Automation Anywhere and AI Kiran Launch Partnership to Train 1 Million for AI Careers

Automation Anywhere and AI Kiran announced a partnership to train one million people for careers in AI by 2030. Prioritizing women and youth, this collaboration will strengthen India’s global standing in AI.

The partnership prepares individuals for advanced roles in AI. It equips India’s workforce - especially women and young people - with skills for higher-value careers as AI changes traditional jobs.

This collaboration will provide:

• AI and Automation Training: Hands-on technical skills training in scalable programs.
• Certifications and Scholarships: Financial support for recognized AI and automation certifications.
• Technology Access: Automation Anywhere’s Agentic AI and automation platform.
• Builder Networks: Connection with the Automation Anywhere Pathfinder community and the AI Kiran Builders Community (100,000+ innovators).
• Recognition: Opportunities through the 10,000 Women in AI Stories initiative and Global AI Builders Awards.
• Leadership Opportunities: Advancement through the AI Kiran INK Fellowship.

AI Kiran provides foundational skills training, shares real-world success stories, offers awards and advanced fellowships, and creates opportunities for policy discussions to build inclusive AI.

(L-R) Kirthiga Reddy, Mihir Shukla, Lakshmi Pratury

“AI is redefining how value is created in the world. We have an opportunity to ensure everyone can participate in this transformation. Our partnership with Automation Anywhere creates structured, scalable pathways for women and young people to step into leadership within the AI economy. If we design this moment well, we will not just reskill a workforce – we will shape a generation of builders, innovators, and decision-makers.” said Kirthiga Reddy & Lakshmi Pratury, Co-founders of AI Kiran.

Automation Anywhere has long used AI to improve worker roles and increase capabilities for workers and businesses. This partnership brings that focus to India’s growing AI sector.

"Automation Anywhere works to create an inclusive AI future where anyone can build AI solutions and help shape the Autonomous Enterprise," said Mihir Shukla, CEO and board chairman of Automation Anywhere. “We provide the essential skills and leading Agentic AI platform to help women and youth secure high-value careers and drive real business outcomes using AI.”

This partnership sets a precedent for how global collaborations can prepare nations for the AI-driven future. As the program expands beyond India, it aims to create a skilled workforce ready to shape AI's worldwide impact by 2030.

Employees Spend over 3 Hours a Day on Easily Automatable Tasks: Study

Office workers are ready to welcome automation of repetitive digital tasks, as on an average employees spend more than three hours a day on mundane computer tasks which are not part of their primary job and are ripe for human error, a survey said on Tuesday.

According to a global study commissioned by Automation Anywhere, in India, out of 1,000 participants surveyed, 88 per cent believe humans should not be carrying out repetitive administrative tasks if they can be automated.

The research by the robotic process automation player noted that nearly half of workers surveyed found digital administration boring and a poor use of their skills, while majority of respondents said it gets in the way of doing their main job and reduces their overall productivity.

With an 8-hour workday being the global norm, according to the survey, the average employee loses 60 hours per month to easily automatable tasks.

By deploying a digital workforce and automating these repetitive tasks, employees could be given back a quarter of their annual work time (4.5 months) to focus on more meaningful work, boosting productivity and overall business value.

At the very top of the "hated task" heap is general data entry – manually inputting data into a computer or other devices, followed closely by managing e-mail traffic and filing digital documents – such as documents, spreadsheets, images or PDFs - into the correct digital folder.

Compiling reports from IT and software systems and invoice management round out the top five most hated tasks, the survey noted.

"Close to 80 per cent of the participants in India believe that admin work is an obstacle for them to do their main job," said Milan Sheth, Executive Vice President India, Middle East & Africa, Automation Anywhere.

Sheth further said "workers can focus on higher value tasks if the mundane repetitive tasks can be automated".

