Founding Story of Robocorp
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Company builds an open source RPA stack around Robot Framework and Python tooling and runs an open core SaaS layer for deployment, governance, monitoring and operations. Incorporated in January 2019, raised seed led by Benchmark and now over $30M, 50 people across nine countries, first enterprise wins include Fortune 200 deployments. Fundraising involved ~50 VC meetings, product proved viable during COVID remote scale, and next steps focus on scaling sales and a global partner ecosystem to drive adoption. distributed from Helsinki
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to robocorp
- 1:54Founding story and vision
- 5:29Fundraising and growth
- 9:39The role of open source
- 11:56Remote culture and scaling
- 16:26Go-to-market strategies
- 20:16Future outlook and legacy
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