Every call, day and night
01It answers 24/7, including nights, weekends and while you're with a customer, so no call goes unanswered.
An AI receptionist answers your business phone when you can't, day or night. It answers questions from what you've told it, takes messages, books appointments and passes callers to a person when it should. It always says it's an AI.
Our own line is answered by Ava, our AI receptionist.
Our own line is answered by Ava, our AI receptionist, the same kind of assistant we set up for clients. Calling her is the quickest way to decide whether you'd want one answering for your business.
Ask her what we do or how setup works. Then ask something she couldn't know and listen to what she does with it. She'll tell you she's an AI, and she won't make up an answer.
(941) 422-6300After you hang up, we get an email with
When we set one up for your business, you get a written summary of every call and chat.
It works from what you tell it, on the number you already have.
It answers 24/7, including nights, weekends and while you're with a customer, so no call goes unanswered.
Hours, services, prices and policies, answered from what you've told it about your business.
It takes the caller's name, number and what they need.
It can book appointments, so callers don't wait for a callback to get a time.
When a caller needs a person, it passes them to one.
After each call or chat you get a written summary of who got in touch and what they wanted.
These are illustrations, not client transcripts. Each shows a rule an owner could set and what the AI receptionist does with it.
For example, a restaurant owner could tell it that groups over ten are confirmed by the manager.
Summary sent to the manager
Party of 14, Saturday at 7pm, wheelchair access needed, name and number.
For example, a plumbing or roofing contractor could tell it what counts as an emergency and who is on call.
Summary sent to the owner
Active leak in a kitchen ceiling, address, callback number, passed to the on-call person. It didn't quote a price or promise an arrival time, because those are the contractor's to give.
For example, a dental office could let it reschedule routine appointments.
Summary sent to the office
Cleaning moved to Tuesday at 10am. The patient asked about bleeding gums and wants a call back.
The AI receptionist can also run as a chat on your website, answering from the same information and following the same rules. Someone who would rather type than call at 10pm gets an answer instead of a contact form.
On your website, it can
It starts with a free 30-minute audit, by phone or in person. If it fits, this is what happens next.
STEP 01
You keep your number. Calls to it are forwarded to the AI receptionist, so customers dial what they always have.
STEP 02
Your hours, services, prices, policies, and which calls should go to a person.
STEP 03
We call it with you, try to trip it up, and fix what it gets wrong.
STEP 04
Once you're happy with the test calls, it answers real ones and the summaries start reaching you.
We offer simple monthly plans with no long contracts and no setup fees, and you can cancel anytime.
We set the same hard rules for every AI agent we build, including Ava.
It tells callers it's an AI. If someone asks whether they're talking to a real person, they get a straight answer.
It doesn't commit you to a price, a time or anything you haven't told it it can offer.
When it doesn't know, it doesn't guess. It asks the caller for details, or takes a message so a person can follow up.
A good fit if
Probably not a fit if
For quote and order intake, data entry, reporting and connecting your systems, see AI consulting & automation.
Sarasota Consulting was founded by Lennart Lopin and has been based in Sarasota since 2012. We set up AI receptionists in person across Sarasota and Manatee counties, and remotely anywhere in the US.
In person across
Call (941) 422-6300 and judge for yourself. Our own line is answered by Ava, our AI receptionist, the same kind of assistant we set up for clients.
No. Every AI agent we set up tells callers it's an AI, including Ava on our own line.
It doesn't guess. It takes a message or passes the call to a person, and you get a written summary so someone can follow up.
Yes. Calls to your existing number are forwarded to the AI receptionist, so your customers keep dialing the number they already have.
No. We offer simple monthly plans with no long contracts and no setup fees, and you can cancel anytime.
No. We work in person across Sarasota and Manatee counties, and remotely with businesses anywhere in the US.
Call (941) 422-6300 and hear an AI receptionist handle a real call. If you want one, book the free 30-minute audit and we'll tell you plainly whether it fits.