As per the report, more than 95 per cent of participants in India are open to the idea of working alongside digital co-workers/software bots. Besides, 55 per cent of respondents said they would consider leaving a job if this manual administrative load became too high, while 85 per cent would be attracted to work at a company that invested in automation to reduce repetitive digital administration tasks.

Automation Anywhere commissioned independent research group OnePoll to conduct 10,500 interviews with office workers in 11 countries around the world in 2019. Respondents represented a variety of demographic groups, job levels, industry sectors and company sizes. PTI DRR DRR

Automation Anywhere to Open 4 New Offices in India

Bengaluru, Aug 27 (PTI) Automation Anywhere, a leader in robotic process automation (RPA), announced on Tuesday that it will open four new offices in India to support customer and partner growth.

The company said it also plans to double its workforce across IMEA (India, the Middle East, Africa) by the end of the current year.

The expansion plan is a result of the increased adoption of RPA, a technology that helps organisations improve business productivity and increases the number of tasks that can be automated, particularly in banking, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and retail, it said.

Gartner estimates that by 2021, 90 per cent of large and midsize organisations would have at least one process supported by RPA.

According to equity research firm KeyBanc Capital Markets, RPA has emerged as a USD 100 billion market opportunity, an Automation Anywhere release said.

As part of its expansion strategy, Automation Anywhere would strengthen its presence in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Vadodara as well as open new offices in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, the release said.

Currently, the company has three engineering centres in India two in Bengaluru and one in Baroda.

It also plans to open a new product engineering centre in Pune by the end of the year to expand research and development capabilities.

"As organisations seek to lower operating costs and improve employee productivity with RPA, India possesses a tremendous business opportunity for our company," Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Automation Anywhere, Ankur Kothari said.

"We are building the world's most efficient and intuitive end-to-end intelligent RPA platform, and over the next year, we anticipate deploying more than one million bots across India and the Middle East to help more companies discover, deploy and scale RPA to drive extraordinary human potential", he said.

In IMEA, the company has experienced a growth rate of approximately 200 per cent year-over-year with now more than 3,100 global enterprise brands using its RPA platform, the release added. PTI RS ROH

NIIT and Automation Anywhere Collaborate to Launch Robotic Process Automation Workshops

NIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development, is collaborating with Automation Anywhere, a global leader in robotic process automation (RPA), to deliver comprehensive RPA workshops to developers, students and IT professionals across India.

A three-day workshop, Mastering Bots: Design and Build an Advanced Digital Workforce is designed to help participants learn how to create and automate software bots, apply RPA in real-world scenarios and understand the importance of RPA in the broader technology landscape. It will also familiarize attendees with Automation Anywhere’s RPA platform.

A one-day workshop, Introduction to Bots has also been launched, offering an overview on software bots, and a program focused on advanced RPA is planned for the coming months.

According to a report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global RPA market is expected to reach $3.97 Billion by 2025, growing at more than 30 per cent CAGR. RPA has become central to digital transformation initiatives of organizations across multiple industries to increase productivity and lower operating costs. RPA automates error-prone, high-volume administrative work, in addition to offering other benefits like improving internal processes and business response times.

Speaking on the collaboration, Bimaljeet Singh, President, Skills and Careers Business (India), NIIT Ltd. said, “The domain of RPA is growing rapidly and has become central to digital transformation initiatives of organizations across industries. We are glad to join hands with Automation Anywhere, to encourage learners to seize the career opportunity, as well as enterprises to solve their learning and development needs.”

“NIIT workshops are now providing attendees a concentrated program on RPA training which will address the need for these high demand skills,” said Arvind Thothadri, Vice President, Global Training and Certification at Automation Anywhere. “Workshop attendees will now have the advantages of RPA training that could help open more career opportunities for them, and at the same time, give human workers more time to focus on innovation.”

