Mihir Shukla worked as Director of Engineering at E2Open and at Infoseek before starting his own company. In 2003 he and Neeti Mehta Shukla launched Tethys Solutions from the guest bedroom of their home in San Jose. They already had a customer in Australia when he returned from a celebratory coffee.
Ankur Kothari and Rushabh Parmani joined as co-founders. The company was renamed Automation Anywhere, Inc. in 2010. Its software robots copy the clicks of an office worker, so companies can automate old systems without rebuilding them.
In 2018 the company raised $550 million from investors including General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, NEA and SoftBank Investment Advisers. In November 2019 a $290 million Series B led by Salesforce Ventures valued it at about $6.8 billion. No newer round has been reported.
Automation Anywhere acquired Klevops in 2019. In June 2024 it launched AI agents and its AI plus Automation Enterprise System. On 7 October 2026 it announced a plan to acquire Boost.ai.