Mihir Shukla
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2003 – Present
23 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Steered the company from a bootstrapped screen-scraping utility in 2003 into an enterprise-grade automation titan without institutional capital for 15 years. Made the decisive bet in 2019 to rebuild the entire software stack from on-premise Windows client architectures into a cloud-native, multi-tenant web platform (Enterprise A2019 / Automation 360). Orchestrated the $550 million Series A funding in 2018 led by SoftBank Vision Fund, and guided the organization to non-GAAP operating profitability in late 2023 while pivoting platform capabilities toward generative AI agents.
Legacy
Architected the core vision of the digital workforce and established Automation Anywhere as a globally recognized leader across Gartner Magic Quadrants and Forrester Waves.