Buzzy AI software startup UiPath in talks to raise a mega funding round at possible $7 billion valuation

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Buzzy software robots startup UiPath is in talks with investors about a major new funding round that could double its valuation from $3 billion to as much as $7 billion, sources told Business Insider.

Buzzy robotics software company UiPath is in talks with investors about a big new round of funding that could double its valuation from $3 billion to as much as $7 billion, multiple sources told Business Insider. UiPath counts Accel, CapitalG, and Sequoia Capital among its backers. But the new funding round, a Series D, is led by institutional investors, including the large technology hedge fund Coatue, with others like T. Rowe Price and Blackstone likely joining the round, the person said.

 

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