As enterprises refine their strategies for handling Non-Human Identities (NHIs), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has become a powerful tool for streamlining operations and enhancing security. However, since RPA bots have varying levels of access to sensitive information, enterprises must be prepared to mitigate a variety of challenges. In large organizations, bots are starting to outnumber human employees, and without proper identity lifecycle management, these bots increase security risks.
UiPath performed significantly better in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 (ending October 31) than a year earlier. Revenue rose to $411 million, while the company turned from a small loss to a clear profit. This profit growth is mainly due to a higher gross margin and tight cost control. Importantly, recurring cloud revenue continues to grow. Agent-based automation and broader use of AI features are attracting new customers. Partnerships with Microsoft, Deloitte, and other cloud players are also helping to drive growth.
What is striking about BCG's findings, according to Jessica Apotheker, managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group, is that the leading companies in AI are mostly the same ones that were leaders eight years ago. "What this year's report shows is that the value gap between these companies and others is widening quite a bit," she says. In other words, BCG's research shows that organisations that have invested disproportionately in technology achieve a higher return from that investment.
The idea of automating tasks for desktop users is not entirely novel. Last year in October, Anthropic became the first LLM provider to showcase the possibility of controlling a computer or some parts of its operating system. That ability, which Anthropic had termed "computer use," enabled developers to instruct Claude 3.5 Sonnet, through the Anthropic API, to read and interpret what's on the display, type text, move the cursor, click buttons, and switch between windows or applications.