Analysis

August 20, 2019

The Romanian unicorn automating your job

UiPath wants to automate white-collar work with a "robot for every person". Its valuation has jumped 6000% in two years to $7bn as investors bet it will become a global champion.


Daniel Dines at the UiPath Conference, London

In amongst the communist-era architecture and old crumbling villas of the Romanian capital, the sleek offices of UiPath, one of Europe’s newest unicorns, are easy to miss. Inside, however, the building — which also houses the company’s first Immersion Lab — is a hive of activity.

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Daniel Dines, UiPath CEO and co-founder, on stage at VivaTech in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron
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UiPath Investors - source Dealroom.co
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Opening of the UiPath Immersion Lab in Bucharest
Opening of the UiPath Immersion Lab in Bucharest
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