What are the most valued startups in the AI workflow automation market?

Last updated: 13 July 2026

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AI workflow automation has expanded from traditional process software into a broad market covering AI agents, robotic process automation, integration platforms, document workflows and enterprise orchestration.

Customer-service AI agents now sit beside established automation vendors among the market’s most valuable companies.

We update this list every month to reflect new funding rounds, acquisitions, public market movements and operating data.

A quick summary table

Metric Value
Most valuable AI workflow automation startup Sierra, $15.0B–$15.8B
Second most valuable AI workflow automation startup Celonis, $11.0B–$14.0B
Median AI workflow automation valuation Approximately $425M
Share of AI workflow automation valuation captured by the top 10 Approximately 59%
Top AI workflow automation valuation vs. median Approximately 36 times
Median valuation-to-capital-raised ratio Approximately 3.5 times
AI workflow automation startups valued at $1B+ 26

Top startups in the AI workflow automation market ranked by valuation

Here is an updated table that ranks the top startups in the AI workflow automation market based on their latest reported or estimated valuations.

# Startup Name What They Do Current Valuation ($) Valuation Confidence Level Valuation Type Evidence Status Total Funding ($) Funding Confidence Level
1 Sierra Enterprise customer-service AI agents $15.0B–$15.8B Strong Confidence Active Raise Valuation Observed $1.6B Strong Confidence
2 Celonis Process intelligence automation $11.0B–$14.0B Partial Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Estimated $1.8B Full Confidence
3 MuleSoft API integration platform $6.5B Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $513M Strong Confidence
4 UiPath RPA and agentic automation $6.0B Full Confidence Public Market Cap Observed $2.7B Full Confidence
5 Zapier No-code app automation $5.0B–$7.0B Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $1M Strong Confidence
6 Automation Anywhere Cloud RPA platform $4.0B–$6.8B Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $840M Strong Confidence
7 Decagon AI customer-experience agents $4.5B Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $481M Full Confidence
8 Icertis AI contract intelligence platform $3.8B–$5.0B Strong Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $341M Strong Confidence
9 Boomi Cloud integration platform $4.0B Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $5M Partial Confidence
10 Ironclad AI contract lifecycle management $3.0B–$3.4B Strong Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $333M Full Confidence
11 Parloa Enterprise voice customer-service agents $3.0B Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $562M Full Confidence
12 Moveworks AI employee support automation $2.85B Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $305M Strong Confidence
13 Workato Enterprise automation platform $2.2B–$3.2B Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $421M Strong Confidence
14 n8n Open-source workflow automation $2.5B–$2.8B Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $254M Strong Confidence
15 Uniphore Enterprise conversational AI automation $2.5B Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $870M Partial Confidence
16 Nintex Digital process automation $2.0B–$2.4B Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $135M Partial Confidence
17 Cresta Contact-center generative AI platform $1.3B–$1.8B Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Estimated $276M Strong Confidence
18 Creatio No-code CRM workflow automation $1.2B–$1.5B Strong Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $273M Strong Confidence
19 Instabase AI document workflow platform $1.1B–$1.4B Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Estimated $277M Full Confidence
20 LangChain AI-agent development infrastructure $1.3B Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $260M Full Confidence
21 Tines Security and IT workflow automation $1.1B–$1.4B Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Estimated $272M Full Confidence
22 Torq Agentic security operations automation $1.2B Full Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $332M Strong Confidence
23 airSlate Document workflow automation $1.0B–$1.4B Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $162M Partial Confidence
24 Camunda Process orchestration automation $800M–$1.3B Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $128M Full Confidence
25 PandaDoc Document workflow automation software $900M–$1.1B Strong Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $57M+ Partial Confidence
26 Sirion AI contract lifecycle management $900M–$1.1B Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $171M Full Confidence
27 Cognigy Enterprise conversational AI agents $955M Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $165M Partial Confidence
28 Ada Automated customer-service AI $700M–$1.0B Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $200M Strong Confidence
29 Tonkean No-code process orchestration $700M–$1.0B Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $83M Full Confidence
30 Kore.ai Enterprise conversational AI platform $700M–$900M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $204M+ Partial Confidence
31 Aisera AI service workflow automation $650M–$850M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $150M Strong Confidence
32 Nanonets Automates back-office document workflows $600M–$900M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $42M Strong Confidence
33 AppZen Autonomous finance operations platform $650M–$750M Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $281M Strong Confidence
34 Agiloft No-code contract lifecycle management $550M–$750M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $45M Full Confidence
35 Cyclone Robotics RPA and hyperautomation software $500M–$750M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $240M Strong Confidence
36 Tray.io Low-code integration automation $450M–$750M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Estimated $149M Strong Confidence
37 Hyperscience Intelligent document automation $450M–$700M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $299M Partial Confidence
38 Ocrolus Automates financial document workflows $450M–$650M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $122M Full Confidence
39 Onit Legal workflow automation platform $450M–$650M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $212M Partial Confidence
40 Pipefy Low-code workflow management $400M–$700M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Estimated $139M Full Confidence
41 Yellow.ai Customer-service automation agents $450M–$650M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $102M Strong Confidence
42 Laiye Intelligent automation platform $400M–$650M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $211M Strong Confidence
43 Observe.AI Contact-center intelligence automation $400M–$650M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $213M Strong Confidence
44 Gumloop No-code AI workflow automation $400M–$600M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $71M Strong Confidence
