• November 14, 2024

Tonkean Nets $7.2 Million Funding Round to Accelerate ‘Human-in-the-Loop’ RPA

Tonkean, a San Francisco-based RPA platform provider specializing in “human-in-the-loop” automation announced recently that it has received a round of seed funding totaling $7.2 million. Tonkean is one of a growing …

UiPath Confirms Layoffs

UiPath has been one of the great success stories in the RPA space, but the company has acknowledged that it will lay off around 400 employees. Since it was founded in …

Gartner Nods to RPA in Top Strategic Technology Trends List

At its annual IT conference in Orlando this week, Gartner included robotic process automation as part of its top strategic technology trend for 2020. The Stamford, Conn.-based consultancy defined the trends …

RPA Moves into Cardiology

While it is easy to see the need for robotic process automation in industries like financial services or insurance, others are not as readily apparent. But, niche providers continue to build …

CEO Spotlight: Softomotive’s Marios Stavropoulos

[Editor’s Note: In CEO Spotlight, we sit down with some of the most influential leaders in the robotic process automation (RPA) space to learn about their companies, their philosophies and where …

Economic Slowdown Could Benefit RPA Space

On the second day of FORWARD III, RPA technology provider UiPath’s global gathering of RPA users in Las Vegas, a keynote address looked at the prospects of an economic downturn and …

UN Establishes Digital Solutions Center to Develop RPA, Other Tech

The United Nations is the most recent institution to set up a technology center to develop innovative digital solutions to perform its mission. And, increasingly often, those institutions have explicitly referenced …

UiPath Acquires Process Documentation Firm

RPA technology provider UiPath is in the midst of its global user conference in Las Vegas this week and the company has made several major announcements. Among them, the company said …

Using RPA for Financial Reporting Could Save Businesses 25,000 Hours Annually: Report

A new study says financial reporting is an area in which robotic process automation (RPA) is severely underused. According to Gartner, corporate accounting teams preparing financial reports could save 25,000 hours …

Report Highlights Possible Job Reductions Resulting from Automation

While most in the RPA space have framed the effects of RPA on corporate staffing as freeing employees from mundane, repetitive work so they can focus on more creative, productive work, …