About ZenSpace

Every space we own should be earning.

ZenSpace was born inside a working smart-space operator — the same team running pods across the Pacific. We didn't theorize the platform. We needed it.

8 years in production
Since 2016
30+ live smart spaces
Across the Pacific
San Jose HQ
California, USA

The story

Born inside a working operator.

ZenSpace didn't start as a SaaS. It started as the platform we needed to run our own pod network.

In 2016, the team behind ZenSpace was operating a fleet of meeting pods across hotel lobbies, mixed-use buildings, and business parks. Every pod was a meeting room. Every meeting room was a P&L. And every P&L was being managed by hand on spreadsheets, phone calls, and physical keys.

By 2018, the network had grown to 30+ spaces. The operations team had grown to four people. The growth wasn't sustainable — every new pod added linear ops cost. We started building the software internally: booking, payments, access, displays, then distribution, then pricing.

By 2024, we had a working internal prototype of four AI agents — built on top of the core platform — that could handle distribution, pricing, ops, and alerts. The fleet kept growing while the team didn't. That prototype is now in active development as ZenAI, with public launch planned for Q3 2026.

In 2024, we started licensing the platform to hotels and coworking operators who had the same problem. In 2026, we launched ZenSpace as a public product. The infrastructure layer (booking, payments, access, displays, IoT) you see today is the same platform we still run our own properties on. ZenAI joins it at the Q3 2026 launch.

That's why "Spaces that book, price, and run themselves" isn't a tagline. It's how we run our company.

What we're building

Mission, vision, values.

Mission

Make every physical space self-earning. Booking, pricing, access, and operations handled by software, not staff.

Vision

A world where physical space is as liquid as digital — bookable, priced, and operated by the minute, by anyone, anywhere.

Values

  • Production-first (ship to real properties).
  • Honest math (no inflated ROI).
  • Operator empathy (we still run pods).
  • Hardware-agnostic (no vendor lock-in).

Leadership

The team behind the platform.

Operators first. Engineers second. The team has run pods, hotels, coworking floors — and built the software that runs them now.

A.K.

Co-founder & CEO
Former GM at a Pacific hotel group. Built the original pod fleet.

R.M.

Co-founder & CTO
Engineering lead, formerly at a major PMS platform. Architected ZenCore.

S.L.

Head of AI
Built the four agents from scratch. Background: applied ML at a fintech.

D.P.

Head of Operations
Ran the original pod network. Now runs deployment for partner properties.

Where we run

Live in properties today.

San Jose HQ. Properties live across the Pacific, North America, and Europe. Adding regions as launch partners come online.

  • San Jose: Live
  • Honolulu: Live
  • Los Angeles: Live
  • New York: Live
  • London: Live
  • Singapore: Planned
  • Tokyo: Planned

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We're hiring across engineering, deployment, and customer success. Remote-friendly, San Jose–rooted.