45 Kissflow Low-code workflow automation $350M–$650M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $1M Partial Confidence
46 Rossum AI document processing platform $350M–$550M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $105M Strong Confidence
47 Swimlane Enterprise security workflow automation $350M–$550M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $215M Partial Confidence
48 Dust Enterprise AI agent workspaces $350M–$500M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $62M Full Confidence
49 WorkFusion AI automation for compliance $350M–$500M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $386M Strong Confidence
50 SpotDraft AI contract lifecycle management $350M–$410M Strong Confidence Announced Private Round Valuation Observed $90M Strong Confidence
51 Adept AI AI agents operating software $300M–$450M Partial Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $415M Full Confidence
52 Capacity AI support workflow automation $300M–$450M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $96M Partial Confidence
53 Maven AGI Enterprise customer-journey AI agents $250M–$400M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $78M Strong Confidence
54 ProcessMaker BPM workflow automation software $250M–$380M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $45M Full Confidence
55 Evisort AI contract intelligence platform $290M–$330M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $155M Partial Confidence
56 Lindy AI assistant workflow automation $230M–$380M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $50M Low Confidence
57 LinkSquares AI contract management software $250M–$350M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $162M Strong Confidence
58 Decisions Rules-driven process automation $220M–$340M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $40M Strong Confidence
59 Vic.ai Autonomous accounts-payable automation $200M–$300M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $115M Full Confidence
60 Forethought Agentic customer-support automation $180M–$300M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $117M Strong Confidence
61 ContractPodAi AI legal workflow platform $190M–$280M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $170M Strong Confidence
62 Rasa Conversational AI development platform $180M–$280M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $84M Partial Confidence
63 Relevance AI No-code AI agent platform $170M–$270M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $37M Full Confidence
64 Boost.ai Enterprise conversational AI platform $140M–$240M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $5M Partial Confidence
65 Indico Data Automates insurance intake workflows $140M–$220M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $55M Partial Confidence
66 Lexion AI contract operations platform $165M Full Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $35M Full Confidence
67 Make Visual workflow automation $100M–$200M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $0 Strong Confidence
68 Eigen Technologies Extracts insights from documents $100M–$180M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $60M Full Confidence
69 MindStudio No-code AI agent builder $100M–$180M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $36M Partial Confidence
70 Ultimate.ai Customer-support automation agents $100M–$180M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $28M Partial Confidence
71 Stack AI Enterprise no-code AI agents $90M–$140M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $19M Strong Confidence
72 Magical Healthcare operations AI agents $80M–$140M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $41M Full Confidence
73 Orby AI Generative enterprise process automation $90M–$130M Partial Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $35M Full Confidence
74 Kryon RPA and process discovery $100M Strong Confidence Acquisition Value Observed $79M Partial Confidence
75 CrewAI Multi-agent automation framework $70M–$100M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $18M Partial Confidence
76 Espressive Automated enterprise IT support $60M–$110M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $53M Full Confidence
77 Catalytic No-code workflow automation $60M–$100M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $50M Partial Confidence
78 Process Street Compliance process workflow management $60M–$100M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $13M Strong Confidence
79 Robocorp Open-source RPA platform $55M–$90M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $32M Full Confidence
80 ElectroNeek RPA platform for MSPs $55M–$85M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $23M Strong Confidence
81 Juro Browser-based contract automation $55M–$85M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $31M Strong Confidence
82 AntWorks AI document automation $55M–$75M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $15M Full Confidence
83 Docsumo Document AI for decisions $50M–$80M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $4M Strong Confidence
84 Twin Labs No-code autonomous AI agents $45M–$70M Strong Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $10M Strong Confidence
85 Malbek AI contract management platform $45M–$65M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $20M Partial Confidence
86 Bardeen Browser-based AI automation $35M–$65M Low Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $22M Strong Confidence
87 Levity AI automation for logistics workflows $35M–$65M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $10M Strong Confidence
88 Tektonic AI Operational workflow AI agents $35M–$60M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $10M Full Confidence
89 Relay.app Human-in-loop workflow automation $30M–$50M Partial Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $8M Strong Confidence
90 Veryfi Extracts data from documents $25M–$40M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $19M Partial Confidence
91 Integrify Low-code enterprise workflow automation $20M–$40M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $0M Low Confidence
92 OpenBots Open-source RPA platform $20M–$35M Low Confidence Implied Valuation from Raise Implied $5M Low Confidence
93 Joget Low-code workflow application platform $18M–$32M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $0M Low Confidence
94 Staple AI Multilingual document processing automation $20M–$28M Partial Confidence Comparables-Based Estimate Estimated $4M Strong Confidence
95 Super.AI Document process automation $15M–$30M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $18M Partial Confidence
96 Flokzu No-code business process automation $8M–$18M Low Confidence Acquisition Value Estimated $0M Low Confidence
97 Base64.ai AI document intelligence APIs $7M–$11M Partial Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $3M Partial Confidence
98 Evolution AI Financial document data extraction $6M–$12M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $0M Strong Confidence
99 Tallyfy AI-assisted process management software $5M–$10M Low Confidence Proxy-Based Estimate Estimated $150K Partial Confidence
100 KlearStack Enterprise document intelligence platform $4M–$7M Low Confidence Revenue or ARR Multiple Estimate Estimated $0M Low Confidence

