computer science

UiPath

UiPath is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand UiPath rather than just read about it. In short: UiPath Inc. is a Romanian-American multinational software company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) and agentic automation and orchestration software. The company's software enables the building and orchestration of AI agents to automate complex processes and workflows.

Key takeaways

UiPath belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect UiPath to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of UiPath from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

UiPath Inc. is a Romanian-American multinational software company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) and agentic automation and orchestration software. The company's software enables the building and orchestration of AI agents to automate complex processes and workflows. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tîrcă, the company is headquartered in New York City. The company became public on April 21, 2021, which at the time was reportedly one of the largest US software IPOs in history.

History UiPath was founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania as DeskOver, by Romanian entrepreneurs Daniel Dines and Marius Tîrcă. In 2013, the company released the first UiPath Desktop Automation product line, which gave companies RPA tools to automate manual and repetitive back office tasks. In 2015, the company changed its name to UiPath. Also in 2015, after receiving seed funding from Accel Partners and earlier investors, the company also opened offices in London, New York City, Bangalore, Paris, Singapore, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo. By April 2016, the company had released its Front Office and Back Office Server suites, and also released its Studio Community Edition. Within six months, the company had 10,000 active members, and more than 250 enterprise customers. In 2017, UiPath reported 590 employees and moved its headquarters to New York to be closer to its international customer base. In October 2019, UiPath announced the acquisition of Ukrainian process documentation company StepShot and Dutch process mining company ProcessGold. Also in October, the company announced several updates to its technology platform, including UiPath Explorer, an automation identification and planning tool developed using technology from the acquired companies; a robot communication tool called UiPath Apps; a low code robot programming tool called UiPath StudioX; an embedded analytics tool called UiPath Insights; and UiPath Connect, a tool that allowed every employee to find new processes to automate. In November of the same year, the company reported it had 5,000 customers worldwide, and a developer community of more than 500,000 people. In November, the company was ranked first in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. In March 2021, UiPath acquired Cloud Elements, an interconnectivity platform to advance API-based automation capabilities. In April 2021, UiPath raised $1.3 billion in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in one of the largest US software IPOs in history. In July 2022, UiPath acquired Re:infer, a natural language processing developer, for an undisclosed sum. In July 2024, the company released its UiPath Autopilot program, which integrated generative AI and NLP into its Business Automation Platform. It also announced a collaboration with Microsoft to integrate agentic AI into Microsoft's Teams collaboration software. In October 2024, the company launched a preview of its Agent Builder, an agentic automation tool for developers to combine RPA with generative AI-powered agents to help simplify enterprise automation efforts. In March 2025, the company announced its UiPath Test Cloud, a tool to improve software testing by integrating AI agents. Also in March, UiPath acquired Peak, a Manchester-headquartered AI company specializing in agentic solutions for inventory and pricing optimization, for an undisclosed sum. In April 2025, the company launched UiPath Platform for Agentic Automation, with an orchestration layer called Maestro, allowing employees to work more effectively with agents and robots. In October 2025, the UiPath Platform was named as one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025.

Products UiPath develops agentic automation software that combines robots, AI agents and people to automate workflows and processes. Agentic automation integrates traditional robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, and human decision-making capabilities to allow for larger, more complex automations. UiPath's main product is the UiPath Platform for Agentic Automation. The platform combines a family of low-code visual integrated development environment (IDE) products called UiPath Studio for process creation, with client-side agents called Robots that execute those processes. An important part of the platform is UiPath Maestro, an orchestration engine designed to automate, model and optimize complex business processes, and monitor the performance of agents and robots. Its earlier RPA products simplified tasks performed using other business software such as CRM or ERP systems, in internal and back-office areas like accounting, human resources paperwork, and claims processing. UiPath also hosts the UiPath Academy, to provide job training and certification in the fields of agentic automation and robotic process automation.

Funding

References

External links Official website Business data for UiPath Inc.:

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with UiPath

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what UiPath claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to UiPath before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about UiPath ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of UiPath

In research: UiPath appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses UiPath in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: UiPath is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2021 initial public offerings, Artificial intelligence companies, Automation software, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for UiPath outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study UiPath in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what UiPath means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain UiPath out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is UiPath in simple terms?

Why does UiPath matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study UiPath?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on UiPath.