For more details visit: https://www.niit.com/rpa-workshop/ or Contact:- # 098115 43428

About NIIT

NIIT is a leading Skills and Talent Development Corporation that is building a manpower pool for global industry requirements. The company, which was set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, today ranks among the world's leading training companies owing to its vast and comprehensive array of talent development programs. With a footprint in over 30 countries, NIIT offers training and development solutions to Individuals, Enterprises and Institutions. NIIT has three main lines of business across the globe – Corporate Learning Group, Skills & Careers Business and MindChampion Learning Systems Limited.

NIIT's Corporate Learning Group (CLG) offers Managed Training Services (MTS) to market-leading companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The Skills & Careers Business (SNC) delivers a diverse range of learning and talent development programs to millions of individual and corporate learners in areas including Digital Transformation, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Soft Skills, Business Process Excellence, Retail Sales Enablement, Management Education, Multi-Sectoral Vocational Skills, Digital Media Marketing, and new-age IT.

NIIT has incubated StackRoute, as a digital transformation partner for corporates to build multi-skilled full stack developers at scale. As NIIT's wholly owned subsidiary for its K-12 school learning initiative - MindChampion Learning Systems Limited (MLSL), provides curriculum based holistic range of education learning solutions to private schools in India under the nGuru brand. The product portfolio includes technology-driven classroom solutions, labs, assessment solutions, career guidance and counselling programs, and courseware solutions for IT, Maths, Science and English.

As the Most Trusted Training Brand in India for 5th year in a row (Brand Trust Report, 2017), NIIT's learning and talent development solutions, continue to receive widespread recognition globally. NIIT has been named among the Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies for the past eleven consecutive years by Training Industry, Inc. USA. Further, leading Indian ICT journal Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT the 'Top Training Company' award successively for the past 20 years, since the inception of this category. NIIT has also been featured as the 'Most Respected Education Company'- 2016 by leading financial magazine, Business World.

ITC Infotech to Equip its Employees with Digital BOT, Ties with Automation Anywhere

ITC Infotech, a leading global technology services and solutions provider and a fully-owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd., is introducing a unique digital workforce solution by equipping every employee with a digital BOT, in partnership with Automation Anywhere®, one of the world's leading RPA platform providers backed by investors including Softbank.

Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Sudip Singh, MD & CEO, ITC Infotech said, "As a leading technology services company, we are truly embracing automation across our organization to 'Amplify Human Potential'. We are an organization committed to driving the adoption of automation and see immense potential in the digital amplification of our workforce. This initiative will also deliver higher efficiencies across client engagements. We are excited to partner with Automation Anywhere, and lead the way in creating a truly digital workforce of the future."

ITC Infotech intends to leverage Automation Anywhere's Digital Workforce Platform to empower its global workforce. By offering personal digital BOTs, it will enable employees automate and execute repetitive tasks and functions. As a part of the overall solution, ITC Infotech and Automation Anywhere will develop customized bots across various job roles, functions and departments at ITC Infotech.

"At Automation Anywhere, our vision is to create a world where every employee will work side by side with a software bot or digital workers, making the employees exponentially more productive and far more fulfilled. ITC Infotech's pioneering plans are closely aligned with our promise of creating an Intelligent Digital Workforce," said Mr. Milan Sheth, EVP IMEA, Automation Anywhere.

This holistic embrace of Automation sets the foundation for ITC Infotech to be the first Technology Services organization to have developed Digital Personas for different roles across the organization. In the Digitally enhanced work environment, digital assistants will aid in augmenting the capabilities of human workforce by building in predictability and higher productivity levels. And equally importantly, these digital assistants will directly impact employee experience by improving the quality of life at the workplace.

The digital BOTs will also deliver efficiency gains for ITC Infotech's clients, through enhanced productivity of the ITC Infotech workforce.

Softbank-backed Automation Anywhere Acquires Klevops of Paris

Automation Anywhere, a provider of robotic process automation (RPA), on Friday said it has acquired Paris-based Klevops. The company however, didn't disclose the deal amount. RPA technology refers to the use of software robots (bots) to automate business processes that are currently managed manually by human workers.

