• April 17, 2026
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NEWS FOR THE AI-POWERED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION ECOSYSTEM

UiPath Unveils Platform Updates at Fusion Event

UiPath Unveils Platform Updates at Fusion Event

At its annual gathering of customers and partners in Las Vegas, intelligent automation technology provider UiPath unveiled several new offerings as part of its agentic automation and orchestration platform. The company …

Maximor Nets $9 Million Seed Round to Automate Finance Dept.

Maximor Nets $9 Million Seed Round to Automate Finance Dept.

Maximor, a New York City-based startup focused on automating back-office finance operations, said it has closed on a $9 million seed funding round. The company, founded by two Microsoft veterans, aims …

Workday and Microsoft Link Agent Systems for Enterprise Management

Workday and Microsoft Link Agent Systems for Enterprise Management

Workday and Microsoft announced a new integration at Workday Rising 2025 that connects the HR technology provider’s Agent System of Record (ASOR) with Microsoft Entra Agent ID. The collaboration is designed …

ABBYY, Hyperscience, Infrrd, Tungsten Automation, UiPath Top Inaugural ‘Magic Quadrant’ for IDP

ABBYY, Hyperscience, Infrrd, Tungsten Automation, UiPath Top Inaugural ‘Magic Quadrant’ for IDP

As the market for AI-powered intelligent automation grows, the component technologies of the platforms that deliver it are becoming more complex. Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), a capability that has existed on …

UiPath Names Michael Atalla Chief Marketing Officer

UiPath Names Michael Atalla Chief Marketing Officer

UiPath, which recently unveiled new branding visibly touting the priority it has placed on agentic AI in process automation, has appointed tech marketing vet Michael Atalla as its new Chief Marketing …

Forrester Names Appian, IBM, Pegasystems, Salesforce and ServiceNow as ‘DPA’ Leaders

Forrester Names Appian, IBM, Pegasystems, Salesforce and ServiceNow as ‘DPA’ Leaders

Cambridge, Mass.-based consultancy Forrester has released its most recent Wave report ($) identifying and evaluating what it has identified as the top 15 providers of Digital Process Automation (DPA) technology. For Q3 2025, Forrester named Appian, …

Greenlight Consulting: Agents, Evolution, and Finding Value in Automation

Greenlight Consulting: Agents, Evolution, and Finding Value in Automation

Greenlight Consulting has built its reputation by spotting opportunity early and adapting fast. The company, which has evolved from its roots in quality assurance to delivering enterprise grade automation and AI …

Xerox Rolls Out AI-Driven IDP Tool for North American Markets

Xerox Rolls Out AI-Driven IDP Tool for North American Markets

Xerox has introduced a new application that builds on its Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) platform—a foundational technology underpinning its Global Automation Platform. The Xerox EveryDoc IDP App, available now in the …

Nvidia Researchers Argue for Shift from Large to Smaller Models in Agentic AI

Nvidia Researchers Argue for Shift from Large to Smaller Models in Agentic AI

Agentic AI’s reliance on large language models (LLMs) as the foundational intelligence powering those systems is economically and environmentally unsustainable, according to new research. A team from chip maker Nvidia argues …

Gartner Tabs Familiar Names as RPA ‘Leaders’

Gartner Tabs Familiar Names as RPA ‘Leaders’

Platforms that automate business processes have undergone significant change since Automation Today began covering the space in the late 2010s. But, as they have evolved to include technologies from natural language …