# Botpress

> Botpress is a Montreal-based company building an all-in-one platform for creating, deploying, and monitoring AI agents powered by large language models. Started in 2017 as one of the first open-source chatbot frameworks, it has since re-architected itself around LLMs, positioning its cloud platform as the infrastructure layer that lets solo builders and Fortune 500 teams alike ship autonomous agents that connect to channels, tools, and company data. The platform pairs a visual Agent Studio with an Autonomous Engine so agents can decide when to follow a structured flow and when to reason with an LLM.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Founders:** Sylvain Perron (Co-Founder & CEO), Justin Watson (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~65 employees (2025), planning to roughly double
- **Products:** Botpress Cloud Platform, Agent Studio, Autonomous Engine / Autonomous Node, Knowledge Bases, Human Handoff
- **Notable:** One of the first open-source chatbot frameworks (2017), widely used by developers before the LLM era., Re-architected the platform to be LLM-native and launched Botpress Cloud in 2023., Raised $25M Series B in June 2025 at a $120M valuation, bringing total funding to roughly $45M.

## Products & services

- **Botpress Cloud Platform** — All-in-one platform to build, deploy, and monitor AI agents across channels, tools, and data.
- **Agent Studio** — Visual, next-generation editor for designing agent flows with drag-and-drop nodes and rapid customization.
- **Autonomous Engine / Autonomous Node** — Lets agents decide when to follow a structured flow versus reason with an LLM, prompted in plain language, using a custom inference approach (LLMz).
- **Knowledge Bases** — Ingest and index content from websites and documents so agents can answer from company data.
- **Human Handoff** — Escalates complex conversations from the agent to a human support agent.
- **Tables** — Manage structured data inside agents.
- **Managed** — Done-for-you service where Botpress builds and maintains custom AI agents for customers.
- **Channel & LLM Integrations** — Connectors for WhatsApp, Slack and other channels, plus multi-provider LLM support (OpenAI, Anthropic and others).

## Achievements

- One of the first open-source chatbot frameworks (2017), widely used by developers before the LLM era.
- Re-architected the platform to be LLM-native and launched Botpress Cloud in 2023.
- Raised $25M Series B in June 2025 at a $120M valuation, bringing total funding to roughly $45M.
- Attracted strategic investment from HubSpot Ventures and Deloitte Ventures.
- Grew to ~3,000 paying customers and ~1M free users with ~2,000 developers joining daily.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Closed a $25M USD Series B led by Framework Venture Partners at a $120M valuation to scale AI agent infrastructure.
- **2025** — Introduced 'Managed' - custom AI agents built and maintained for customers.
- **2025** — Reported roughly 3,000 paying customers, ~1M free users, and ~2,000 developers joining daily.

## Links

- Website: https://botpress.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/botpress
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/getbotpress
- GitHub: https://github.com/botpress
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/botpress

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Last updated: 2026-08-05