Botpress

Botpress is an open-source conversational AI platform headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2017 by Sylvain Perron and Dany Marcoux. The company develops tools that allow developers and businesses to build, deploy, and manage AI-powered chatbots and virtual agents across messaging channels and websites.

The platform supports integration with large language models including those from OpenAI, and provides a visual flow builder alongside a code-based environment for constructing conversational workflows. Botpress targets both technical and non-technical users, offering a cloud-hosted version as well as a self-hosted open-source edition available on GitHub. Use cases span customer support automation, internal helpdesks, and lead generation across industries.

Botpress raised a Series A round and has accumulated approximately $15.5M in total funding. The company maintains an active open-source community around its core product on GitHub, which has accumulated significant developer adoption. As of available data, the company employs between 51 and 200 people.