, and engineering teams leveraged Genies to streamline document searches, compliance workflows, and data access. Each new Genie shared a common foundation of governance, scalability, and trust. The entire process empowered teams to innovate responsibly without adding operational overhead. According to Mike Flynn, Chief Information Officer, Persefoni, “With the CS Genie, our team can now support 3x more customers while maintaining the same high level of service.”
The Impact – Scalable Efficiency and Intelligent Growth
Workato’s automation and AI capabilities have redefined how Persefoni operates. What started as a few simple Slack bots has evolved into a network of intelligent Genies that save time, enhance decision-making, and strengthen customer relationships. The Customer Success team alone now saves 30 to 45 minutes per Zoom call, thanks to automated summaries and AI-driven context that eliminate hours of follow-up work.
Across departments, Genies have become an integral part of the company’s daily rhythm. HR and People Ops rely on AI to streamline employee requests, while Customer Success and product teams leverage data-driven insights to deliver more personalized and proactive service. The result is a lean and efficient organization where automation amplifies human expertise instead of replacing it.
Kentaro also shared, “We’re still in the early innings. The models keep getting better, the tooling keeps maturing, and the companies that are building this muscle now, where every employee knows how to put agents to work, are going to be the ones that pull ahead.”
Persefoni’s partnership with Workato has created a powerful foundation for scaling AI responsibly and efficiently and has managed to turn once-manual workflows into intelligent, orchestrated experiences.According to Matt Palmer, Automation Integration Manager at Persefoni, “Every department has felt the impact of the automations we’ve built with Workato, from HR and accounting to legal and engineering.”