This week UiPath announced a Series E round for $225 million at a $10.2 billion valuation. The lead on the deal was Alkeon and the other investors included Accel, Coatue, Dragoneer, IVP, Madrona Venture Group, Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Tiger Global, Wellington, and T. Rowe Price Associates.
UiPath is the leader in the RPA (Robotic Process Automation) space, with ARR (Annual Recurring Revenues) of more than $400 million. RPA technology allows for automation of tedious and repetitive corporate processes. The segment is also the fastest growing in the enterprise software market.
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The irony is that the core technology for RPA is based on something fairly simple: screen scraping. This makes it possible to replicate a user鈥檚 input patterns with applications.
Adib Ghubril, a research director at 91制片厂, shares his perspective in this article.