Category Archives: RPA

Signavio raises $177M at a $400M valuation for its business process automation solutions

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Robotic Process Automation has been the name of the game in enterprise software lately — with organizations using advances in machine learning algorithms and other kinds of AI, alongside big-data analytics to speed up everything from performing mundane tasks to more complex business decisions. To underscore the opportunity and growth in the market, today a […] Continue reading Signavio raises $177M at a $400M valuation for its business process automation solutions→

Blue Prism acquires UK’s Thoughtonomy for up to $100M to expand its RPA platform with more AI

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Robotic process automation — which lets organizations shift repetitive back office tasks to machines to complete — has been a hot area of growth in the world of enterprise IT, and now one of the companies that’s making waves in the area has acquired a smaller startup to continue extending its capabilities. Blue Prism, which […] Continue reading Blue Prism acquires UK’s Thoughtonomy for up to $100M to expand its RPA platform with more AI→

Chicago RPA startup Catalytic hauls in $30M Series B

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Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation. Catalytic, a startup from the midwest is putting its own flavor on RPA, aiming at more unstructured data. Today it was rewarded with a […] Continue reading Chicago RPA startup Catalytic hauls in $30M Series B→

What are the priorities for CISOs in 2019?

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Well, 2018 is a wrap and another year is behind us — and what a big year it was for cybersecurity. There have been numerous high-profile breaches, regulatory fines, and fascinating developments in how enterprises build and deploy their applicatio… Continue reading What are the priorities for CISOs in 2019?→

Rise of the Machines: A New World of Identity Governance

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It may not be unfolding exactly as predicted in the Terminator movies, but the rise of the machines is upon us. How do you protect and govern robots and other machines in the age of AI and IoT? Here are three areas of focus for identity governance.
The… Continue reading Rise of the Machines: A New World of Identity Governance→

RPA startup Automation Anywhere nabs $300M from SoftBank at a $2.6B valuation

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The market for RPA — Robotic Process Automation — is getting a hat trick of news this week: Automation Anywhere has today announced that it has raised $300 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund. This funding, which values Automation Anywhere at $2.6 billion post-money, is an extension to the Series A the company announced earlier […] Continue reading RPA startup Automation Anywhere nabs $300M from SoftBank at a $2.6B valuation→

‘Software robot’ startup UiPath expands Series C to $265M at a $3B valuation

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UiPath, a startup that works in the growing area of RPA, or robotic process automation — where AI-based software is used to help businesses run repetitive or mundane back-office tasks, to free up humans to tackle more sophisticated work — has raised money for the third time this year. The company is today announcing that […] Continue reading ‘Software robot’ startup UiPath expands Series C to $265M at a $3B valuation→

UIpath lands $225M Series C on $3 billion valuation as robotics process automation soars

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UIPath is bringing automation to repetitive processes inside large organizations and it seems to have landed on a huge pain point. Today it announced a massive $225 million Series C on a $3 billion valuation. The round was led by CapitalG and Sequoia Capital. Accel, which invested in the companies A and B rounds also […] Continue reading UIpath lands $225M Series C on $3 billion valuation as robotics process automation soars→

UiPath raising around $120M at $1B+ valuation for its ‘software robots’ for internal business tasks

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 The initial hype around bots — applications that run partly or entirely using natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision and other AI tech to help consumers ask and answer questions, buy things and get other stuff done &… Continue reading UiPath raising around $120M at $1B+ valuation for its ‘software robots’ for internal business tasks→