# Mihir Shukla

> Mihir Shukla is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Automation Anywhere, the San Jose enterprise software company he started in 2003 after working across the early internet, search, e-commerce, mobile and supply-chain software waves. A software engineer by education, he has spent more than two decades arguing that repetitive digital work should be assigned to machines so people can focus on judgment, creativity and relationships. His latest chapter stretches from agentic process automation and AI governance to education initiatives and The Five-Year Century, the 2026 national bestseller he co-authored with Nancy Hauge.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair at Automation Anywhere
- **Organizations:** Automation Anywhere, World Economic Forum, Melbourne Business School Institute for Digital Innovation & AI, Shukla Centre for Future Studies, E2open, OmniSky, Infoseek, Netscape, Kiva Software, RCube Technologies
- **Education:** Computer Software, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
- **Known for:** Co-founded Automation Anywhere in 2003 and has led it for more than two decades., Helped build a company that raised $840 million across its 2018 Series A and 2019 Series B financings., Serves as a World Economic Forum partner and ICT Governor, with involvement in AI and future-of-work communities.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1998** — Co-founded RCube Technologies and served as vice president of its internet division.
- **1996-1998** — Worked as a consultant at Netscape following its acquisition of Kiva Software.
- **1998-2000** — Served as director of engineering for Infoseek's platform group and managed the group after Disney's acquisition.
- **1999-2000** — Advised OmniSky during the early mobile internet era.
- **2000-2002** — Served as director of engineering at E2open, working on global supply-chain integration.
- **2003** — Co-founded the company originally known as Tethys Solutions with Neeti Mehta Shukla, Ankur Kothari and Rushabh Parmani; it later became Automation Anywhere.
- **2018** — Automation Anywhere raised $550 million across its Series A financings after operating for roughly 15 years without institutional venture funding.
- **2019** — Automation Anywhere raised a $290 million Series B led by Salesforce Ventures.
- **2022** — Became a World Economic Forum partner and ICT Governor.
- **2023** — Visited Moshi Technical School in Tanzania after colleagues summited Mount Kilimanjaro, speaking with students about technology access.
- **2025** — Joined the advisory board of the Institute for Digital Innovation & AI at Melbourne Business School; Automation Anywhere announced the acquisition of Aisera.
- **2026** — Co-authored The Five-Year Century with Nancy Hauge; the book was recognized as a national bestseller.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Automation Anywhere in 2003 and has led it for more than two decades.
- Helped build a company that raised $840 million across its 2018 Series A and 2019 Series B financings.
- Serves as a World Economic Forum partner and ICT Governor, with involvement in AI and future-of-work communities.
- Joined the advisory board of Melbourne Business School's Institute for Digital Innovation & AI in 2025.
- Co-authored the 2026 national bestseller The Five-Year Century with Nancy Hauge.
- Sponsors the Shukla Centre for Future Studies, focused on AI, automation and robotics learning for middle-grade students in India.
- Led Automation Anywhere as it expanded from robotic process automation into cloud-native and agentic process automation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Automation Anywhere reported the largest outcome-based transaction in its history and growing momentum in AI deployments.
- **2026-06** — The Five-Year Century, co-authored by Shukla and Nancy Hauge, was recognized as a national bestseller.
- **2026-05** — At Imagine 2026, Shukla presented updates to Automation Anywhere's agentic process automation platform and introduced initiatives including Autonomous IT, Autonomous Finance, Automation Anywhere Code and EnterpriseClaw.
- **2026-02** — Automation Anywhere and AI Kiran announced a partnership intended to train one million people for AI careers.
- **2026-01** — Automation Anywhere announced expanded work with OpenAI on AI-native agentic solutions for enterprises.
- **2025-11** — Automation Anywhere announced its acquisition of Aisera to add self-service agents for IT service management, HR and customer service.
- **2025-07** — Shukla joined the advisory board of the Institute for Digital Innovation & AI at Melbourne Business School.

## Links

- Website: https://www.automationanywhere.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihirshukla/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AutomationAnywhere

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Last updated: 2026-08-18