Last November, Automation Anywhere had raised $300 million from the SoftBank's tech-focused Vision Fund bringing the company's valuation to $2.6 billion. Besides, SoftBank, Automation Anywhere counts New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, as its investors, had raised well over USD 500 million (over Rs 3,450 crore).

"With the acquisition, Automation Anywhere fast forwards the RPA category to Attended Automation 2.0, where managers can easily orchestrate workstreams across a team of employees and bots, driving a higher level of employee productivity and improved customer experience," a statement said.

The acquired technology from Klevops will alter the dynamics between attended and unattended automation, making it a foundational solution for companies scaling their automation initiatives across all industries, Automation Anywhere Chief Technology Officer Prince Kohli said.

He added that this is especially relevant to contact centre-intensive industries like banking, financial services and telecommunications.

"As the demand for RPA continues to increase across multiple industries, acquisitions like this one will be part of Automation Anywhere's growth strategy as we continue to help solve customer pain points and automate a greater number of business processes," Automation Anywhere Chief Corporate Development Officer Peter Meechan said.

The combined solution of Klevops and Automation Anywhere's attended automation creates the industry's first capability to enable bots driving actions with multiple human teams to coordinate their activities, he added.

Automation Anywhere was originally founded as Tethys Solutions, LLC in San Jose, California by Ankur Kothari, Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta, and Rushabh Parmani. The company re-branded to Automation Anywhere, Inc. in 2010.

Automation Anywhere Raises $300 Mn from Softbank Vision Fund At $2.6 Bn Valuation

Indian-American founded "software bots for enterprises" firm Automation Anywhere has announced that it has raised $300 million from the SoftBank's tech-focused Vision Fund bringing the company's valuation to $2.6 billion.

Based out of California, US, Automation Anywhere had earlier raised $250 million in Series A funding in July and with this fresh funding from Softbank, the company's total financing is now over $500 million.

"With this additional capital, we are in a position to do far more than any other provider. We will not only continue to deliver the most advanced RPA to the market, but we will help bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) to millions," said Mihir Shukla, CEO and Co-Founder at Automation Anywhere.

The latest funding is subject to regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions and is an expansion to the company's series A round.

Founded in 2003, by Mihir Shukla, Ankur Kothari, Neeti Mehta, and Rushabh Parmani, Automation Anywhere is a provider of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), a technology that refers to use of software robots (bots) to automate business processes that are currently managed manually by human workers.

RPA or 'Software Bots' are digital workers which can complete mundane tasks, and also tackle more complicated problems as well. RPA enables companies to automate business processes, increasing productivity and enabling people to focus on more challenging and fulfilling work.

Automation Anywhere offers a complete suite of products capable of automating business processes at scale.

"Enterprises of all sizes are in the midst of a major transition to digital platforms and we are excited to partner with Automation Anywhere to accelerate this transformation," added Praveen Akkiraju, Managing Partner at Softbank Investment Advisers.

According to Automation Anywhere, it has about 1,500 enterprise customers including General Motors, Mastercard, and LinkedIn. They use its software to automate processes in functions ranging from supply-chain logistics to accounting.

The financing builds on an exceptional year for Automation Anywhere, which saw a rapidly growing roster of marquee customers (some of which can be seen here) and key executive appointments globally.

Following its Series A funding in July, Automation Anywhere announced it has so far this year established nine new locations based in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Miami, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, Warsaw and Washington, DC.

These new locations bring the company's total number of global offices to 19, including four others in the US, three in India, and one each in London, Melbourne and Singapore, Automation Anywhere said in a statement on Wednesday.

Automation Anywhere has opened its Bot Store, an app store-like marketplace of downloadable bot applications that are designed by the company and its partner ecosystem to meet specific automation requirements for common business processes. Additionally, the company has also announced that its enterprise solution would soon be available in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Source - ToI, WSJ

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