Automation Anywhere is an American global

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company that develops

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(RPA) software. Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in

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History

Automation Anywhere was originally founded as Tethys Solutions, LLC in San Jose, by Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta Shukla, Ankur Kothari and Rushabh Parmani. The company rebranded itself as Automation Anywhere, Inc. in 2010. As of early 2021, the company reported some 2,800 client firms around the world. Customers cited in 2020 included

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, Whirlpool, and other organizations. The company's 2,100+ partner relationships include collaborations with Microsoft, Google, and

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to advance

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, and with

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, to help its customers automate their front-office business processes. In early 2021, the company had 110+ customers who are also partners. Between 2018 and 2019, Automation Anywhere received a total of $840 million in Series A and Series B investments at a post-money valuation of $6.9 billion. In 2018 the company announced a total of Series A investments of $550 million from

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, Goldman Sachs, NEA, World Innovation Lab,

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, and Workday Ventures. In late 2019, a Series B round, led by Salesforce Ventures, raised $290 million. In 2019, the company acquired Klevops, a privately owned company based in Paris that works in the finance, banking and telecommunications industries. In December 2021, Automation Anywhere announced it intends to acquire process discovery startup FortressIQ. Automation Anywhere's co-founder, Neeti Mehta Shukla, received the

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Organization’s Technology Pioneer Award at the United Nations in 2022.

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