Automation Anywhere, AWS team up to make gen AI more accessible for enterprises

Automation Anywhere, an intelligent automation company, has inked a multi-year strategic collaboration deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The partnership is geared towards developing industry-specific automation solutions, expediting the success of automation deployments. 

According to the company, the primary objective of this collaboration is to boost Automation Anywhere's proficiency in gen AI and intelligent automation, thereby amplifying enterprise productivity and fueling business expansion. The partnership also aims to provide its customers with enhanced options, flexibility, and reliability for their gen AI deployments. 

This collaboration further seeks to streamline the utilization of Automation Anywhere's intelligent automation capabilities through AWS investments for customers. Additionally, the Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) enables both companies to deliver added value through a go-to-market and co-selling program. This collaboration further paves the way for exploring and developing industry-specific automation solutions to foster growth and innovation in various sectors, the company said. 

The company has also announced the general availability of integrations with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker by Automation Anywhere. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service facilitating access to foundation models from top AI companies via an API, while Amazon SageMaker aids companies in building, training, and deploying machine learning models with comprehensive infrastructure, tools, and workflows. 

Adi Kuruganti, Chief Product Officer, Automation Anywhere said, “Since we first put our cloud-native Automation Success Platform on AWS, we have long-shared a mutual vision with AWS to enable every company with the potential to transform their business through an open approach to the powerful combination of generative AI and intelligent automation. In the next phase of our collaboration, we’re excited to work with AWS to leverage the full power of generative AI to develop targeted, industry-specific solutions and completely reshape and improve the way companies work across their organization." 

Chris Grusz, Managing Director of Technology Partnerships at AWS said, “The SCA with Automation Anywhere reinforces our shared commitment to making it easy, practical, and cost-effective for customers to use generative AI capabilities across their business. We’re pleased to support Automation Anywhere in the development of generative AI-powered tools that enable customers to boost productivity and power innovation.” 

Automation Anywhere previously launched a cloud-native process automation solution on AWS and joined the AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program. In June 2023, Automation Anywhere also participated in the Amazon SageMaker Jumpstart program, bringing intelligent automation and generative AI innovations to market.