AI Employees

AI Employees: Systems That Do the Work

An AI employee isn't a chatbot. It's a system that does actual work: processes documents, researches leads, updates CRMs, writes reports. It runs 24/7, costs less than a hire, and doesn't need managing.

What Is an AI Employee?

An AI employee is a custom-built AI system that handles specific, repeatable work inside your business. Unlike chatbots that answer questions, AI employees execute tasks: researching leads, writing outreach, processing documents, updating CRMs, or generating reports.

They run 24/7, don't need management, and cost a fraction of a human hire:

Works 24/7

No breaks, no sleep

Costs 70% less

Than a human hire

Scales instantly

Handle 10x volume

What AI Employees Can Do

AI employees handle structured, repeatable work. If it doesn't require human judgment on every decision, an AI employee can probably do it.

Lead research and enrichment
Outbound email and LinkedIn sequences
Document extraction and summarization
Data entry and CRM hygiene
Report generation
Customer support triage
Invoice processing
Meeting prep and follow-up notes
Scheduling and calendar management
Onboarding new customers

Not sure if your task qualifies? Book a free audit and we'll tell you exactly what can be automated.

AI Employee vs Chatbot vs Virtual Assistant

Understanding the difference matters for choosing the right solution.

Chatbot

Answers questions reactively

  • • Responds to "What are your hours?"
  • • Routes to human agents
  • • Limited to conversation
  • • Can't take actions

Virtual Assistant

Human doing tasks remotely

  • • Needs management
  • • Limited hours
  • • Variable quality
  • • Doesn't scale

AI Employee

System that executes work

  • • Researches 500 prospects
  • • Writes personalized outreach
  • • Updates your CRM
  • • Works 24/7, scales instantly

Who This Is For

If any of these sound like you, AI Employees can help.

1
Startups that need to do more with less
2
SMBs drowning in repetitive tasks
3
Agencies managing multiple client accounts
4
E-commerce businesses with high inquiry volume
5
SaaS companies with growing support needs
6
Service businesses that lose leads to slow follow-up

How We Build AI Employees

Real examples of what AI Employees do for different teams.

Sales

AI Sales Rep

  • Responds to inbound leads in under 60 seconds
  • Qualifies prospects with smart questions
  • Books meetings directly on your calendar
  • Follows up automatically until they respond

Result

One client replaced 2 SDR hires and generated $340k in pipeline in 90 days.

Support

AI Support Agent

  • Answers common questions instantly (24/7)
  • Routes complex issues to the right person
  • Collects information before handoff
  • Follows up to ensure resolution

Result

A SaaS company reduced support tickets by 60% and response time from 4 hours to 2 minutes.

Operations

AI Ops Coordinator

  • Processes incoming requests automatically
  • Updates systems and notifies team members
  • Handles scheduling and coordination
  • Generates daily/weekly reports

Result

A logistics company saved $120k/year by automating dispatch coordination.

Marketing

AI Marketing Assistant

  • Responds to social media inquiries
  • Captures and nurtures leads from campaigns
  • Sends personalized follow-up sequences
  • Tracks engagement and reports results

Result

An agency increased lead-to-meeting conversion by 3x with automated nurture sequences.

Pricing and Timeline

The math is simple. Here's what you're actually paying for.

Human Hire
AI Employee
Annual salary
$55,000 - $85,000
$2,500 - $4,000/mo
Benefits & taxes
$15,000 - $25,000
$0
Training time
2-4 weeks
1-2 weeks setup
Availability
8 hours/day, 5 days/week
24/7/365
Sick days / PTO
15-25 days/year
None
Response time
Minutes to hours
Under 60 seconds
Scaling
Hire more people
Handles unlimited volume

Save $40,000 - $80,000/year

Per role replaced with an AI Employee—while getting faster response times and 24/7 coverage.

Common Questions

What is an AI employee?

An AI employee is a custom-built AI system that handles specific, repeatable work inside your business. Unlike chatbots that answer questions, AI employees execute tasks: researching leads, writing outreach, processing documents, updating CRMs, or generating reports. They run 24/7, don't need management, and cost a fraction of a human hire for equivalent output on defined tasks.

What's the difference between AI automation and a chatbot?

Chatbots respond to questions. AI automation executes work. A chatbot answers "What are your hours?" An AI automation system researches 500 prospects, enriches their data, writes personalized outreach, sends emails, logs responses, and updates your CRM—without you doing anything. One is reactive. The other is a worker.

What tasks can AI employees handle?

AI employees handle structured, repeatable work: lead research and enrichment, outbound email and LinkedIn sequences, document extraction and summarization, data entry and CRM hygiene, report generation, customer support triage, invoice processing, and meeting prep and follow-up notes. They don't handle: creative strategy, relationship management, ambiguous problem-solving, or anything requiring real-time human judgment.

Can AI replace my sales team?

AI can replace the repetitive parts of sales work—lead research, initial outreach, follow-up sequences, CRM updates, and meeting scheduling. It cannot replace relationship-building, complex negotiation, or high-stakes conversations. Most founders use AI to make a small sales team 3–5x more productive, not to eliminate humans entirely.

How long does it take to build a custom AI system?

Simple AI automations take 1–2 weeks. A full AI employee (research + build + test + deploy) takes 3–6 weeks depending on complexity. The main variable is data access—if your systems are well-organized with APIs available, it's faster. If we're scraping PDFs and cleaning messy spreadsheets, it takes longer.

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