Utmost aims to give enterprises a holistic view of the sprawling extended workforce Read later Audio version Summary: Startup Utmost, which just raised a $21 million funding round, aims to give Workday customers better oversight of their fast-growing extended workforce Annrai O'Toole (Utmost) As organizations prepare for the hybrid work patterns of the Vaccine Economy, they also find themselves grappling with the continuing growth in contingent work. As many as half of a typical enterprise's workforce today are not on the payroll — they're freelancers, contractors, agency temps and gig workers. Tracking and managing this extended workforce is the mission of Utmost, which last week revealed a $21 million round of venture finance, bringing its total funding to $33 million. The disruption of the past year has accelerated the need for its solution, says CEO Annrai O'Toole, who observes: