BoxyAI
BoxyAI is the first proactive AI agent that handles business operations and communication for you without needing a prompt.
At a Glance
- Founders
- Small business owners
- Sales professionals
- Busy business operators
AI Tools by BoxyAI
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BoxyAI
Proactive AI Business Inbox Agent
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Latest News
BoxyAI emerges from stealth with proactive agent model on boxy.im.
item (YC F25) selected for Y Combinator's Fall batch.
Vanessa Gorman joins BoxyAI (item) as Founding Operations.
Arav Patel joins as Founding Engineer at BoxyAI (item).
Products & Services
An AI agent that proactively handles business operations, communications, and CRM updates without requiring manual prompting.
Market Position
Differentiated from reactive AI assistants (like ChatGPT) by its 'agentic' proactive model that operates across existing communication channels without prompting.
Leadership
Founders
Akshay Guthal
Co-founder and CEO of BoxyAI (formerly item). Previously served as a Product Manager at AngelList. Education: University of Maryland (BS) and Emory University (BA).
Andres Santanilla
Co-founder and Design Lead. Previously a Product Designer at AngelList, specializing in product design and systems of record. Savannah College of Art and Design alumnus.
John Wei
Co-founder with a background in AI research at the McAuley Lab (UCSD) and Emory University.
Executive Team
Akshay Guthal
CEO & Co-founder
Ex-AngelList Product, YC F25.
Andres Santanilla
Co-founder & Design Lead
Ex-AngelList Design.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
BoxyAI was founded to solve the fragmentation of business tools and the friction of reactive AI tools. The founders envisioned a system that doesn't just read context but acts on it automatically across multi-channel communications.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Likely subscription-based SaaS model (Waitlist phase as of May 2026).
Target Markets
- Founders
- Small business owners
- Sales professionals
- Busy business operators
- Business operations automation
- Executive and founder assistance
- Automated CRM updates
- Multi-channel sales and communication handling
- Early beta users on waitlist