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Rachel Monks

Rachel Monks

AI-First Growth Strategist; Founder, AI for X & X‑Bot Games

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Auckland, New Zealand
Joined December 2025
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Event founder and AI competition designer — Rachel created and launched The X‑Bot Games (The AI World Championships), conceiving the multi‑category format, public rankings and partner/sponsor ecosystem to surface practical, judged AI work. x-botgames+2
AI‑First growth and productized marketing — as founder of AI for X she positions herself as an 'AI‑First Growth Strategist', building agentic sales & marketing workflows, training communities and client engagements to help organisations adopt AI for measurable growth. co+2
Marketing and retail operations background — prior roles include Senior Marketing Manager at Bayleys Real Estate and General Manager at David Elman Shoes, giving her a combination of traditional marketing, campaign execution and multi‑site operations experience that informs her applied AI work. wiza+2
Active in Aotearoa AI community and governance conversations — listed as a contributor in NZ AI Forum working groups and visible in regional AI events and community posts, indicating engagement beyond consultancy into sector conversations and standards. org+1

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Need More Leads, Time & Budget? Let AI Fuel Your Growth

February 1, 2025

Long‑form LinkedIn Pulse piece on how organisations can pragmatically use AI to scale marketing and sales outcomes (practical frameworks for AI-enabled lead gen and growth).

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