Respond.io turns high volumes of customer conversations across every channel into measurable revenue. Built for businesses that have outgrown lightweight tools but don't need enterprise complexity.
Vision
Mission
Respond.io is a customer conversation management platform built for mid-market B2C businesses that drive revenue from high-volume customer conversations. It helps them capture, convert, and retain customers across every channel where those conversations happen.
In 2017, Gerardo Salandra, Iaroslav Kudritskiy, and Hassan Ahmed saw that messaging apps were overtaking calls and emails in customer communication preferences, but businesses were still managing these through personal phones and disconnected tools such as CRMs designed for email or helpdesks retrofitted for messaging. This led to scattered responses, missed messages, dropped leads and lost potential revenue from customer conversations, especially when ad-driven inbound enquiries scaled.
Respond.io was built to close that gap. A single platform where human teams and AI Agents manage chats, calls, and campaigns across the full customer lifecycle — designed to drive revenue from day one and hold up as volume, teams and complexity grow.
Today, over 10,000 brands across 180+ countries run their customer conversations on respond.io, supported by official partnerships with Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, and AWS. Respond.io is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a strong presence in Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
2017
Rocketbots is founded in Hong Kong
2019
Moved our headquarters from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur
2020
Changed our company name to respond.io
2023
Moved to our own headquarters in Kuala Lumpur
Hassan Ahmed, Co-founder & CTO
Spearheading the development and innovation of the business messaging platform, Hassan brings visions to life while ensuring stability and security with every update. He studied computer engineering from NUST and holds a degree in computer science from the University of Peshawar.
Iaroslav Kudritskiy, Co-founder & COO
Iaroslav is the driving force behind respond.io’s growth and operations. A graduate of the MBA program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, his previous roles include designing information management systems and horizontal knowledge transfer strategies at Kodak Alaris, Xaxis & Light Reaction.
Iaroslav Kudritskiy, Co-founder & COO
Iaroslav is the driving force behind respond.io’s growth and operations. A graduate of the MBA program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, his previous roles include designing information management systems and horizontal knowledge transfer strategies at Kodak Alaris, Xaxis & Light Reaction.
Hassan Ahmed, Co-founder & CTO
Spearheading the development and innovation of the business messaging platform, Hassan brings visions to life while ensuring stability and security with every update. He studied computer engineering from NUST and holds a degree in computer science from the University of Peshawar.
Quickest ROI in the market with a roadmap shaped by you to scale revenue across the customer lifecycle—you'll grow with us, not outgrow us.
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Best-in-class tech and enterprise-grade security for speed and stability, with 99.999% uptime under high chat volumes.
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The only customer conversation platform with 9 years of market leadership, preferred by Meta and TikTok for early feature access.
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Top-rated human support and expert guidance at every stage to help you scale confidently and achieve ambitious goals.
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