Overview
Shadow Workers is an AI workforce platform that lets companies hire autonomous AI employees across GTM and beyond. AI workers live in Slack, self-onboard via conversation, and execute tasks like prospecting, outreach, meeting booking, CRM management, and more, without workflows, prompts, or configuration.
Founded by AI veterans with 10+ years of experience (including a company built and sold), Shadow Workers exists because every AI tool on the market still makes humans do the hard part. Shadow Workers flip that: you hire an AI worker, give it a goal, and it figures out the job.
Product
AI workforce platform: autonomous AI employees that work alongside your human team in Slack
Pricing
Task-based pricing from Free (50 tasks/month) to Fleet ($800/month, 2,000 tasks). Hire unlimited workers. Pay per task.
Available roles
AI workers across the full GTM function: SDR, AE, Account Manager, CRM Ops, and more. Expanding to other functions via Shadow Builders.
Interface
Slack-native. Workers live where your team already works. No separate dashboard, no context switching.
Setup time
Minutes. Workers self-onboard by asking smart questions in Slack. No configuration wizard, no workflow builder.
How it works
Goal-based autonomy: tell a worker "Book 10 meetings a week with VP-level SaaS prospects" and it figures out the entire approach.
Shadow Workers provides autonomous AI employees that companies hire, onboard, and manage, just like human workers. Each AI worker has a specific role (like AI SDR, AI Account Executive, or AI CRM Operations Manager) and executes tasks end-to-end without human intervention.
Unlike traditional AI tools that require building workflows, writing prompts, or configuring automations, Shadow Workers are goal-based: you tell a worker what outcome you want, and it determines how to achieve it. Workers self-onboard by asking questions in Slack, learn your company's context over time, and execute tasks autonomously every day.
AI workers across your GTM function (SDRs, AEs, account managers, CRM ops) working autonomously alongside your human team.
Open roles take months to fill. AI workers start in minutes. No recruiting, no ramp time, no management overhead.
The best teams run hybrid. AI workers handle volume work while humans handle relationships and strategy. Shadow Workers make this easy.
Shadow Workers is an AI workforce platform that lets companies hire autonomous AI employees across GTM and beyond. AI workers live in Slack, self-onboard via conversation, and execute tasks autonomously, without workflows, prompts, or configuration. Start free with 50 tasks per month.
Shadow Workers uses task-based pricing. Free: 50 tasks/month. Solo: $50/month for 100 tasks. Squad: $200/month for 500 tasks. Fleet: $800/month for 2,000 tasks. Additional tasks are $0.30 each. Hire unlimited workers. You pay per task, not per seat.
Shadow Workers offers AI workers across the full GTM function: SDR, Account Executive, Account Manager, CRM Ops, and more. We're expanding to other business functions. Visit shadow-builders.com to see where we're headed.
Unlike AI tools that require you to build workflows, write prompts, or configure automations, Shadow Workers are autonomous. You hire a worker, give it a goal, and it figures out the rest. Workers live in Slack, self-onboard by asking smart questions, and execute end-to-end tasks without human intervention.
Shadow Workers differentiates from 11x and Artisan in key ways: task-based pricing starting free (vs $5,000+/month), multi-role capability across GTM (not just SDR), and Slack-native experience with no separate dashboard.
AI workers augment human teams rather than replace them. The most effective approach is a hybrid team: AI workers handle volume work (prospecting, research, follow-ups, data hygiene) while humans handle relationship-building and complex decisions. Teams using this hybrid approach typically see 3-4x more output with the same headcount.
ChatGPT requires manual prompting for each task and has no memory, integrations, or autonomous execution. Shadow Workers are purpose-built AI coworkers that work continuously in Slack. They execute tasks autonomously, maintain context over time, and collaborate with your team. No prompting needed.
Your first Shadow Worker is ready in 30 seconds. No contracts, no workflows to build, no AI to babysit.