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5 investors discuss the future of RPA after UiPath’s IPO

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These are mostly data entry and data validation jobs. It’s simply suboptimal to hire, train and deploy remote employees to run routine processes, which are prone to, among other things, human error and boredom. Most of these tasks will be automated in the next couple of years.

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The Paradox of AI and Data Roles: How Automation Will Increase Demand for Data Professionals

Tomasz Tunguz

On the contrary, while AI can automate some work, it will also demand much more from data teams. Typical tasks - writing SQL & charting data - will become mostly automated. This ease of use will enable data teams to focus elsewhere : on the sea of demand for data coming from the edges of the company.

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Census raises $16M Series A to help companies put their data warehouses to work

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’ When the data warehouse is connected to the rest of the business, the possibilities are limitless. “ When we launched, our focus was enabling product-led companies like Figma, Canva, and Notion to drive better marketing, sales, and customer success. ” Census explains in today’s announcement.