Question 1

What is an AI employee?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How much does AI automation cost for a small business?

Accepted Answer

AI automation costs vary by scope. Simple workflow automations run $500–$2,000 to build. Custom AI employees handling complex tasks like lead research or document processing typically cost $3,000–$15,000 to develop, plus $200–$1,000/month in AI API costs depending on usage volume. ROI usually appears within 60–90 days for lead generation use cases.

Question 3

Can AI replace my sales team?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

How do I know if my business is ready for AI automation?

Accepted Answer

You're ready if: (1) you have at least one repeatable process that takes 5+ hours/week, (2) you can describe the inputs, steps, and outputs clearly, and (3) the task doesn't require human judgment on every decision. You're not ready if your processes change weekly or you can't explain how the work gets done today.

Question 6

What tasks can AI employees handle?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is my data safe with AI automation?

Accepted Answer

It depends on how the system is built. At Mopshy, we build private deployments where your data never trains public AI models. We use enterprise-grade APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) with data processing agreements, or deploy fully local models for sensitive industries. Your data stays yours.

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