SS&C Blue Prism
First-generation RPA vendor whose brittle bots agentic AI can leapfrog with end-to-end automation.
Background
Blue Prism is a robotic process automation and intelligent automation platform acquired by SS&C in 2022.
The disruption thesis
Agentic AI that automates end-to-end processes (not just brittle screen-scraping bots) can leapfrog Blue Prism's first-generation RPA.
⚠Why it's vulnerable
- 01AI-native opportunity
- 02Slow innovation
- 03Legacy tech stack
🛡How they are defensible
No defensibility analysis yet.
⚔Emerging challengers
Startups and challengers trying to take share.
Submitted by ali@afridi.io on Jun 6, 2026
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