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  "markdown": "Co-founder and COO.\n\nAnkur Kothari is co-founder and chief operating officer of Automation Anywhere and a member of its board. He leads the company's global sales, pre-sales and post-sales teams, including customer success, professional services and support, and has more than 24 years in the software industry.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankothari/\n\n## What Ankur builds\n\n- [Automation Anywhere](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.md), graded D, 51/100, in Desktop \u0026 mobile app control. Automation Anywhere's Automation 360 is a cloud robotic process automation platform whose Control Room deploys bots that operate desktop and web applications. Outside agents run automations through the Control Room REST API or its MCP inbound endpoint. Co-founder and COO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Adi Kuruganti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adi-kuruganti/), Chief AI and Development Officer\n- [Mihir Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mihir-shukla/), Co-founder, CEO and Board Chair\n- [Neeti Mehta Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/neeti-mehta-shukla/), Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer\n- [Peter White](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-white/), Chief Product Officer\n- [Rushabh Parmani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rushabh-parmani/), Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [New Enterprise Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/)\n- [Goldman Sachs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/goldman-sachs/)\n- [General Atlantic](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-atlantic/)\n- [World Innovation Lab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/world-innovation-lab/)\n- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)\n- [SoftBank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/softbank/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ankur Kothari?\n\nAnkur Kothari is co-founder and chief operating officer of Automation Anywhere and a member of its board. He leads the company's global sales, pre-sales and post-sales teams, including customer success, professional services and support, and has more than 24 years in the software industry.\n\n### What does Automation Anywhere make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Automation Anywhere from Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere's Automation 360 is a cloud robotic process automation platform whose Control Room deploys bots that operate desktop and web applications. Outside agents run automations through the Control Room REST API or its MCP inbound endpoint.\n\n### Who has invested in Automation Anywhere?\n\nThe sources our research read name New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, World Innovation Lab, Salesforce and SoftBank.\n\n### How are Ankur's tools graded?\n\nAutomation Anywhere is graded D, 51 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/leadership-team\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihirshukla/\n- https://x.com/MihirAndNow\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankothari/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rushabh-parmani-03028517\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeti-mehta-shukla-511476/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adikuruganti27/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterfwhite/\n- https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/about-us\n- https://www.automationanywhere.com/\n- https://x.com/AutomationAnywh\n- https://www.automationanywhere.com/customer-support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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