Key valuation trends in the AI workflow automation market

Insights

  • Sierra, Decagon and Parloa have a combined valuation of approximately $22.9B after raising about $2.6B, making customer-service AI agents one of the most valuable emerging segments in workflow automation.
  • The top 10 AI workflow automation companies capture approximately 59% of the dataset’s total midpoint valuation, showing that market value remains heavily concentrated among a small number of platforms.
  • Sierra’s midpoint valuation is more than twice MuleSoft’s $6.5B acquisition value, illustrating the premium investors now place on AI-native customer-service automation.
  • n8n has a midpoint valuation of approximately $2.65B on $254M of funding, producing a valuation-to-funding ratio above 10 times and highlighting the efficiency of open-source distribution.
  • Icertis and Ironclad represent approximately $7.6B in combined midpoint valuation, making contract lifecycle management one of the largest specialist categories in AI workflow automation.
  • UiPath has raised $2.7B, the highest amount in the dataset, but its $6.0B market capitalization equals only about 2.2 times the company’s cumulative funding.
  • Moveworks achieved a $2.85B acquisition value after raising $305M, showing that strategic buyers can pay substantial premiums for workflow products embedded in enterprise support operations.
  • Gumloop, Dust, Relevance AI, Stack AI and Twin Labs have raised approximately $199M combined while supporting about $1.3B in aggregate midpoint valuation.
  • Tines and Torq have a combined valuation of approximately $2.45B after raising $604M, showing that security workflow automation can support large outcomes without the funding scale of broad RPA platforms.
  • The market has a clear barbell structure, with 26 companies valued at $1B or more and a long group of specialist workflow automation startups valued below $500M.

A few word about our methodology

As you can see, we built a database that ranks startups in the AI workflow automation market based on their current valuation.

Estimating startup valuations is not always straightforward. Many AI workflow automation companies do not publicly disclose their valuation, and the available information can vary widely depending on the company and its stage.

To build this ranking, we applied a structured valuation methodology and cross-checked information across multiple reliable sources.

Whenever possible, we relied on direct disclosures. These include announced valuations from completed funding rounds, public filings for listed companies, or official acquisition prices.

When an AI workflow automation company is publicly listed, we use its current market capitalization as the reference valuation.

If a company was acquired and no independent valuation can reasonably be estimated today, we use the acquisition price as the main reference point.

When a startup recently raised capital but the valuation was not disclosed, we estimate the implied valuation using typical dilution levels for that stage of fundraising.

In some cases, we also estimate valuations using operating metrics such as revenue, ARR, customer growth or enterprise adoption, combined with valuation multiples from comparable workflow automation companies.

When direct financial data is not available, we may rely on carefully selected comparable startups and other signals such as hiring growth, investor quality, customer traction, product adoption or developer activity.

All estimates follow a strict evidence hierarchy. Recent funding rounds with announced valuations carry the most weight, followed by strong operating metrics and comparable company analysis.

We also carefully evaluate the age of every data point. Recent information carries more weight, while older data is treated cautiously and adjusted conservatively when necessary.

Whenever information is uncertain or incomplete, we clearly distinguish between confirmed facts and reasonable inferences.

Because valuation data is not always fully public, each startup in the ranking is assigned a confidence level based on the reliability, recency and consistency of the available evidence.

Full confidence means the valuation is supported by strong and recent evidence. Strong confidence means the estimate is well supported but includes minor inference. Partial confidence means the estimate relies more heavily on indirect signals. Low confidence means available information is limited or inconsistent.

When confidence is lower, we take a more conservative approach by widening the valuation range. This helps reflect the uncertainty and increases the probability that the true valuation falls within the estimated range.

AI workflow automation is a broad market, so we include several connected categories. These include RPA, enterprise orchestration, AI agents, integration platforms, process intelligence, document automation, contract workflows and conversational automation.

In a world where LLMs hallucinate and unreliable information is everywhere, our goal is simple: provide data you can trust.

If you want the full detail on a specific valuation estimate, feel free to contact us and we will gladly explain.

Finally, know that we update the dataset once per month, so come back here if you need fresh information.

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