# Rob Bearden

> Rob Bearden is co-founder and CEO of Sema4.ai. Robocorp on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO, Sema4.ai.

Rob Bearden is co-founder and chief executive of Sema4.ai, an enterprise AI agent company that bought Robocorp in January 2024. He earlier co-founded Hortonworks and ran it as CEO, was CEO of Docker in 2019 and then of Cloudera, which he led through its sale to KKR and CD&R. He was also president and COO of SpringSource and JBoss.

## What Rob builds

- [Robocorp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/robocorp.md), graded B, 65.5/100, in Desktop & mobile app control. Robocorp's open-source automation stack for Python, now run by Sema4.ai, with libraries for Windows desktop, cross-platform desktop, browser and document automation. Tasks run locally through `rcc` or Python, with Control Room as the hosted orchestrator. Co-founder and CEO, Sema4.ai, researched 2026-10-28.

## Backed by

- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Mayfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mayfield/)

## Questions

### Who is Rob Bearden?

Rob Bearden is co-founder and chief executive of Sema4.ai, an enterprise AI agent company that bought Robocorp in January 2024. He earlier co-founded Hortonworks and ran it as CEO, was CEO of Docker in 2019 and then of Cloudera, which he led through its sale to KKR and CD&R. He was also president and COO of SpringSource and JBoss.

### What does Sema4.ai make?

Anchor Terminal lists Robocorp from Sema4.ai. Robocorp's open-source automation stack for Python, now run by Sema4.ai, with libraries for Windows desktop, cross-platform desktop, browser and document automation. Tasks run locally through rcc or Python, with Control Room as the hosted orchestrator.

### Who has invested in Sema4.ai?

The sources our research read name Benchmark and Mayfield.

### How are Rob's tools graded?

Robocorp is graded B, 65.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://sema4.ai/contact-us/

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