UiPath is pushing aggressively into the space of agentic AI, a key shift from traditional robotic process automation (RPA) to more intelligent and autonomous automation. The strategic move is aimed at enhancing the company’s automation platform with advanced AI capabilities, enabling businesses to manage intricate workflows with enhanced efficiency and autonomy.
At the core of UiPath’s vision is the introduction of a new platform to bring deterministic automation and agentic AI together. The platform rests on four pillars: enterprise agents, agentic orchestration, robots, and people. Enterprise agents are AI-driven entities that work with RPA robots to automate processes and provide business results. UiPath Agent Builder provides a low-code environment to create custom AI agents, allowing users to build these agents from scratch or using templates. The product allows users to build sophisticated AI agents that can easily integrate with current RPA bots and human-in-the-loop workflows.
Agentic orchestration refers to tuning and governing end-to-end processes so that AI agents, robots, and human collaboration work together efficiently to provide end-to-end process automation. Although this approach not only automates traditional structured tasks, but also automates unstructured, complex processes, thereby bringing the horizon of automation in companies to a much greater magnitude.
UiPath Autopilot, the conversational AI helper, serves a central role in speeding up interactions across the platform. UiPath Autopilot uses GenAI and natural language processing (NLP) to fast-track development, testing, and business user engagement and render it easier for users to achieve maximum value from the UiPath platform.
The company’s commitment to building bridges and not walls is also evident in its expansive ecosystem of pre-built connectivity. UiPath integrates with leading enterprise systems and cloud platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, among many others. Such broad connectivity helps enterprises scale automation across different digital ecosystems efficiently.
But despite such developments, UiPath finds it hard to monetize its creative endeavors. Its growth in revenues is slowing, and its stock prices have declined tremendously. A part of that decrease is correlated with the common market uncertainties such as returns on investments in AI technology and global economic challenges such as trade policy.
In an effort to increase its growth and further solidify its position within the agentic AI market, UiPath has acquired Peak, a UK-based AI company. Peak specializes in product inventory and pricing optimization across various industries. The acquisition will enable UiPath to increase its ability to deliver vertically specific AI solutions, particularly in manufacturing and retail industries. The action is intended to drive market growth with industry-specific AI applications that have the ability to scale globally.
UiPath’s foray into agentic AI is underpinned by robust market demand. A recent company report showed that 90% of IT executives think their business processes would be enhanced by agentic AI, and 77% intend to invest in the technology. The addition of agentic AI to the platform of UiPath is seen as a key facilitator to solve more complex business workflows, with benefits in the shape of better monitoring, increased application integration, and automation of advanced tasks.
In general, UiPath’s strategy in agentic AI is part of a wider industry movement towards more sophisticated automation technologies. By combining AI agents with RPA and human collaboration, UiPath aims to empower businesses to achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency, positioning itself as a pioneer in the evolving intelligent automation landscape.
