New Orleans leaders and the Greater New Orleans, Inc. announced a software company is moving its operations to the city from Chicago.
Copado, a software and automation company, will move its global headquarters to Poydras Tower in New Orleans.
The announcement was made during a news conference at 2 p.m.
Mayor Helena Moreno joined Ted Elliott, the CEO of Copado alongside Michael Hecht, President of GNO, Inc, to make the announcement.
According to a news release from GNO, Copado is an enterprise software company that uses agentic automation to help businesses build, test, and deliver software applications.
The company opened its first Louisiana office in New Orleans in 2024.
The move will create 136 new jobs total, and 59 direct jobs with $104,000 average salaries.
The company has already hired recent graduates from Tulane, LSU and Xavier.
About Copado
According to a news release issued by Greater New Orleans Inc., Copado is a leader in AgentOps for business applications, helping organizations of all sizes build, test and deliver software faster, more safely and with greater intelligence.
With a strong foundation in the world’s most complex enterprise environments, Copado brings enterprise-grade scale, security and governance to teams at every stage of growth. Through its Agentia platform, Copado is pioneering the shift from automated to autonomous software delivery while keeping humans in control.
Trusted by more than 1,200 global brands and a global community of more than 150,000 practitioners, Copado helps organizations accelerate innovation across Salesforce and enterprise applications.
Learn more at Copado.com.
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