And, of course, most importantly, if you're able to, I'd encourage you to donate to India's covid-relief. Both @packyM and I have donated to organizations we trust.
I think RPA can feel a little bit intimidating to newcomers, so I thought I'd put together a super-quick summary of the company.
UiPath in 3 minutes.
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TL;DR
- UiPath sells software "robots"
- It was started 16 years ago in Romania
- Its customers are usually big corporations
- It made $607M last year (+81% YoY)
- Founded in Bucharest by 2005
- CEO was a former Microsoft engineer
- Company was a devshop called "DeskOver"
- Pivoted to true RPA in 2013
- Only started scaling after that point