The automation underground has always been messy. Python devs crank out scripts at 2 a.m., ops teams stitch them together, and suddenly enterprises are running billion-dollar processes on shadow code nobody’s governing. That blind spot is expensive, dangerous, and exactly where BotCity stepped in. They’re not just building bots, they’re building order, visibility, and trust in a world addicted to shortcuts.
Founded in 2020, BotCity is the creation of Lorhan Caproni and Gabriel Archanjo. Caproni, a molecular biologist turned edtech founder, understands systems, whether DNA strands or global enterprises. Archanjo, with a Master’s in AI and 15 yrs of dev experience, brought the firepower to turn that vision into a full-stack platform. Together, they built a governance and observability suite for Python automations and AI scripts that enterprises can’t ignore. Think of it as the control tower for the automation airport, without it, you’re landing 747s blind.
Investors are paying attention. BotCity just closed a $12M Series A led by Four Rivers Group with participation from Y Combinator, Lew Cirne (New Relic founder), Firestreak Ventures, Sagol Holdings, Astella, Upload Ventures, and other strategic names. Add that to the $2.5M seed from SoftBank LatAm Fund and Astella back in Dec ‘21 and their run through YC Winter ‘22, and total funding now sits around $14.5M. That’s not just capital, it’s validation.
And the traction? Bayer LATAM alone saved €720K, cut project delivery from 8 months to 4 weeks (87.5% faster), trained 220 employees as citizen devs, and delivered 180 automation projects, 3,000% YoY growth. Across 1,000+ teams in 70+ countries, BotCity is showing that governance isn’t red tape, it’s acceleration. Automations are built up to 15× faster, license costs come in 70% lower vs legacy RPA platforms, and devs have instant access to 440K+ Python packages.
Their stack, BotCity Studio for AI-assisted build, Orchestrator for deployment & scheduling, Insights for observability & compliance, hits the pain points enterprises lose sleep over. With computer vision automation, SOC2 controls, credential management, anomaly alerts, and 50+ integrations across AWS, Google, Microsoft, SAP, and Citrix, it’s a platform designed for scale, not side projects.
This $12M round fuels a global push, bigger engineering hubs in North America, LatAm, and Europe, a faster product roadmap with deeper AI governance, and a stronger partner ecosystem of MSPs, SIs, and consultants. With the “shadow automation” market expected to top $4B by 2028, BotCity isn’t chasing the wave, they’re already surfing it.
