Workato

Industry| Software
Founded| 2013
Founder| Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, Harish Shetty, Dimitris Kogias
Headquarters|

Mountain View, California

United States

Area served

| Global
Website| www.workato.com

American cloud integration platform company

Workato is an American multinational software company that provides a cloud-based platform for automation, integration, and artificial intelligence (AI) orchestration across applications, data, and systems.[1][2][3] The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

## History

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Workato was founded in 2013 by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, Harish Shetty, and Dimitris Kogias.[4][5] It has received investment from entities including ServiceNow, Altimeter Capital, Insight Partners, and Redpoint Ventures.[1][2]

The company laid off about 10% of its workforce in 2023.[6] It opened offices in Dublin[7] and Singapore in 2021 and a data center in Australia in 2023.[8]

## Platform overview

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Workato's platform is designed for integrating different systems and automating workflows. Key features include: a drag-and-drop interface, enabling users to create data integrations, customize workflows, and publish APIs,[9] low-code/no-code capabilities with prebuilt connectors known as "recipes",[10] and real-time monitoring and management of data sharing between systems.[11]

## References

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1. ^ a b Williams, Joe (2021-01-12). "Workato Valued at $1.7 Billion in Funding Led by Altimeter, Insight". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12.
2. ^ a b "Workato | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
3. ^ Buckley, Miles (April 16, 2025). "Agentic Orchestration: Understanding the Future of Enterprise AI". Workato.
4. ^ Rath, Shalini (2023-03-11). "Workato Success Story - Leading the Way in Automation". Startup Talky.
5. ^ "How Workato cofounder Vijay Tella is shaping the future of middleware". Insight Partners. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
6. ^ Joyner, April; Palazzolo, Stephanie; Renbarger, Madeline (2023-02-06). "A company-wide Zoom meeting versus individual calls: Insiders reveal how multibillion-dollar startups Clari and Workato slashed jobs". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06.
7. ^ Keane, Jonathan (2021-12-11). "$5.7bn-valued Workato plans on expanding hiring drive at its new Dublin base". Irish Independent.
8. ^ Dickinson, Eleanor (2023-10-09). "Workato stamps mark in Aussie data centre". ARN.
9. ^ Anderson, Brian (2015-01-14). "Drag-And-Drop App Integrations With Workato". Demand Gen Report. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
10. ^ Raghunatha, Akshata; Gururani, Pranjal (November 12, 2024). "Seamless Automation and Integration with Workato's low-code, no-code iPaaS". Amazon Web Services.
11. ^ "Workato for Integration of Software Components". CodiumAI. Retrieved 2023-10-24.