In 2016, our co-founders, Ela Mezhiborsky and Anton Zilberberg, launched a successful property management company in Toronto, Canada. The goal was to offer luxury and hassle-free accommodations for fellow travellers. But as the company scaled, we dealt with a ton of incidents caused by bad reservations: out-of-control parties, property damage, massive cleaning bills and fraudulent bookings. The tipping point came when a criminal gang hijacked one of our properties, bringing in illicit drugs and automatic weapons. With no available solutions in the short-term rental industry, Ela and Anton created their own. Pulling in cybersecurity expert and long-time friend Roy Firestein, the trio built Autohost. An intelligent guest-screening and automation platform, Autohost was born out of necessity. Bringing together the expertise of the short-term rental industry with the ironclad defense of cybersecurity, Autohost creates a scalable process to review your reservations and keep your properties safe.