Robots & Pencils is a digital innovation and applied AI engineering firm founded in 2009. The company partners with organizations to build cloud-native AI solutions, modernize legacy platforms, and design cloud-native applications across sectors including education, financial services, healthcare, high tech, retail, and consumer goods.
The firm's technical work spans cloud-native infrastructure, applied AI engineering, and human-centered design. Its stated approach emphasizes pragmatic AI - deploying artificial intelligence to drive measurable outcomes rather than technological novelty - alongside the modernization of aging systems and the development of scalable, cloud-native architectures.
Robots & Pencils positions its practice at the intersection of engineering and design, describing its philosophy as fusing the sciences with the humanities. The company was founded on the premise that mobile technology would prove more transformative than the internet, and has since broadened its focus toward AI-driven transformation and cloud-native application development. Its work targets both customer-facing and internal experiences, with the aim of helping organizations maintain a competitive footing as the technology landscape evolves.