New Billionaire Daniel Dines Is Boss Of The Bots | Forbes

Daniel Dines is Romania's newest billionaire. UiPath, the company Dines cofounded, creates bots—blocks of code that automatically carry out repetitive tasks. You might associate bots with Russian election ruses or customer service stand-ins, but UiPath recently garnered a $7 billion valuation by selling a more humdrum kind that can pull numbers from invoiced PDFs into accounting software, or process insurance claims.

This shift has spawned an entirely new tech category, known as “robotic process automation,” or RPA. Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui bank group, a UiPath customer since April 2017, projects that reducing employee busywork and improving accuracy will have saved it nearly $500 million by next year. Giants like Toyota and Walmart have flocked to UiPath for similar magic. Setting up virtual robots is faster and cheaper: UiPath bot does the task endlessly, without complaint, for up to $15,000 a year. Some companies use thousands at a time.

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[drt]

Bravo, omule! In sfârșit, un miliardar român care chiar a muncit pentru banii ăia.

[MarkoZtv]

Homeboy sounds like an American actor doing a bad impression of a Russian accent

[RookieN]

Dude probably dreams about being a billionaire just so that he can wear shorts and sneakers to his workplace.

[Omilloadams]

a billionaire simple shirt, shorts and shoes nothing major just a Billionaire 🙌🏾🔥💯 real goals

[algotrader]

Dude sounds like a villain from a Bond film

[prigepp]

The video does not explain clearly what UI path does, !!!

[briankelly]

2:15 that robot behind the computer is very lifelike

[andreialexandrubordeianu]

Good Job my friend!!! Bravo, asa si trebuie, sper sa ne vedem in curand!!! Toate cele bune!!! All the best!!! ;)

[redamarzouk]

I was waiting on Forbes to get on line with this for a while now!!
finally the guy is taking recognition on what he and 10 other people could achieve after so much hardship!!

[vasiovasio]

Good work buddy! Regards from Bulgaria!

[botsDNA]

You are my Boss Mr Boss of Bots, Really Awesome Guru

[georgeabek]

This is educational why is everyone talking about his shirt and shoes?

[sirus]

I literally invested my life savings because he sounds like a bond villain. I'm in!

[MickyAvStickyHands]

Scaling a large company 70x in 2 years is a magic trick on its own. Raises eye browns on where the money is coming from.

[LaloSalamanca]

Now I know from where the classic russian accent from the Hollywood movies is coming from.

[YoungGrizzly]

I feel his pain about the struggle. I felt it in my first company and now in my new business. It always happens no matter what you do in terms of planning. I see it too much and have experienced quite a bit my self....but I keep coming back.

[terrencehooi]

Dude sounds like a Bond villain programming the world into extinction, Singularity is near ...😮🤣

[lasredchris]

Fiction uipath
Robotic process automation
Workers jobs - repetitive menial tasks
Manufacturing oil gas finance

[patrioticgunner]

I'm working towards becoming a billionaire

[khalidalali]

Lol, he’ll probably buy an island, and criticize people for not being able to land a job in the next ten years.