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Everybody can automate. With EMMA. EMMA is a German Cognitive AI solution that lets any employee—without programming skills—automate processes after just 2 days of training, tackling skills shortages and boosting efficiency faster than onboarding new staff.

WIANCO OTT Robotics, a German software company headquartered in Darmstadt, was founded in 2019 by Michael Wilczynska and Paul Tessmann. The founders' journey began approximately a decade before the company's official establishment, fueled by a shared childhood fascination with robotics and artificial intelligence. Their vision was to create a solution that could mimic human interactions with any software on any device, aiming to relieve employees from repetitive tasks. This long-term development effort culminated in their primary product, a cognitive AI named EMMA. The company operates in the business/productivity and automation software markets, targeting a wide array of clients from small businesses to large enterprises and public administrations. Its business model centers on the sale of software licenses for EMMA, which is designed to be a code-free platform, allowing individuals without programming or IT expertise to automate complex business processes. Revenue is generated through these licenses, with projects starting from a minimum size, and the company also offers consulting services. WIANCO has received accelerator funding and has been recognized with awards such as the Hessen-Champion in 2022 and the German Innovation Award in 2025. EMMA is a cognitive AI platform that enables hyperautomation by operating any program or system, including other AIs, just as a human would. Its core functionality lies in its ability to see and recognize elements on a desktop, read natural language from various sources like emails and PDFs, and make decisions based on predefined business rules. A key differentiator is its accessibility; the company claims users can automate complex processes after just a two-day training, drastically reducing the reliance on specialized IT staff. The software runs locally on-premise, ensuring data privacy and security, and functions as a "Whitebox-AI" by providing a transparent audit trail of its actions and decisions. WIANCO also offers a physical robot variant of EMMA capable of operating touch-devices and other hardware. Keywords: cognitive AI, robotic process automation, no-code automation, business process automation, digital assistant, EMMA AI, process optimization, workflow automation, hyperautomation, on-premise AI, data analysis, test automation, digital transformation, German AI, Michael Wilczynska, Paul Tessmann, Darmstadt startup, enterprise software, public sector automation, financial services automation — this profile has been compiled from public sources. The founders haven't yet claimed it.