# Workato

> Workato is a Palo Alto-based enterprise automation and integration platform (iPaaS) that lets IT and business teams build cross-app workflows - called Recipes - with low-code/no-code building blocks and a growing layer of AI agents. It connects more than a thousand SaaS apps and on-prem systems, and is used by companies like Atlassian, Box, GitLab, Broadcom, and Toast to automate everything from employee onboarding to order-to-cash.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Vijay Tella (Co-founder & CEO), Gautham Viswanathan (Co-founder & Chief Product Officer), Harish Shetty (Co-founder & Chief Architect), Dimitris Kogias (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~1,300
- **Products:** Workato Platform (iPaaS), Workbot, API Platform, Workato AI / Agentic Automation, Embedded by Workato
- **Notable:** Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS multiple years running, Raised $200M Series E at a $5.7B valuation in 2021, Grew to 20,000+ customers worldwide

## Products & services

- **Workato Platform (iPaaS)** — Cloud-native integration platform with 1,000+ pre-built connectors, low-code Recipes, and workflow automation across apps, data, and AI.
- **Workbot** — Conversational automation inside Slack and Microsoft Teams - run workflows and approvals from chat.
- **API Platform** — Publish, manage, and govern internal and external APIs without standing up separate API gateway infrastructure.
- **Workato AI / Agentic Automation** — AI copilots and agents that build, summarize, and execute automations - including MCP support and LLM connectors.
- **Embedded by Workato** — An embedded iPaaS that SaaS vendors can resell under their own brand to ship native integrations.

## Achievements

- Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS multiple years running
- Raised $200M Series E at a $5.7B valuation in 2021
- Grew to 20,000+ customers worldwide
- Launched Workato AI and MCP support for agentic enterprise automation

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Expanded Workato AI with generative recipe-building and AI agent connectors.
- **2025-01** — Introduced enterprise MCP support for agentic AI workflows on the iPaaS.
- **2025-06** — Continued enterprise rollout to customers like Atlassian, GitLab, Toast, and Box.

## Links

- Website: https://www.workato.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workato
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/workato
- GitHub: https://github.com/workato
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC23xuvk2DoIlNWv3uAGb18w
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workato_inc/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/workato

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Last updated: 2026-05-22