UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Today, I’m talking with Daniel Dines, the co-founder and once again the CEO of UiPath, a software company that specializes in something called robotic process automation. We’ve been featuring a lot of what I like to call full-circle Decoder guests on the show lately, and Daniel is a perfect example.

He was first on the show in 2022, and UiPath has had a lot of changes since then, including a short stint with a different CEO. Daniel is now back at the helm, and the timing is important: the company needs to shift, fast, to a world of agentic AI, which is radically changing the RPA business. We got into all that and more in this episode. It’s a fun one.

Links:

• UiPath’s Daniel Dines thinks automation can fight the great resignation | Decoder
• Daniel Dines: Why Agents Do Not Mean RPA is Fucked | Harry Stebbings
• UiPath to re-appoint Daniel Dines as CEO | UiPath
• UiPath shares tank 30% after company announces CEO shakeup | CNBC
• UiPath to lay off 10% of workforce in companywide restructuring | CNBC
• UiPath looks for a path to growth with Peak agentic AI acquisition | TechCrunch
• How RPA vendors aim to remain relevant in a world of AI agents | TechCrunch
• UiPath finds firmer footing with pivot to general automation, AI | TechCrunch

Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/643562

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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