robotic process automation

What’s the next big thing in enterprise automation? If you ask the tech giants, it’s agents — driven by generative AI. There’s no universally accepted definition of agent, but these…

How RPA vendors aim to remain relevant in a world of AI agents

Lucas Ochoa and Gautam Bose were hired together out of college at Google Creative Lab, Google’s tech and culture incubator, and spent three and a half years launching products like…

Y Combinator-backed Automat turns videos into workflow automations

IMO, “growth hacking” is a sloppy way to describe the iterative work required to fine-tune marketing campaigns and systems.

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Is the RPA market in trouble?

Automation Anywhere, one of the largest RPA vendors, raised debt instead of equity. Is that cause for alarm in the market?

Is the RPA market in trouble?

Lest there be any doubt some startups are riding high even amid the macroeconomic uncertainty, process mining software vendor Celonis today announced that it secured a whopping $1 billion in…

Celonis secures another $1B to find and fix process problems in enterprise systems

Robotic process automation (RPA) company UiPath has acquired Re:infer, a London-based startup that’s developing natural language processing (NLP) tools for enterprises. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out…

UiPath acquires London-based NLP startup Re:infer

Proving that there’s room in the robotic process automation (RPA) market for another vendor, RPA Supervisor today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by…

RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms

For years, automation has been a key driver of transformation across industries, changing the way companies and entire sectors operate. However, healthcare, a $4.1 trillion industry, has fallen behind.

9 ways founders can bring automation to healthcare

The advantages of software that automates everyday workflows don’t have to be spelled out. In theory, it’s a major labor saver — not to mention wallet-friendly. But perhaps because automating…

Bardeen raises $15.3M for browser-based workflow automation

It’s the belief of some analysts that the market for robotic process automation, which leverages AI to automate certain software tasks, is headed toward consolidation. A recent Forrester Research report…

Magical makes $35M appear to move data between webpages

UiPath, the RPA company that went public a year ago, was once hotter than hot in a space that was sizzling. Consider that it raised $750 million in February, 2021…

UiPath names former Google Cloud exec co-CEO to steer its future

An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. Laiye, a Beijing-based company that provides a one-stop platform for automating office tasks of varying degrees…

China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay

Signaling its ambitions in the process automation market, Microsoft has acquired Minit, a Bratislava, Slovakia-originated process mining technology vendor, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced today. Microsoft says that…

Microsoft acquires process mining vendor Minit to grow its automation offerings

ServiceNow introduced a new overall application design today, and while they were at it, launched Automation Engine, a tool developed to help companies speed up the creation of automations, including…

ServiceNow overhauls user experience, adds Automation Engine with native RPA

Last year robotic process automation (RPA) was all the rage, as we saw market leader UiPath go public at a huge valuation, while larger more established players began to scoop…

Forrester predicts RPA software market growth will begin to flatten next year

As more companies adopt low-code/no-code tools to build their line-of-business applications, it’s maybe no surprise that we are now seeing a new crop of services in this ecosystem that focus…

Zenity raises $5M to help secure low-code/no-code applications

U.K.-based software testing startup Virtuoso has raised a $13.3 million Series A round led by Paladin Capital. The round was joined by Mubadala Capital as well as existing U.K. investors…

UK-based Virtuoso raises $13.3M Series A led by Paladin Capital to automate software testing

Mimica, which (perhaps oddly enough) automates robotic process automation, has raised a $6 million Series A funding from Khosla Ventures. The company will use the funds to establish a sales…

Mimica, which automates RPA, raises $6M Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures

The race to automate the world of business is on, and today one of the bigger players in the market has picked up another major round of funding to meet…

Workato storms to a $5.7B valuation after raising $200M for its enterprise automation platform

Timing is everything in healthcare — yet too often diagnoses, treatments and procedures are held up by paperwork, administrative red tape between patients, clinicians, carers, bookkeepers, insurance companies and others…

Notable, which makes RPA-based tools to speed up healthcare admin, raises $100M at a $600M valuation

TechCrunch events always offer a compelling mix of main stage presentations and smaller breakout sessions that allow more time for lots of questions and deeper discussions. Expect nothing less at…

Partner sessions are going all out at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

TechCrunch events always offer a compelling mix of main stage presentations and smaller breakout sessions that allow more time for lots of questions and deeper discussions. Expect nothing less at…

Partner breakout sessions deliver big at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

All good things must come to an end, and this proverb totally applies to our early-bird price on passes to TC Sessions: SaaS 2021. Today’s the final day you can…

Last day for early-bird savings on TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

UiPath came seemingly out of nowhere in the last several years, going public last year in a successful IPO during which it raised more than $527 million. It raised $2…

UiPath CEO Daniel Dines is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS to talk RPA and automation

Using a medley of technologies in a digital operations toolbox helps businesses achieve key performance indicators through hyperautomation.

Build a digital ops toolbox to streamline business processes with hyperautomation

Traditional firms might approach an RPA initiative as they have other business initiatives, which is slowly and carefully. But to reap the benefits of automation at scale, companies need more…

How to launch a successful RPA initiative

TechCrunch spoke with UiPath CFO Ashim Gupta today to learn more about his company’s foray into the public markets.

As UiPath closes above its final private valuation, CFO Ashim Gupta discusses his company’s path to market

Robotic process automation has become buzzy in the last few months. New York-based UiPath is on course to launch an initial public offering after gaining an astounding valuation of $35…

Laiye, China’s answer to UiPath, closes $50 million Series C+

Robotic process automation unicorn UiPath is set to go public this week, concentrating our focus on its value.

UiPath raises IPO range, still targets lower valuation than final private round

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