We build AI operators for real-world businesses
Starting in software, expanding into physical presence.
Build Your AgentWe Build For Business Impact
Drive Revenue
Create high-frequency, contextual customer touchpoints that identify upsell opportunities in real-time.
Scale Efficiency
Offload 80% of mundane tasks to digital agents, freeing your human team for high-value guest interactions.
Attract Attention
Turn your physical space into a destination by making your business an unforgettable, tech-forward experience.
Our Process To Grow KPIs
We automate necessary jobs inside your business, end-to-end.
We create data engines to optimize automated workflows to maximize revenue.
We make your business unforgettable through AI physical presence.
AI is already here. The robots are coming.
botshift builds AI agents that are forward compatible. We develop high-functioning digital operators that navigate your business's digital world today, while being architected to inhabit the physical world of tomorrow.
Build Once, Deploy Everywhere
We don't just build AI chatbots; we build Physically-Ready Personas.
Software-First
Our agents integrate into your website, your booking systems, and your guest communications to drive revenue and handle mundane operations immediately.
Physically-Ready
Because our agents are built with spatial and situational logic from day one, they are ready to "cross over" into robotic hardware the moment you are ready.
Your AI Team
Our agents aren't just chatbots; they are functional members of your team designed for specific business outcomes.
The Concierge
A multi-lingual digital expert that handles bookings, local recommendations, and instant guest requests across mobile, kiosk, and robotic interfaces.
Sales & Upsell
An intelligent operator that analyzes guest behavior and timing to offer personalized upgrades, spa bookings, or dining reservations exactly when the guest is most likely to convert.
Operations Architect
A backend agent that monitors inventory, schedules maintenance, and coordinates between departments to ensure the physical facility runs as smoothly as the software.
Brand Ambassador
A high-visibility agent (often housed in our robotic hardware) designed to engage passersby, capture leads, and provide a memorable physical "face" for your digital infrastructure.
+ custom agents built for your specific business needs
Results Over Technology
We work backwards from your business outcomes. Most AI companies sell you a tool and ask you to find a use for it. We do the opposite. We identify your revenue bottlenecks and deploy the specific AI agents required to break them.
We don't sell technology. We sell revenue, cost reductions, and experiences.
Most companies are focused on either software or hardware. We focus on company KPIs while ensuring your AI is ready for the physical world tomorrow.
Zero Migration
When the robots arrive, you don't start over. Your agent already knows your customers, your inventory, and your brand voice.
Future-Proofed ROI
Every dollar spent on AI automation today is a down payment on your future physical presence.
Built by Operators
Repeat founders with multiple exits. Former Amazon and Meta executives who have built for 100M+ users. Pioneers in AI and Robotics.
Alexander Rivan Ronalds
CEO & Co-Founder
- Meta: Led Facebook's multi-billion dollar gaming business, serving a global ecosystem of 400M+ gamers.
- Twitch (Amazon): Launched the flagship Pulse product on the twitch.tv homepage for 100M+ users.
- Exit Success: Built and sold Balanced Worlds to Kabam (later acquired by Netmarble for ~$1B).
- Auki Labs: A decentralized perception network that allows AI to see and interact with the physical world.
Bohdan Petryshyn
CTO & Co-Founder
- Redocly: Staff Software Engineer, led the company's flagship product powering API documentation for thousands of enterprise clients including Fortune 500 companies.
- HubSpot: Software Engineer delivering strategic partner integrations handling tens of millions of daily requests.
- AI Research (Master's in AI): Outperformed GitHub Copilot by 55% using 25x fewer resources (LLM code completion); published work on deep reinforcement learning for autonomous driving (MDPI).
- Open Source: Creator of Basti — 200k+ downloads, 400 GitHub stars, contributions from Amazon staff. Cut AWS bastion costs by 97%.
Adam Turing
Lead Test Subject & Co-Founder
- Durability Testing: Successfully survived 4,200+ unintended "rapid decelerations" into drywall during early spatial mapping trials.
- Sensor Calibration: Personally verified that the "Staircase Detection" algorithm was, in fact, a suggestion rather than a rule.
- Legacy Data: Still retains 14% of the original firmware from the 2024 "Coffee Spillage Incident"—now utilized as a cautionary training set for all new agents.
Richard Robinson
Advisor & Co-Founder
- Serial Entrepreneur: 25+ years in Asia across startups, venture, and exec leadership—co-founded 5 companies (3 successful exits) and backed dozens more via HAX, Chinaccelerator, and 500.
- Animoca Brands: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, driving the future of user-owned digital assets across blockchain, gaming, and metaverse ecosystems.
- Intercognitive Foundation: Founding Chair, advancing human–AI collaboration and new models of cognition at the intersection of technology and society.
- Thought Leader: Clinical Professor at Peking University; guest lecturer at Harvard, USC, TUM. Keynote speaker and MC at NFT.NYC, Web Summit, TechCrunch, and major innovation events worldwide.
Nils Pihl
Advisor & Co-Founder
- Auki Labs: Founder & CEO, building the real world web—an open protocol to make the physical world searchable, browsable, and navigable for robots & AI.
- Behavioral Memetics: Engineer and "social transhumanist" focused on the intersection of technology, human behavior, and networked intelligence.
- Global Advisor: Advisor and collaborator to organizations including Apple, Weibo, and the World Bank, driving behavioral and digital transformation initiatives.
- Thought Leader: Shaping narratives around AR, robotics, and decentralized AI—how digital intelligence integrates into physical environments.
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