Automation Anywhere has been in the process automation game longer than most people realize. Founded in 2003 by Ankur Kothari and Mihir Shukla in San Jose, the company initially focused on IT automation before pivoting hard into robotic process automation. That early start gave it deep enterprise DNA and a massive customer base spanning more than 90 countries.
The company’s cloud-native platform, Automation 360, represents a clean break from the legacy desktop-based RPA tools that dominated the market for years. Everything runs in the cloud — bot creation, orchestration, analytics, and governance. This architecture makes it significantly easier for large organizations to scale from a handful of bots to thousands without drowning in infrastructure management. The platform also integrates generative AI capabilities, allowing users to build automations using natural language descriptions.
Automation Anywhere has raised over $1.8 billion in funding from investors including SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, and Salesforce Ventures. The company competes fiercely with UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate for enterprise RPA dominance. Its focus on process discovery — using AI to identify which workflows benefit most from automation — helps customers avoid the common trap of automating the wrong things. Banks, insurers, and telecom providers rely on it to handle millions of transactions without human intervention.
