Elisio Santos
Founder, CEO
Young entrepreneur with a vision of an automated future, where people are free to spend their time on what matters to them.
elisiosantos@rydex.netGive people their time back.
Rydex builds machines that take on the repetitive work, so people can spend their time on what matters.
What we believe.
- Robotics and artificial intelligence have the potential to do more than make things faster or more efficient. They can fundamentally change how we spend our time, what we focus on, and how we experience life.
- The things that make life meaningful, creating, exploring, connecting and pursuing what we love, are what make us human. Yet so much of our time is consumed by repetitive, tedious and necessary tasks that leave little room for the things that truly matter.
- We believe these are the things technology should take on.
- Not to make humans less relevant, but to give them more freedom. Not to automate the meaning out of life, but to remove the burdens that keep us from experiencing it.
- We see automation as an opportunity to build a future in which technology works quietly in the background, giving people back their time, energy and independence.
- This is what we believe technology is for. And this project is where our journey begins.
AI-generatedIt begins with one small job.
A breath test at the end of the night is a small, repetitive task. Breathly does it on its own: payment, a fresh straw, the reading. The bar team stays with their guests.
LiveMatt's Bar, Albufeira
We take the routine. You keep the night.
What Breathly takes on.
- PaymentCard, Apple Pay, Google Pay or phone.
- A fresh straw for every guestDispensed by the machine, single use.
- Every test, every nightWithout a member of staff.
- MaintenanceHandled by Rydex.
What stays with you.
- Your guestsTime to talk to them instead of running a checkout.
- The night itselfThe music, the bar, the reason people came.
- A safer way homeGuests see their level and plan how to get home.
Indicative reading only. Not a medical or legal device, and never permission to drive.
The people behind it.
You speak to the people who build, place and service the machine.
Pedro Lucas Queiroz
Head of Communications
Studies electrical engineering and leads public relations, building the bridges between Rydex, its partners and the guests.
pedroqueiroz@rydex.netWant one in your venue?
Tell us the space and the season. We reply within one business day.